PETCO Ends Rabbit Sales

I think that exotic animals belong in the wild where they are free to roam and lead the lives they were intended to not like prisoners in somebody's house.

why is that most tend to think if they go into a store and that store is run by IDIOTS that ALL of the stores are run by IDIOTS??? I worked retail for the better part of 20 years you can't generalize a company based on 1 or 2 locations... In most cases it's an Managerwho happens to be an IDIOT who hires people to work the store but may not be up to keeping the store at a good image to the customer... The Petco by where I live tries to make sure whoever they hire has "animal experience" so they are better able to help people buy an animal that may not be thinking about just HOW MUCH timecare will be involved... My wife I used to raise hamsters as a sort of "therapy" for me after a store I was working at the time failed to follow through on a promise they had made me just prior to a medical leave due to a back injury I had suffered... I was in a deep depression my wife knew that whenever we'd be at the local pet stores picking up supplies for our dog birds that I'd usually go into the small animal sections 'talk' with the hamstersmice other 'furry' critters there how I'd be happier than when we first gone into the stores... I know our Petco tends to recommend to people buying an animal for the 1st time to 'read up' on the type of animal they want before buying to be sure it's a 'good fit' for animalowner... Especially if the animal is being bought for a small child... Also our Petco most of the time will have anywhere from 1 5 animals "up for adoption" in addition to the regular animals they sell... We've adopted any number of these from time to time as long as we had the space available for them to make sure they went to a good home... Unfortunately as my health has gotten worse over the past few years we've had to stop doing this as our animals have gotten older passed on to the next life... Also just because a place is calling itself a "shelter" doesn't always mean the animals are better off... I've been in some "shelters" that are as bad or worse than some of the retail stores people have been going on about... But it all comes down to the same thing having the RIGHT KIND of PERSON taking care of the animals...

I don't believe them this sounds so familiar. Haven't they promised similar things then gone back on that promise? They suck should be shut down forever. We the idiot consumers are the ones keeping them open prosperous.

I personaly dont like PETCO either even though I do not support PETA on most things. The PETCOs I have been in have been dirty and they dont take good care of their animals the cages are dirty. Rabbits on the other hand I have raised for 15 years as show and pets. Mostly show rabbits. They do not require the intinse care some may think all they require is clean food an 18 cup per pound of rabbit in the evening and a fresh supply water at all times. I used to keep my rabbits in their cages next to each other so they could intercat and they all had toys in their cages. I was a breeder of good healthy happy rabbits that won in the show ring and I am proud of it. Alicia

It's a start. I live with 3 house bunnies and to me they're like children. You need to be a qualified parent before you should take on the responsibility of raising them. I've had house bunnies all my life and I can tell you from 40+ years of experience they are the most loving and devoted friends you could ever have. It pains me to see them in these shops and on the menu in restaurants not to mention what's in labs and some gruesome YouTube videos of snakes eating baby bunnies. I don't know what how why... I don't understand. I know these people are just not the same as you and me. Something's missing there. They aren't going to choose to stop treating animals this way on their own. They can't have a change of heart when there isn't a heart in there to begin with. It's up to us to apply neverending pressure to protect these precious and sweet little ones.