ΥΙΟΘΕΣΙΑ ΖΩΟΥ ΣΥΝΤΡΟΦΙΑΣ στον ΚΑΝΑΔΑ

18-8-11, Καναδάς, η αλυσίδα καταστημάτων πώλησης κατοικίδιων ζώων PJ's Pets, σταματάει την πώληση ζώων στα 41 καταστήματά της, που υπάρχουν στον Καναδά. Ο διαθέσιμος χώρος των καταστημάτων της θα χρησιμοποιηθεί από φιλοζωικούς συλλόγους, για την υιοθεσία ζώων συντροφιάς που σήμερα φιλοξενούνται προσωρινά στα καταφύγια των συλλόγων.
Επισημαίνεται η σχέση των καταστημάτων πώλησης ζώων συντροφιάς με τον υπερπληθυσμό αδέσποτων ζώων.

Pet Stores Not Selling Puppies? PJ's Pets Ditches Puppy Sales For Adoption

The Huffington Post Tara Kelly First Posted: 8/18/11

PJ's Pets, the mega chain of pet stores, announced Tuesday it will stop selling pets in its 41 stores across Canada, reports Yahoo News Canada.  Instead, the company will make the space available for pet adoption organizations, allowing them to educate prospective owners, advertise pets in need of a home and process adoption applications. Some pet stores might even offer kennel space, reports the Toronto Sun.
"More than two million pet lovers visit our stores every year. We recognized that we can provide a significantly positive effect on local pet communities by working with adoption agencies to help them find homes for their pets," said president and CEO John Jules in a news release.
Not surprisingly, pet adoption agencies were supportive of the company's move.  "We applaud what and Pets Unlimited are doing in giving up puppy sales to help organizations like ours find homes for more pets," said Kristin Williams, executive director of the Nova Scotia SPCA, in the release.
The reaction from the Humane Society of Canada was also congratulatory, but highlighted the links between pet stores and animal overpopulation.
In an interview with CTV News Channel, Michael O'Sullivan, the CEO of the Humane Society of Canada, said, "I think it puts the responsibility where it belongs and it's wonderful for the animals," he told CTV News Channel. "You actually do an adoption process, so that the animals don't come back even to the shelter for the same reasons they came. And you look for a permanent loving home."

The pet store's change of heart comes at a time of growing public awareness and unrest over the perils of pet stores and puppy mills, which campaigners say often inhumanely treat animals in favor of profits.
According to Ed Sayres, ASPCA President, puppy mills are large-scale commercial breeding operations where the dogs live in filthy, overcrowded, wire-bottom cages stacked on top of each other. He blogs for The Huffington Post, "They are often crammed in dark, poorly ventilated sheds where they are exposed to sweltering temperatures in the summer and below-freezing temperatures in the winter. In order to maximize profits, female dogs are bred at every opportunity with little to no recovery time between litters. Sometimes these helpless dogs are even too sick to move."
Yahoo News sums up a prior investigation done by CBC:
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