The Family Puppy opened a new pet store! DO NOT SUPPORT THIS!!!Cross post and forward please.
ACTION ALERT
John Stottele opened another new pet store on December 18th, 2009 at the Genesee Valley Mall in Flint called "The Family Puppy". This will be the first pet store to sell puppies in the county and the local shelters and rescue groups are outraged!
John and Debbie Stottele have been selling puppy mill dogs for years in the Detroit (Brighton, Troy, Roseville and Novi) under the name "The Family of Pets". They have a history with Happy Tails Kennels and Kathy Bauck in Minnesota who was convicted of torture; both kennels are considered "mega mills". They currently have relationships with Amish commercial breeders in Indiana which have shipped to Petland! Reputable breeders to not sell to pet stores like Petland or any other pet store.
We are asking the mall management (Jones Lang LaSalle) to create a "Policy to not sell animals in any of their malls" and to lease space to a local shelter or reputable rescue instead. A mall in Tuscan Arizona allowed their local shelter to rent space for $400 and they were able to adopt out 150 animals in 8 weeks!
Please sign this petition which will allow you to automatically send an email to the mall with your concerns.
Sign Petition
Tell Genesee Valley Mall "No Pet Stores"
http://www.change.org/actions/view/tell_genesee_valley_mall_no_pet_stores
OR
Call the mall management directly.
Please be polite and ask them to not allow this store to sell puppies in the mall.
Client Relationship Executive
David Renninger
678-226-5270
David.renninger@am.jll.com
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note: the sweet Sealyham Terrie puppy photo is from my library and has nothing to do with the petstore.
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