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As the only national pet store chain in the United States that still sells puppies, Petland is also the largest retailer of puppy mill dogs. The company claims their puppies come only from reputable breeders and are in good health, but investigations have proven otherwise¹.

An HSUS investigation into Petland in 2008 found that many of the store’s puppies came from puppy mills and unlicensed breeders². Ten years later, another undercover investigation found Petland staff abusing puppies under their care, and selling ill or sick puppies to customers³.

In 2018, a Petland store in Michigan faced its third lawsuit in a single year year after a man said he was hospitalized after buying a puppy later found to be sick from the store⁴.

In 2020, seven families in Summerville, SC, took legal action against Petland Summerville and the franchiser Petland Inc., alleging the Summerville store knowingly sold them sick puppies⁵.

The following year, a lawsuit against Petland in Florida exposed questionable tactics Petland uses to dupe customers and make large profits off the sales of sick animals.

“The case involved a Petland store in Plantation, Florida, which sold a customer a golden retriever, Sunny, for $3,500,” the HSUS reports. “Sunny’s owner entered into a financing contract with Lending USA, a company Petland partners with, which apparently charges outrageous interest rates. According to papers filed with the court, Sunny’s owner would have ended up paying $26,655 for the dog over the period of her contract⁶.”

There have been several protests to shut down the one remaining Petland store left in Novi, MI. For more than a decade, the store has been receiving animals from puppy mills all across the U.S., some linked to numerous Animal Welfare Act⁷.

Petland stores operate simply to make a profit. The safety and health of the animals in Petland stores are hardly an afterthought in the company’s mission to strengthen its bottom line.

Sign the petition below and demand the USDA ban Petland stores from selling animals by removing the company’s license!