Join Other Dogsters Picketing Petlands in Olathe, Kansas and Independence, Missouri
Brittney, Zeus’ furmom, barked in to invite all Dogsters in the Independence, MO and Olathe, KS areas to join her in protesting the very despicable Petlands. The first one is tomorrow, September 29th and I wish all the best to the protestors!
This past Saturday the 22nd, I got a call from my friend on her way home from work, saying there was a mob protesting our Petland in Olathe.
This hits me very close to home, as my Zeus came from that specific Petland. He has had countless health problems that add up to several thousands of dollars, and Petland has all but ignored my inquiries to them (though he has a
“lifetime warranty”).
The leader of this protest, Stephanie Henshaw, has purchased 4 of her dogs in the past 5 years from this Petland. All of which, have serious health problems. While on the phone with her a few minutes ago, she told me that at 4 years old, her Rottie had to be euthanized because there was nothing that could be done about her hip dysplasia.Stephanie was featured on the FRONT PAGE of today’s Olathe Daily News. (Joy note — the Olathe Daily News does not have an online archive so the article is not available.)
Since noon today when I found all of this out, I have contacted her, and we have already formed a tight bond and relationship through our (defective) Petland dogs.
Stephanie will be organizing protests at all of our local Petlands.
This Saturday the 29th, she will be protesting from 2pm-4pm at the Independence, MO Petland.
In a couple of weeks, on a Saturday (date yet to be determined) she will be protesting Petland Olathe again.
I will try my best to attend both of these, and will be trying to take off of work to drive up to Independence with her, with Zeus in hand!
For more information, I started a thread last Saturday in all of my exictement in the forums.
I would SO appreaciate it if we could get the word out about protesting Petland and their puppy mill puppies through the Dogster Blog. It would mean SO MUCH to me!
Anybody could contact myself at miss.bull@yahoo.com or Stephanie at shenshaw@everestkc.net
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
For Immediate News Release
Contact: Stephanie Henshaw
10822 King Street
Overland Park, Ks 66210
Phone: 913-221-3662
shenshaw@everestkc.net
Olathe, Ks – Saturday December 1, 2007- Stephanie Henshaw will be leading her third protest against Petland & Hunte Corporation. The protest will take place on Santa Fe & Mur-Len in front of the Olathe Petland between the hours of 11:30 am and 1:00 pm.
Activists will be handing out information to potential consumers about puppy mills donated by the In Defense of Animals, PETA, and Pet store Cruelty.
The holiday season is here, and with it, the busiest time of the year for puppy sales. You may be familiar with puppy mills but may not know that puppy mill dogs are for sale in every state. They are mostly sold through pet stores and over the Internet.
The Hunte Corporation is one of the largest, if not the largest, broker of puppies to pet stores. According to newspaper articles, they sold 85,000 puppies in 2002. They buy dogs from commercial kennels across the Midwest and then resell them to pet stores. In their ads they call themselves the “World’s Leading Supplier of Quality Puppies” The ad goes on to claim: “State of the art facilities offering constant attention to health, care and comfort of every puppy … pioneering delivery system with continuous fresh air exchange, constant temperature, purified drinking water, sanitary compartments, air ride for animal stress reduction” The ads never mention the parents of the puppies. They never say anything about the conditions in which they live. They never talk about purified water for them. Or fresh air. Or comfort. They do not address the issue of keeping dogs in cages for their entire lives. Is there anyone, who doesn’t work for the kennel industry, in this country who supports keeping dogs in cages?
Andrew Hunte is the owner of Hunte Corporation. His daughter and son-in law, Jessica & Steve Rook own Petland in Olathe, KS and Independence, MO. Steve Rook is also the President of Hunte Corporation.
Many people buy a puppy during the holiday season, only to find out soon after that he is seriously ill and requires costly veterinary care to save his life. With some basic steps, families can protect themselves, their wallets, and the puppies all at the same time.
.By far, the best place to get your next pet is the local animal shelter. Many people are surprised to learn that nationwide, one out of every four dogs in shelters are purebred. Most of these shelter animals have already been spayed or neutered, and have received all their vaccinations and veterinary checkups. Shelters also screen animals for adoption so that they can make a great match between animals and their new families.
Thiss was a big shock to me over the past year I have bought 2 puppies from petland and neither one of them has had any problems they are a healthy sweet beagle and bichon poo.
I have been trying to contact Jessica at Petland since DECEMBER and have not received any feedback. I purchased my yorkie on then found out afterward that she has an open fontanell. I was LIED to from the beginning and now they refuse to acknowledge anything. DONT BELIEVE ANYTHING PETLAND TELLS YOU!!!