So on Friday I go to walmart and there is a woman in a van outside of the walmart with HUGE posters all over her van...DESIGNER DOGS!! and a bunch of made up doodle schmoodle fitzer names....I think in my head "here we go again"
So i walk up to her van and look in it and shes got 6 of 7 tiny puppies on the dash of the van for people to look at when they come by. This alone was enough to turn my stomach...then I saw her open the back of her van...she had all the seats taken out and the back was CRAMMED with cages, which were crammed with small breed puppies!!
She must have known I was p'oed because she would not talk to me or even look at me. I overheard her tell a woman that puppies were 700 bucks, and she was feeding them Costco Brand food.
So I stomped into Wal mart and demanded to see the manager. When he came up I asked him why they allow this woman to sell puppies from the parking lot when their doors are clearly marked "no solicitation" His answer to me was.....SHE DONATES TO "THE BREAKFAST CLUB" SO WE ALLOW HER TO SELL PUPPIES THERE. what in the %&*^?!?!?! I told him that it was discusting the way she was set up like a dog supermarket and it was extremely offensive. My friend also called the by-law, but shes got a business licence so there's nothing they could do. They agreed it was discusting, but they couldn't do anything about it
So the next day my partner in crime and I go down there...low and behold, shes still there, peddling puppies. So we went and printed off fliers on BYB's and puppy mills and passed them out in the parking lot to people...then we took some inside and gave them to the manager and let him know that by allowing her to stay here, both him and walmart were supporting cruelty to animals. He (this was a different man than the one i had talked to the day before) was actually receptive and his words were "well she has been doing this for many years and I was told that she was a professional breeder" It made me want to cry!! I just asked him to please read our flyer and pass it on to the other management and not allow this woman to sell puppies there anymore. He thanked us and we thanked him.
So today...(I have a friend that works at the animal shelter) anyway, she IM's me and tells me that already 2 of the"van puppies" have been hospitalized and people are screaming at them to do something....
What else can I/we(there is a small band of us lol) do? I am calling walmart's head office tomorrow and asking them if this is common practice, to rent out parking spaces and if its not, ill be letting them know EXACTLY what is going on here. This woman is here (shes from a town bout 3 hrs away) 2-3 times a year always with a van load of puppies, so its clear she is making money from this...I found this ad in the newspaper and it doesnt even list all the kinds she had with her here this weekend...imag
ine how many dogs she must have
"Adorable small or tiny, pure bred or mixed bred, puppies and older dogs for sale. Shih-tzu, Pugs, Yorkies, Chihuahuas and Jack Russells"
What can I do?
