Petco Sucks

Petco Settles $1.75 million for "atrocious animal care record and deceptive consumer practices"

2010-06-27T23:40:00.002-04:00

Story Here:

The irony is that the very money they use to pay the settlement is the money earned from the abused animals. When will it end?

BREAKING!!! Petco provider raided over animal atrocities!

2010-05-04T16:51:00.004-04:00

U.S. Global Exotics, one of the worlds largest pet store animal providers busted for atrocities!

Links to Stories:

Dallas Observer

FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE!

"...USGE confined tens of thousands of animals to its facility and employed a staff of three or four people to care for them...."

Three to four people to care for TENS OF THOUSANDS of animals. Imagine. Although it is terrible, for this provider its over and for that we are thankful. How many more are there?

Mommy, where do my pets come from?

2010-04-22T08:00:00.001-04:00

Another disturbing video from a supplier to Petco (and other pet retailers)

The video is VERY UNPLEASANT, do not view if easily upset: VIDEO

Can it get much worse than that? Go look into your cute little fur-balls eye's right now and wonder what it endured before coming to you. Makes you just sick.

Sometimes words just cannot describe...

2010-04-19T08:00:00.001-04:00

THIS VIDEO CONTAINS ANIMAL ABUSE, DO NOT WATCH IF EASILY UPSET!

You have been warned: Video

This is a supplier of animals to Petco (and others). This is where your pets are coming from, how does that make you feel? When presented with this video, the suits at Petco quickly devised a way to cash in on it.

Read the entire article HERE

The sentiment of the article is about the ability of Petco to profit from the appalling treatment of these animals. Petco takes these animals in under the guise of adopting them out. But when was the last time you took home a new companion without opening your wallet for supplies? That "adopted" hamster from Petco will cost you about $100 to set up (at least). Who gets that money? You guessed it.

Companies like this make money on both sides of animal health or abuse. It's just sickening.

MetroPets Online: Petco - Nationwide Hell for Animals

2010-04-18T08:00:00.001-04:00

I don't have a date for this article, but its riveting none the less.

http://www.metropets.org/Newsroom/articles/petco_hell.php

Couple of quotes:

"...Eatontown, New Jersey PETA staff members saw rats bleeding from their nostrils and writhing in pain. When they approached an employee about the animals, they were told, "There's nothing [the store] can do. We sell pets. We're not an animal hospital."..."

And this:

"...Des Moines, Iowa A hamster with a severe ear infection and blood dripping from her nose was not given any veterinary care. A Petco employee simply put a sign on her cage that said, "Dying, just leave her alone."..."

Just leave her alone...Wow.

Fish LESS likely to survive than Wal-Mart!

2010-04-16T23:26:00.002-04:00

"Compared to the fish I have bought in other stores like wal-mart and pet extreme in woodland, the ones from petco are less likely to survive the transistion into my aquarium"

See the rest and other comments HERE at daviswiki.org

Petco Employees Vent...

2010-04-12T19:43:00.002-04:00

"I worked at this Petco location long enough to know that if you love animals this is not the place for you...."

Go to the link below to read 4 pages of detailed vents from Petco employee's. Some of the posts will turn your stomach.

http://www.jobvent.com/petco-job-reviews-C1474

A former Petco Manager sounds off

2009-07-22T09:00:00.000-04:00

Here is a short post at Viewpoints.com from a former Petco manager.

Petco Manager

Now the comments that were made are allegations, but with everything else that I read and know I don't find it hard to believe one bit. I would love to hear from more current or former Petco employee's. Write me and we can post your stories to help get the word out!

Go Dealgasm!

2009-07-21T09:00:00.001-04:00

Another fine read to help open your eyes:

Dealgasm

Just more private label garbage in place of the product that we really want to buy. They make a HUGE profit margin on their own labeled product and its no better and often lesser quality than the product it replaced. Show them you don't like this and stop buying it! And we all know already this profit doesn't make it to the training or animal care departments...

A Good Read

2009-07-20T12:45:00.002-04:00

We aren't alone out there, click below to get some insight from a dissatisfied Petco customer:

"Why Petco is not good" By Nicko Guzman

Keep up the good work Nicko!

Dead Parakeet

2009-07-13T09:00:00.000-04:00

What else can I say? See the vid...

How many little kids saw that before an employee did?

Another Customer Made Video

2009-07-12T15:00:00.001-04:00

Keep them coming guys, we need to get the word out. If you have any stories you want to share, mail me and let me know!

Unhappy Reptile Customer

Here is a guy who shares my feelings about Petco (And Wally World apparently)

2009-07-11T15:12:00.001-04:00

I choose to "express" my feelings differently of course, but the sentiment is certainly the same:

Probably smells better than the rotten animal feces anyways...

Whew!

Sign a Petition to End Live Animal Sales at Petco

2009-07-08T11:38:00.002-04:00

Help end the cruelty, sign the petition!

Petition

Show everybody that Petco, is NOT where the pets go!

Whats Petco spending all that money on anyways?

2009-06-13T14:00:00.000-04:00

Whats Petco spending all that money on anyways? It certainly isn't animal care or associate training...

Look at these price differences between Petco and PetSmart:

Exact Items, online prices quoted on 6/12/09

Hills Science Diet indoor adult cat food

Petco: $46.99

PetSmart: $38.99

That is an $8 difference, or for me about a 2 bag savings each year. What the hell is Petco doing with that extra money? The animals certainly aren't getting it...

And for the record: I have no association to PetSmart or any Petco competitor. I just think Petco SUCKS!

Stop The Wholesale Slaughter of Marine Life at Petco!

2009-06-12T14:32:00.003-04:00

I came across this fantastic effort by some to petition Petco to stop killing Marine life. The conditions at nearly all Petco's arent even remotly adequate for proper marine care. You know that Petco ANTICIPATES up to a 50% loss from its marine life? If they have only a 30% loss its considered fantastic! Its all about the dollar$. What about the 50, 100, 200, and more lives that are lost in each store (including freshwater) every day due to innadequate care and equipment? Multiply that by 900 stores...Please help stop the slaughter and sign this petition:

Stop the Senseless Killing Petition

Good job guys!

Wow...

2009-06-11T20:05:00.004-04:00

Check out this undercover video taken by a local news station on the west coast:

Look how the associates just make excuses to mask the problem. I wonder if Petco spent as much time providing proper animal care training as they did damage control and denial techniques would we still see videos like this?

I will admit the video does seem to be at least a year or two old, but if you check the source (YouTube) you will see a very active line of recent comments that show customers are still having these experiences.

Just wow...

Well, I will get this started. Reason 1 why Petco Sucks!

2009-06-10T19:15:00.002-04:00

The quote below is from a story PETA ran this past November regarding some of the live animal providers Petco (and Petsmart) use to fill its stores:

"...PETCO, like PetSmart, continues to sell countless other animals who are bred, born, and warehoused in cruel animal mills such as Rainbow World Exotics (RWE). We met with PETCO last January before breaking our RWE investigation to show its representatives footage of the horrific conditions we found during our investigation at RWE. Though PETCO pledged to make some improvements, it continues to buy small animals from RWE...."

Full article here

So even though PETA showed Petco a video of abuse and neglect at one of their live animal suppliers, they still choose to do business with them. I guess the mighty dollar is more important than animal well being...

Welcome to PetcoSucks.com!

2009-06-10T14:11:00.003-04:00

This is a work in progress and I still have many decisions to make regarding the content and direction of the site. But the prime directive is, and always will be, to provide pet and pet supply consumers a venue to voice their opinions and concerns regarding one of our nations largest pet and pet supply retailers!

If you have any stories you would like to share or idea's regarding the site, send me an email!

Stay tuned...