Pocket Pets Vendors Prohibited From Malls Nationwide

September 2011

After hearing that a mall was hosting Pocket Pets—a traveling kiosk that sells sugar gliders to impulsive buyers—PETA contacted the mall’s property management group. The company compassionately agreed not to promote or otherwise allow pocket pet vendors at any of the 300 centers it manages throughout 25 states.

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 Ingrid E. Newkirk

“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?” READ MORE

— Ingrid E. Newkirk, PETA President and co-author of Animalkind