

She said a social media search later led to the discovery of Awet on a road 2 miles away from the PetSmart store.

#10TVĪwet’s owner, Selamawit Tewolde, told a local NBC affiliate that she had gotten a call from PetSmart telling her that Awet would be ready for pick-up in 20 minutes-but when she arrived, she discovered that he was no longer in the store and had apparently been given to someone else. Selamawit Tewolde said she received a call from PetSmart in Reynoldsburg saying her dog was ready to be picked up after being groomed. While PETA has been alerted to countless other incidents and many have gone unreported, here are just some of the many animals whose suffering and deaths in PetSmart and Petco grooming salons and boarding facilities have made the news: June 2022Īccording to reports, One Reynoldsburg, Ohio, family is mourning and looking for answers after they say they found their dog-a 2-year-old beagle named Awet- dead on a local road hours after leaving him alive at a nearby PetSmart for a grooming session. ANIMALS INJURED AND KILLED AT PETSMART AND PETCO GROOMING SALONS AND BOARDING FACILITIES
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Let the heartbreaking stories below serve as reminders that companionship is not something that can be capitalized upon and that these corporations have no regard for animals’ lives, in either their store windows or grooming salons.
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Click here to read NJ Advance Media’s full report. The investigation uncovered “secret agreements,” poor training, and pressure put on employees to meet sales quotas. An investigation conducted by NJ Advance Media confirmed these disturbing findings after examining the suspicious deaths of 47 dogs who died during or shortly after PetSmart grooming appointments between 20. Profit is their priority, and as a result, countless animals have strangled after being left unattended on grooming tables overheated in cage dryers been badly cut on the ears by clippers and been screamed at, roughly handled, punched, kicked, and strangled by frustrated, impatient, and abusive groomers at these chains’ stores. Click here for tips on finding a reputable groomer. Don’t trust just anyone with your animal’s life. Many dogs and other animals have become ill or died, often from neglect, after being left at one of these boarding businesses. The grooming businesses shove animals through quickly and often carelessly. The boarding facilities, like PetSmart’s PetsHotel, are just as bad. The animals they sell come from cruel mass-breeding mills, where they’re crammed into crowded bins deprived of food, water, and veterinary care and killed by being bashed against tables or gassed in coolers. Big-box pet store chains like PetSmart and Petco have a long laundry list of incidents involving animals who have been traumatized, allowed to escape, severely injured, and even killed in their grooming salons.
