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Originally Posted by sevenfortythree  Its interesting that you believe that no one will stop donating to charities; since quite a few of the members before you specifically state that they will stop donating to these charities. And if these statements were just rhetoric and the members had no intention to cease their donations, what is the point of posting them?
Also, no one is rattling anyone's cage. I guess it was not made clear in my original post when I noted that my store was closed; but I am not here to promote Petland or change anyone's mind about Petland. I closed my store because Petland was not what I thought it was and they made it very difficult for individual franchisees to research and purchase puppies from high quality breeders. They receive a kick back from puppies sold through Hunte and are very set on buying puppies at the lowest price regardless. I am in no way an advocate. And I agree with most of you about Petland purchasing from puppy mills and just being an all around subpar corporation. Of course, I do feel that my opinions are a little less fanatical and more substantiated that just reading articles online and getting myself worked into a tizzy. I am currently very active in a number of the lawsuits (both as a franchisee who had been lied to and a customer who had been sold sick animals).
But alas, I stray from my point. There is no reason why a charity (I believe we are up to 4 listed on this thread now) should have to suffer because they are not discriminate about where they receive donations. When a child that is ill or dying falls in love with a particular maltese puppy at a Petland store, and says that is what they want as their wish, do you really expect the representative to say "no, Im sorry, that is a puppy mill puppy and we cant give you that. What else would you like?" That is ridiculous and defeats the purpose of making a childs wish come true. Its basically saying uh...that wish is bad, try another one.
Finally, to the member who states that its all about making money. I'm hoping that you mean Petland (to which I agree) and not charities. Because it would be a shame if you didnt understand that the charities do need donations to do the work that they do.  |
I would once again like to address you personally as you are a former Petland owner. From what I just read above it sounds to me like you were put out of business because of lawsuits from your customers. Please correct me if I am wrong about this assumption. If this is the case why would you not this that Petland involving sick children and tugging at people heartstrings as a dispicable act? If you have been personally affected by Petland's involvement with the Hunt Corp. and puppymills, purchasing from substandard breeders and selling sick puppies to consumers why would you think it was OK to sit back and not voice your opposition to Make a Wish and urge them not to involve Petland in granting wishes? It is my belief that Make a Wish should CUT TIMES with Petland because of their unethical association with puppymills and their business practices. I am not saying that a child could not have a wish for a puppy but they surely do not need to be taken by limo to a Petland to pick out a puppy! That would be like saying just because a sick child's wish was to dance in a lions cage it was acceptable because the lion was not too dangerous! You just would not bring the child to the lions cage if you thought that would be their wish.
When I originally posted this thread my intent was to let people know that Petland was up to their games again. It am not trying to stop people from donating to a charity that I have supported in the past. I then went one step further and contacted Make a Wish by email and was shocked at the response that I was given regarding Petland! There is a second thread regarding Make A Wish and Petland that is located here:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...make-wish.html
It is the response that Make a Wish sent me and also an attachment from Petland
regarding the lies by HSUS and their unjust lawsuit that now makes me want to do everything in my power to get Make a Wish understand just how wrong it is to accept donations from Petland to fulfill wishes. I think that after reading MaW's response you will be shocked as well. I would have to agree that CHARITIES run on donations and I believe when someone stated that "it's all about the money" they were referring to Petland trying to present a good clean image to make money.
I really have to ask and hope that you will be honest~how did you happen to find this forum on the day the Make a Wish and Petland controversy came up? I find it very intriguing that a former Petland owner would just happen to join this forum yesterday and the only posts that you have made are on this thread.
In addition you state right in your last post quoted above that Petland deals with the notorious Hunt Corp and does indeed sell sick puppies. Lastly, I still cannot wrap my brain around your statement that