So, this past weekend I was at home in Va, and went to a petstore which was absolutely appalling...the conditions were awful, and I want to file a complaint, but I dont know who I would do it with....

anyone have an idea? I know it's in Va, but...i figured there might be a general place i could go..

4/3/2007 8:32:21 PM

PETA will bring wraith from the heavens upon them

4/3/2007 8:32:55 PM

Maybe the Better Business Bureau?

[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 8:37 PM. Reason : Search their website for the shop, see if there are other complaints, too.]

4/3/2007 8:34:35 PM

i was gonna say the bbb but i'm sure there are email addresses to pet societies in that town...just send them an email and be like "hey can you check out this pet store, it was appalling" or something

4/3/2007 8:38:17 PM

does this place have a name?

4/3/2007 8:39:25 PM

where in va and what store?

4/3/2007 8:42:40 PM

if it was a pet store chain, emailing the corporate whoevers usually helps... somewhat. i had to do it once, but it was for a smaller problem... i hate bad pet stores.

4/3/2007 8:42:42 PM

SPCA

http://www.richmondspca.org

[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 8:55 PM. Reason : ]

4/3/2007 8:54:37 PM

^^^ and ^^^^ I dont know what the new name is, but it used to be Pet Tails. And it's in Midlothian, Va. It used to be really nice but then the older couple sold it, and my mom took me in there to show me just how awful it had become. It's really dirty and the caging is completly inadequate. The had puppies (which i for one am totally against the sale of puppies in stores because they are often from puppy mills) in cages that were no more than 3ft x 1.5ft and a boa that had to be atleast 8ft in a 30gallon tank, among other things.

But thanks for the ideas, I'll look into the BBB and see about the SPCA as well.

4/3/2007 9:52:08 PM

take pics, if they get inspected they will just clean things up before hand

4/3/2007 10:09:31 PM

SPCA is your best bet I think.

However I would prolly complain to both!

[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 10:58 PM. Reason : !]

4/3/2007 10:57:57 PM

local tv stations might be interested also

4/3/2007 11:01:57 PM

whatever you do make sure u get pics before they change it...i hate how people can just do a little cleaning and not get in trouble

4/3/2007 11:23:52 PM

Obligatory asshole response (please read below it): So you found the conditions appalling and were to much of a bitch to complain to someone at the store. Instead you leave the store and don't bother even getting the name of the store, and now you want to file a complaint.

Go back, look the shit up on google or an online phonebook, get the name and report them to everyone and anyone.






[Edited on April 3, 2007 at 11:58 PM. Reason : .]

4/3/2007 11:55:02 PM

call the police

call animal control

call the spca

call PETA

call the news

4/4/2007 8:02:42 AM