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| We feel it is very important to inform as many people as possible about the overabundance or puppy mills and the dangers of buying puppies from them. We will continually post new information on puppy mills that have been found and other helpful resources. Please stay advised and current on this issue! March 19th, 2009 Members of The HSUS and other consumers filed a class action lawsuit on Monday alleging that Petland, Inc. and the Hunte Corporation are conspiring to sell unhealthy puppy mill puppies to unsuspecting consumers in numerous states. Petland is the nation's largest chain of pet stores that sells puppy mill dogs and Hunte is one of the country's largest distributors of factory-produced puppies. The lawsuit alleges that Petland and Hunte violated federal law and numerous state consumer protection laws by misleading thousands of consumers across the country into believing that the puppies sold in Petland stores are healthy and come from high-quality breeders. Many of the puppies sold by Petland come either directly from puppy mills or puppy brokers such as Hunte, which operates as a middleman between the mills and Petland's retail stores. The class action lawsuit is the result of many months of investigative and legal research, and comes after an eight-month investigation into Petland stores by The HSUS that demonstrated a direct link between multiple Petland stores and unscrupulous puppy mills. Numerous other reports have also surfaced of Petland's allegedly deceptive sales practices, including the marketing and sale of puppies with life-threatening genetic defects and highly contagious parasitic and viral infections. TAKE ACTION: Have you or someone you know purchased a sick puppy? Tell us your story here: http://stoppuppymills. org/forms/tell_us_your_story. html?source=gabhi4Tell Us Your Story |
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