oohh i get you! well at the pets at home in bangor and wrexham they do a really good job...from what i have seen! if they have any problems with the animals they treat them...and the people i talk to seem to know alot..the fish section is horrendous though! lots of people keep saying on here that the animals get put to sleep if they dont sell...i asked someone about it and they said they dont..which i believe! DEFINATLY shouldnt sell fish though!!! ...and if p@H dont sell them...would this encourage lots of private breeding? which isnt a good idea really...

hmm this is a good thread!

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It certainly seems that some stores are worse than others. My local one seem rather good. Cages are always really clean, they have a low stocking density on show (they keep a lot "out back") and ive never seen a sickly animals.
For me, its the major lack of knowledge, and education of new pet owners that gets to me. You should be able to go in there, and get good advice on keeping pets, and the sad fact is you cant.
If you dont know about an animal, then you really have no right to sell it.

it depends who is managing the store. its down to the staff in each individual store and some pets at home stores are am,azing and other are bad. its life unfortunately and you need to tackle the individual stores rather than the whole pets at home stores!

small pet shops are way worse than pets at home!

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I signed. Although I feel my local PAH is very good, I have an aversion to seeing animals on display to be sold to any Tom, Dick or Harry.

but pets at home wont sell an animal if they feel they are in threat of being mistreated. thats why an animal cant be sold without there adress and details being written down so they can forward it onto the RSPCA if needed. you shut down sum1 like PAH then peolpe will turn to local ads, local markets and local pet shops who are literally people who dont give a crap where the animals go!

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You can write down any old name or address, they dont check it.

Plus ive seen many animals being sold, and very few members of staff bothered to question the owner as to the animals new housing, because they dont care.
I know of one rabbit that was sold to someone who didnt even have a cage or hutch for it to go in! They also said they didnt need hay, and that pellet food was enough according to their vets.

well thats what i meen you need to question the actual pets at home stores as their managers and staff arent doing a good enough job. when you seen that what exactly did you do about it?

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ive put my name down to get checked by a phone call or something from the adoption bit....they never called! and they sold a hamster to my friend and i told the man not to let her have one!!! ...(she later gave it away)

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I dont think any shop/store should be allowed to sell animals.
In an ideal world all people should sit exams n have a licence to own any live animal,reptile,bird etc!
Far too many people go into a shop n buy on a whim coz they think its cute, feel sorry for bla bla. What does the shop owner do replace the stock....note I say stock coz anyone willing to sell live animals to any old person obviously isnt an animal carer!
Sorry if this is harsh but I do feel pretty strong about it and am off to sign the petition!

I knew the people that purchased the rabbit. I gave them a cage i had. I rang the store, and spoke to the manager, he basically called me a liar.