Petland has released a statement regarding the lawsuit that has recently been slapped on the company.
Petland Inc. is outraged and disappointed at the latest false accusations propagated by the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), a radical animal rights group that has no affiliation with local humane societies. This new attack from HSUS is in the form of a class action lawsuit based upon vague and undefined legal arguments. This is a continuing public relations campaign to smear the good name of Petland and to increase HSUS donations by utilizing sensationalized media and legal attacks.
As usual, instead of confronting the claims in the lawsuit, Petland claims that the HSUS is using this opportunity to raise revenue. Petland has long claimed that the HSUS is a radical animal rights group that does nothing to actually help animals. We suspect that Petland executives have never researched the good work that the HSUS has done with that “revenue” that they receive. If Petland executives were to simply read a summary of the achievements of the HSUS, they would see that in 2008 alone, such issues as downed dairy cattle, dogfighting and cockfighting rings, the Canadian baby seal hunt, the cruel fur and ivory industries were aggressively addressed.
At the level of animal shelters and pets, the HSUS rescued thousands of animals, including pets, impacted by natural disasters such as gulf coast hurricanes during the year. In addition, the organization helped rescue thousands of dogs from puppy mills in several states, and fought for new laws to combat puppy mills across the country. There is no question that these efforts have made a positive impact on local shelters in the US.
Read Petland’s full statement at the company’s website.
Read more about the lawsuit that was recently filed against Petland in the Post Gazette and the HSUS website.
For those who like the details, the full claim can be read here.
