Ordinarily I wouldn't work this hard to tell someone their practices annoy me, but these folks have gotten under my skin a bit.
If you want to contact them, Petland can be reached the following ways:
Corporate Offices
250 Riverside Street
Chillicothe, Ohio 45601
(740) 775-2464
(800) 221-5935
If you missed the prelude, this all started over the HSUS investigation of Petland's puppy suppliers:
Puppy Mill Inc.
Petland linked to Puppy Mills
Former Petland Kennel Manager Speaks Out
Showing posts with label puppy mills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label puppy mills. Show all posts
Friday, November 21, 2008
Still grinding on Petland
After two rejected emails I decided to go to the Petland site and see if there is another way to let them know that I'm way not cool about their practices (including telling me they don't like me without even reading my email).
Apparently someone got through to Petland, because at the very top of the site is the phrase "Petland responds to the HSUS".
If you're interested in reading what they have to say, head on over. What I found interesting is what they didn't say.
What they didn't say is that they condemn puppy mill facilities and are committed to never obtaining pets through puppy mills. They do not welcome people to report any concerns they might have about breeders who sell to Petland. Petland doesn't mention the words "puppy mills" at all.
They do, of course, reprint attacks made against the HSUS by the group Center for Consumer Freedom. You may have seen Rick Berman on 60 minutes some time back. If you want to see what CCF is all about, head here.
Yeah, those are the folks I trust to give me the straight story. After all, look who's interests become their interests.
Apparently someone got through to Petland, because at the very top of the site is the phrase "Petland responds to the HSUS".
If you're interested in reading what they have to say, head on over. What I found interesting is what they didn't say.
What they didn't say is that they condemn puppy mill facilities and are committed to never obtaining pets through puppy mills. They do not welcome people to report any concerns they might have about breeders who sell to Petland. Petland doesn't mention the words "puppy mills" at all.
They do, of course, reprint attacks made against the HSUS by the group Center for Consumer Freedom. You may have seen Rick Berman on 60 minutes some time back. If you want to see what CCF is all about, head here.
Yeah, those are the folks I trust to give me the straight story. After all, look who's interests become their interests.
Petland does not like me
Or, to put it a little more accurately, they don't like my email addy. I tried to send my email to them again. I cut and pasted the body of the email into a new email and sent it off. This time it took mere minutes before I got my mail delivery failure notice. The thing I love about this one is the reason given for the email delivery failure:
<operations@petland.com>:
74.219.138.59 does not like recipient.
They don't like me??? They haven't even met me. They certainly didn't block me after reading my last email, since that got bounced back as well. Not big on hearing for the pet-owning public, I guess.
Being the curious gal I am, I decided to plug in the IP addy that was provided. Turns out it belongs to Petland's mail server. Maybe it's just the server that doesn't like me.
<operations@petland.com>:
74.219.138.59 does not like recipient.
They don't like me??? They haven't even met me. They certainly didn't block me after reading my last email, since that got bounced back as well. Not big on hearing for the pet-owning public, I guess.
Being the curious gal I am, I decided to plug in the IP addy that was provided. Turns out it belongs to Petland's mail server. Maybe it's just the server that doesn't like me.
Petland rejects my email
So, like a number of other people who received the email from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) regarding their investigation of Petland pet stores and their connection to puppy mills, I signed the action form that sends an email to Petland asking them to stop selling puppy mill puppies.
Twenty-four hours later I got the always popular delivery failure notice.
The following message to <operations@petland.com> was undeliverable.
The reason for the problem:
5.4.7 - Delivery expired (message too old) 421-'4.4.5 Directory harvest attack detected'
Petland Headquarters
250 Riverside Street
Chillicothe, OH 45601
Dear Petland Headquarters,
Despite assurances by staff at many Petland stores visited by
The HSUS and on Petland's corporate website that the company
knows its breeders and deals only with those who have "the
highest standards of pet care," many of the puppies sold at
Petland stores come from massive commercial breeders in Missouri
and other Midwestern puppy mill states, where hundreds of
breeding dogs are packed into cramped, barren cages. This
support of cruelty needs to end now!
I will not only not spend a dime in your stores, I will continue
to tell as many people as I can, both face-to-face and via the
Internet, to stop supporting you until you end your practice of
carrying puppies.
Honestly, I have no idea how you all sleep at night.
Regards,
xxxxxxxx
I guess a harvest attack is some tech term describing a bombardment of emails, which sort of makes sense given that the HSUS has a pretty good reach. There certainly wasn't anything attached to the email, nor did I send multiple versions. No matter, I'll just try again outside the HSUS system.
Twenty-four hours later I got the always popular delivery failure notice.
The following message to <operations@petland.com> was undeliverable.
The reason for the problem:
5.4.7 - Delivery expired (message too old) 421-'4.4.5 Directory harvest attack detected'
Petland Headquarters
250 Riverside Street
Chillicothe, OH 45601
Dear Petland Headquarters,
Despite assurances by staff at many Petland stores visited by
The HSUS and on Petland's corporate website that the company
knows its breeders and deals only with those who have "the
highest standards of pet care," many of the puppies sold at
Petland stores come from massive commercial breeders in Missouri
and other Midwestern puppy mill states, where hundreds of
breeding dogs are packed into cramped, barren cages. This
support of cruelty needs to end now!
I will not only not spend a dime in your stores, I will continue
to tell as many people as I can, both face-to-face and via the
Internet, to stop supporting you until you end your practice of
carrying puppies.
Honestly, I have no idea how you all sleep at night.
Regards,
xxxxxxxx
I guess a harvest attack is some tech term describing a bombardment of emails, which sort of makes sense given that the HSUS has a pretty good reach. There certainly wasn't anything attached to the email, nor did I send multiple versions. No matter, I'll just try again outside the HSUS system.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Petland = Puppy Mills?
After an eight-month investigation, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has concluded that many Petland stores across the United States are selling puppies from puppy mills. I'm not sure that exactly surprises folks who are concerned with animal issues, but perhaps the investigation might finally force some changes from the pet store chain, which has done everything possible to try and deny what an awful lot of us already knew.
For more of the story, head to the HSUS story and video here.
For more of the story, head to the HSUS story and video here.
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