February 2, 2011Comments are closed.pet shops/puppy farming
A heads up to rescue groups: Paradise Retail Holdings Pty Ltd (Pets Paradise) are continuing to claim an alliance with rescue through their Xmas Giving Tree. These donations will have either been made through a Pets Paradise store, or their sister company Pet Goods Direct;
From: (prh.net.au)
Subject: Christmas Gift Tree Appeal
Please see attached for a list of charities that gratefully accepted donations from our Christmas Gift Tree Appeal last year.
Kind regards,
STORE – ORGANISATION
Roselands – Sydney Dog’s Home
Rouse Hill – Paws and Hooves
Parramatta – Animal Welfare League
Mt Druitt – Hawks Repound
Macarthur Square – Campbelltown Pound
Lakehaven – Hunter Animal Shelter
Blacktown – Blacktown Animal Holding Facility
Toombul – Peninsula Animal Aid in Redcliff
Redbank – Peninsula Animal Aid
Mt Ommaney – Animal Welfare League in Ipswich
Browns Plains – QLD Animal Welfare League
Parkmore – Pets and Paws
Southland – Guide Dogs Association
Rosebud – Hastings Pound
Knox City – Pets and Paws
Corio – Pets and Paws
Tea Tree Plaza – Geelong Animal Welfare
Myer Centre – Guide Dogs S.A
Marion – Guide Dogs S.A
Bondi Boutique – Blind Dogs S.A
Bondi Junction – Sydney Animal Shelter
Penrith – Sydney Animal Shelter
Hornsby – Renbury Farm Animal Shelter
Hurstville – Sydney Animal Shelter
Strathpine – Animal Welfare League
Helensvale – Animal Welfare League
Carindale – Animal Welfare League
Karingal – RSPCA Peninsula animal aid in pearcedale
Greensborough – Cat Protection Society in Greensborough
Epping – RSPCA
Inglefarm – RSPCA
Colonnades – Guide Dogs S.A
Rockingham – Rockingham Dog Pound
Midland Gate – S.A.F.E saving animals from Euthanasia
Groups who would like to send feedback to PRH about their inclusion on this list can reach them at [email protected]
I wonder if so many rescue groups and others are so busy at this time of the year to be aware of what PP is doing.
I think there needs to be an awareness campaign and all of them contacted individually and some sort of register/petition be organised state wide for those opposed to puppy/kitten farms/bybs and Pets Paradise being a retail outlet for them. SEE THIS COMMENT FROM RSPCA VIC
Donations from pet shops
21 December 2010
The RSPCA has received numerous communications from the community that some Pets Paradise stores are fundraising on our behalf this festive season. We would like to alert the public that we have not received any donations from any Pets Paradise store, and have actively contacted Pets Paradise head office to alert its store managers that we wish for them to cease using our brand to secure donations from the public.
The RSPCA is in no way associated with Pets Paradise and will not be accepting any donations from pet shops.
Here is the link for verification
http://www.rspcavic.org/campaigns_news/latest_news.htm
Most seem to be council pounds. Could it be said that council pounds are really RESCUE or merely holding pens and killing facilities? This got me thinking of the distinction/difference and an approach to this issue of PP trying to “cash in” on the good name of rescue.
The brand issue is what PP are trying to do – associate themselves with rescue orgs, as public statement from RSPCA (above) indicates.
Who are “Pets and Paws’? Corio, Knox and Parkmore claim to have been collecting donations for them. A google search for them only turned up three references and two were for this article.
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22pets+and+paws%22+site:au
The majority of Victorian Pets Paradise stores are not listed even though they were collecting donations from the public.
I know for a fact that many of these rescue groups were not even consulted about these donations. Obviously rescue groups who work tirelessly to save animals would not want any association with a pet store.. Therefore they have not generously accepted donations!
Just wanted to say that, without posting any names, I’ve been in contact with two of the Pounds listed as having “gratefully accepted” donations, and they say it is a complete fabrication. They have never and would never accept donations from Pets Paradise.