unfortunately, I can't *prove* that they're selling sick animals (since I don't see the animals immediately after purchase)
It takes more than 5 days to starve a bird to emaciation, doesn't it? Surely some diseases have incubation periods, such that the literature would back you if you reported "Receipt for animal dated 1/1, animal dies on 1/3 of a disease with a 10 day incubation. Ergo..."
Are there no inspection regulations for pet stores? I would think for the simple reason of safety for humans there are some basic regulations. Are there not? Would agitating for stricter inspection laws help?
Also, while you certainly don't want to pit yourself against the pet store lawyers, some of your clients -- who are the other wronged parties -- surely must be pretty pissed. In cases where an animal was sold with an infectious disease to a home which already had another animal, couldn't the customer sue not only for replacement, but for the endangerment of their other animals?
You'd think someday one of these puppy mills would wind up killing the dogs of some ambulance-chasing lawyer.
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It takes more than 5 days to starve a bird to emaciation, doesn't it? Surely some diseases have incubation periods, such that the literature would back you if you reported "Receipt for animal dated 1/1, animal dies on 1/3 of a disease with a 10 day incubation. Ergo..."
Are there no inspection regulations for pet stores? I would think for the simple reason of safety for humans there are some basic regulations. Are there not? Would agitating for stricter inspection laws help?
Also, while you certainly don't want to pit yourself against the pet store lawyers, some of your clients -- who are the other wronged parties -- surely must be pretty pissed. In cases where an animal was sold with an infectious disease to a home which already had another animal, couldn't the customer sue not only for replacement, but for the endangerment of their other animals?
You'd think someday one of these puppy mills would wind up killing the dogs of some ambulance-chasing lawyer.