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Last Chance for Animals Scores Important Wins In Pet Store Efforts

December 29, 2008, 12:8PM MT

By Kelli Ohrtman

The Puppy Store and Pet Headquarters agree to change

The Puppy Store and Pet Headquarters agree to change

Last Chance For Animals has notched up two important achievements in the ongoing effort to end the sale of puppy mill dogs in retail pet outlets.

Last week LCA announced that two stores in California, The Puppy Store on trendy Melrose Avenue also known as “Orange Bone,” due to it’s large dog bone shaped logo, and Pet Headquarters, a long standing Malibu pet store both agreed to change their business model after months of peaceful protests led by Last Chance with enthusiastic support from local animal lovers.

According to a report on KABC-TV in Los Angeles, Pet Headquarters has committed to dropping the sale of puppies altogether and will go to a pet supply, pet food and grooming model and The Puppy Store will break new ground by offering only shelter animals for sale.

Kim Sill, who has coordinated the protests for LCA told ABC7 reporter Miriam Hernandez that the Pet Headquarters owner should be honored because the change he is making is a big deal that he didn’t have to do. LCA is supporting and promoting both stores in acknowledgement of their commitment to a humane model.

Best Friends seconds that. It is important that animal lovers in the community support stores that make the switch to a humane model with their business and good word of mouth.

For more information about LCA’s puppy mill campaign visit: http://www.lcanimal.org/

To view the ABC7 news report click here http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=6568943

By Francis Battista: Best Friends Animal Society
Posted by Kelli Ohrtman
Photo: Kim Sill

Comments

Posted February 20, 2009, 11:44AM by hadolfo

This is so wonderful.

Folks: please help us to stop a local newspaper who accepts Animals For Sale Ads from Pet Stores and backyard breeders.

See details here:
www.rescuershelper.com

Thanks.

Posted December 31, 2008, 11:40AM by snersia

Yes, we are trying to do this too in Colorado and LCA has helped us all along.

We hope to become puppy mill free in 2009 and continue to close down pet stores in Denver, Longmont and elsewhere!

Posted December 30, 2008, 10:24PM by smartycat

Great job, and what a great group of people! I hope to see more people get involved across the county in 2009, let's make the coming year one for great change for animals!

Posted December 29, 2008, 7:0PM by shellyk

this is a huge move for puppy mill dogs everywere great job LA team !!!!!

Posted December 29, 2008, 2:47PM by bicycleboy

Awesome!!! Hitting them in their pocketbooks works. Now we have to go after The Hunte Corp, the biggest supplier of puppy mill dogs to the retailers in America..

Posted December 29, 2008, 11:55PM by silly4animals

Way to go!!! What great news to start the New Year with!

Posted December 30, 2008, 2:11PM by Linzzzz

Yes it is great news. However, we need to do follow ups for Pet Headquarters as I hear that the owner is not sticking to his word. He may have stopped selling puppies, but now he's apparently selling "exotic cats". Sigh ....

Posted December 30, 2008, 7:35AM by dixiesherman

WOW!!!!!!!!! This is terrific news, congratulations to all who have made this possible.

Posted December 29, 2008, 3:20PM by ruthy92

These stores did the honorable thing, and I hope people will bring their business to them

Let's reward the good guys!

Posted December 31, 2008, 8:47PM by Caroleraphaelledavis

Bravo to LCA! Two more stores in L.A. are either humane or finito and this is a victory for the animal protection movement and for the animals!

You might want to see some of the other activists from many different orgs who rallied at The PuppY Store in Los Angeles and helped the owner change his mind about selling mill dogs. Some of the fun pics of the protest are on the link below. Enjoy!

www.hollywooddog.blogspot.com

I hope this convinces others that getting tgether with your friends in front of a store that sells live animals actually works. It helps educate shoppers and it shows the owners of these pet factory fronts that we will not stand for it anymore. Get out there and rally!

2009 is the year we make pet stores go humane!

Posted January 02, 2009, 4:36PM by ruthy92

We need to also get the word out that buying pets from online and website (and classified) breeders is EVEN WORSE

The ones that sell online (and ship the dog, or arrange to meet you somewhere) are the WORST OF THE WORST

USDA licensed breeders are bad, but the ones that sell online don't even have to get USDA licensed

They are literally criminals, lying to people with faked-up websites and breaking all kinds of laws

Posted December 31, 2008, 10:32PM by binksterlouie

Congrats, 2 more stores, total of 8. 2009 is going to be even better for the companion animals. People are starting to get it when you buy a dog or cat you support animal cruelty. Come on everyone get on the protest/rally wagon we have fun and meet lots of animal loving new friends and it's free. Start the new year off by giving back to the universe and helping our furry friends. Can't wait to see Barkworks bite the dust!

Posted January 04, 2009, 6:47PM by SharonandBrando

I applaud them but want to know why UTAH still allows pounds seiures??? BF and the community, need to take action. It's not right!

Three states in the U.S. -- Minnesota, Oklahoma, and Utah -- still legally require that publicly funded shelters and pounds provide dogs and cats to institutions for experimental or educational purposes. (I'M SHOCKED THAT UTAH IS ONE OF THESE STATES:(((()

Check out the horrifying video too that LCA did. I applaud them for their undercover investigation. But there's more work to be done.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxH1ZycIEWY

http://www.lcanimal.org/cmpgn/cmpgn_dog_seizure.htm

GET INVOLVED TO END POUND SEIZURES! PLEASE DO IT FOR THE ANIMALS...