There is this pet shop not too far away from me called Jumanji Pets based in Kilburn in London, I’m sure its been mentioned on here before. I went in there once to try and find some specialist food for my Chinchillas and, to be fair, the staff were REALLY helpful, but they had kittens and puppies in the back of the shop in what I can only call, vivarium. The kind of enclosure you’d expect to see them selling hamsters in. Anyway, I hadn’t gone back there after that because I was so annoyed by them.

Then, this weekend stupidly I thought I’d pop in to get Kas a couple of toys. I headed straight for the back of the shop where they keep the animals and there they had several tanks with kittens and little puppies that to me seemed WAY over priced. One of the puppies was on its own and looked so sad and lonely

Then I looked up and saw another tank with bloody meerkats in it! That really annoyed me, they make awful pets and the shop is clearly just cashing in on the latest fad. I just think it’s so irresponsible and it made me so sad to see all the people crowding round cooing over these animals without any thought for their welfare. I really do think the staff their care and it’s not them I blame at all, it’s the management and their greed.

God, I hate pet shops selling any species of animal, let alone something as specialised as meerkats

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Have you contacted your local council? Phone them and say that the 5 freedoms are being severely compromised and as the council who issued the license they have a duty to ensure the shop is caring for all the animals correctly. The 5 freedoms are

Freedom from hunger and thirst
Freedom from pain, injury and disease
Freedom from stress
Freedom to exhibit natural behaviour
Freedom from Discomfort(this one is for housing, puppy is in incorrect housing)

Tell the council if they do not investigate and the shop stays the same you will be telling the local newspapers/RSPCA/ anyone who'll listen, theres a good chance the pet shop is breaking the conditions of it's license by keeping the meerkats as they have to inform the council who should have done an inspection before the animals were brought in to ensure the correct care was given.

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Hey Angels_Sin,

I put up a thread when I came back from London about the very same pet shop!
Its disgusting in there isn't it?! >:-(

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That sounds horrible :-( poor kittens and puppies.

I was in Spain a few years back and saw lots of puppies in glass tanks for sale. They all looked incredibly sad and I just felt very sorry for them. It's not much of a life for the poor things :-(

Luckily I've never seen any puppies for sales in shops or stores in the UK, however from reading this I know now that it still goes on.

Thanks for this, I didn't know all of this information and although the tanks the animals were kept in did look very clean, the lone puppy especially looked stressed. I have no doubt that the staff at least try to look after these animals as best they can, but it doesn't make it right and I feel its incredibly irresponsible. Also, the housing, I'm convinced, can't be right. The 'cages' are pretty small and have lighting on the inside. When I put my hand on the front of the glass it felt warm and there didn't seem to be any real ventilation.

I'll try contacting the council, although I'm dubious as to if they'll do anything about it

Pupcakes, I remember your thread, I think that might have been how I first came across this forum! Did you ever report them