August 2012
After discovering that a mall owned by Rouse Properties was selling sugar gliders, small gliding opossums native to the South Pacific, PETA immediately asked the company to adopt a policy prohibiting the display and sale of these exotic animals. Sympathetic to the abuse and neglect associated with the exotic-“pet” trade, Rouse Properties agreed to ban the future sales of sugar gliders at its malls.
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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”
— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind
