ALL STATES !! PETCO Selling Marshall Farms Rabbits. * PLEASE BOYCOTT

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Michelle Kelly <losangelesrabbits (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>Mon, 15 Jan 2007 21:44:26 -0800 (GMT-08:00)PETCO selling Marshall Farms rabbits. Please boycott Dear All, Information from Judith Pierce of SDHRS: Bad news, PETCO stores across the U.S. are now selling baby rabbits from Marshall Farms. Marshall Farms is a notorious "puppy mill" breeder, which also has bred nearly 100% of the ferrets for sale in pet stores in the U.S. Not only do they breed for pet stores, they also breed for laboratories. They have jumped into the rabbit market, churning out thousands of baby bunnies and - get this - spaying or neutering them at a very young age (well before puberty) in order to sell them at a premium price. They hope to counter the issue about selling rabbits that are not altered, but in doing these surgeries at such a young age they are surely causing long-term problems. And, given the difficulty of a

surgery on a bunny so young, I would bet they are easily losing 30% or more in the process. San Diego House Rabbit Society has information on the PETCO situation on their web page at www.sandiegorabbits.org <http://www.sandiegorabbits.org> . This includes a brief description of what's going on (Marshall Farms rabbits being sold at PETCO), and asking people to write letters of complaint, and also cut-up and include their PETCO PALS cards. This situation is being discussed among HRS chapters nationwide. PETCO just showed up with these rabbits in Rhode Island, and they are coming to Southern California as well.

I'm sure they are destined for many areas in the U.S. Please take a moment to write a letter of protest to PETCO. Protest them selling baby rabbits when our local shelters are overflowing with abandoned rabbits. Protest their supporting the notorious Marshall Farms. And, if you've got a PETCO PALS card, I hope you'll cut it up and include it in your letter. I also ask you to stop purchasing anything from PETCO until they stop selling rabbits. From this point on I will no longer refer any person to PETCO for supplies, nor will HRS have anything to do with them.

Once PETCO has pledged to stop selling Marshall Farms rabbits, and has rescued shelter rabbits for adoption in its stores (either through adoption days or in-house), we can once again work with their Foundation. Visit the SDHRS website at www.sandiegorabbits.org <file://www.sandiegorabbits.org> to see a sample letter, who to write your letters to, and a copy of a letter to Brian Devine. I hope we can turn this around.

Many thanks to the dedicated House Rabbit Society volunteers and to the San Diego House Rabbit Society for being proactive in dealing with this situation. ~ Michelle . Patricia Breen

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