PETA's boycott Defeated Petco Policy! (Great News)

[Guest guest]

[Great to see a boycott worked! Hopefully we can

boycott Canada into stopping their Seal Slaughter!

Rick.]

 

 

Petco Agrees to Stop Large-Bird Sales

SAN DIEGO — Petco Animal Supplies said today it will

stop selling large birds in a deal with People for the

Ethical Treatment of Animals, which agreed to end its

boycott of the Number two pet supply chain.

 

Larger parrots, such as African greys, Amazon parrots,

cockatoos and macaws will no longer be sold at Petco

stores once the company completes the sale of its

existing stock of the birds. Petco will continue

selling smaller and medium-sized birds, such as

canaries, finches, parakeets, cockatiels and conures.

 

Bruce Hall, Petco's president and chief operating

officer, said in a joint statement, says large birds

aren't appropriate for many of Petco's customers.

 

San Diego-based Petco, which operates 730 stores, also

agreed to encourage adoption of homeless birds from

shelters and to separate mice and rats by gender to

prevent them from breeding.

 

In return, PETA agreed to end demonstrations outside

Petco stores and has taken down its anti-Petco Web

site.