Protest the AKCs Deal With Petland Stores
We, the undersigned, encourage the American Kennel Club (AKC) to rescind its proposed business relationship with Petland stores. We are alarmed because the sale of dogs at chain stores encourages the... continue reading »
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"This is a big mistake if you address the welfare of purebred dogs. It's really sad that the dogs will be sacrificed for the sake of the almighty dollar. No good can come of this other than providing an income for unscrupulous breeders."
"a shocking disregard for the breeds and dogs in general"
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"I have always been told that the reason to register with AKC because of the verification of records so that the breeding is solid and is for the better temperment of the breed. Also, AKC registration is supposed to hinder Registration of Puppy Mill Breedi"
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"Your alliance with Petland is a shocking misuse of the AKC and a blatant disregard for the true odds that the animals sold in this store will most likely come from a puppy mill with horrible and inhumane conditions for both the puppies and the adult dogs,"
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"I have carried a few discarded puppy mill breeding dogs in to the vet on stretchers because they hadn't been let out of their cages long enough to learn how to walk. Your board members need to take their Fifi's out of their designer hand bags and do some "
"By encouraging the wholesale breeding of puppies, the AKC is also furthering the ability of puppy mills to flourish."
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"This goes against all that I thought the AKC stood for. The ethics that AKC brags about are not used in these places. The store has no idea what kind of situation that the dogs are coming from and don't care as long as they can sell the dog. Recently in t"
"Please reconsider - I believe that it will ruin all that the AKC has come to stand for in the world of purebred dogs. In effect I think that it would be equal to opening the registry to mutts."
"this deal is wrong!"
"Please do not encourage pet stores to do more business with puppy farms."
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"The AKC should be enouraging BREEDERS to register the dogs, rather than sell to stores."
"This is appalling"
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"Simply - there are enough animal put down each day because of lack of homes already, we don't need to add to it by placing dogs or cats as impulse buys in store windows.... only to be returned two months later to the pounds...."
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"I do not believe any dog should be sold at such a common retail store where the dog is at risk of being sold to an unfit owner. Only breeders that can screen qualifying homes and owners should sell pure bred dogs."
