Shut Down Pollywood Pets
- by: Everyone that cares about these poor animals
- recipient: Pollywood Pets,Michigan Dept of Agriculture,Gibralter Trade Center
These are articles from people that have dealt with Pollywood Pets:
"Just spend more than 10 minutes with that Shelly woman who owns the place, and you'll have all the research you need.
(my own opinion of course, but its even been on the news & in the paper that she sells multiple puppies with the exact same papers, lies about their age, their breed, denies them proper veterinary care, and has been caught bragging to people that she stays in business because flea market people are gullible and will keep buying from her."
"I bought a guinea pig from them YEARS ago, over 10 years ago. Cute little white baby. They didn't ask me any questions, just went & got her for me, put her in a box, I paid & off we went. Small store, cages everywhere. I bought her because I felt bad for her sittin there in that cage. She had a patch of hair missing on her back. I asked the guy & all he said was "i don't know, but it will grow back" It grew back, but then it went away again & kept doing that, she never had hair there. Oh yea....not too long after I brought her home, I got a little surprise of 4 babies! So they sold a minor with no parent a pregnant animal with fur loss problems."
" I was a GTC this past weekend (the first time I had been there in YEARS), and saw this "pet store". First, I don't think that the 6 inches of dust on EVERYTHING is healthy. Like don't stores have to be clean?!?! Just a thought. My family owns a total of five dogs. So I have a soft spot for them. :-) I was standing at this "store" and these dogs looked so sad. There was one that couldn't even stand up in the cage. Another one was laying in it's own waste. It was just too sad. I looked at the "employee" and he was in there searching either Facebook or MySpace and looking and pictures of half naked girls. Because that is what you are suppose to do while you work."
"I remember going there with my parents when I was still in school, and they had hamsters that stunk like no tomorrow. The dogs were dirty, matted, and had long nails. That was in the mid-90's and I'd hoped by now people had stopped buying animals. But I guess they feel sorry for them, and think they are saving them. I cant argue with that logic, the pets DO get much better futures. But the problem is, so long as people are buying from that woman, she'll stay in business and keep getting more animals, and keep giving them the same care (or lack there of)."
"I was in there today to see the birds and I thought the place was terrible. They were hitting a cage with a pomeranian puppy in it because it was barking for attention. The birds had no toys in their cages and I seen mice running around and eating left over food out of some of the empty cages in the back. I felt so bad for the blue and gold macaw that I wish I could of taken it home with me. I think the place should be shut down!!"
"This pet store is nothing more than a public puppy mill. I don't understand why it is not shut down and all the animals removed. They are crammed into small cages that are dirty and moldy. They are left alone in the dark and cold four days a week. This so-called store sells over-priced unhealthy animals. It needs to be shut down!"
"At Gibraltar Trade Center The Pets do Look half dead and they STINK! but y do u think they look half dead? because they are lonley and don't have any1 or anything to play with? I think the pet part in Gibraltar Trade Center should be shut down and the pets should go to pets mart or another pet store. I just reasently got a Dog there i felt so bad for it it had his head in his water dish just laying there. But now that i have him he is doing much better and he was perfectly healthy well thats what the vet said anyways but the addoption papers they said he was A GIRL but HE IS REALLY A GUY and u can tell just by looking at him he is a guy and they lied about how old he was to! THE PET PLACE IN GIBRALTAR SHOULD BE CLOSED DOWN!"
"I bought a puppy on 2/22/09 from Pollywood Pets. 2 days later she was diagnosed w/Parvo.$400.00 in vet bills and I've only had her 3 days. What else could wrong with her?"
"I bought a pomaranian puppy at pollywood my daughter fell in love with him they told me he was healthy my god i have spent so many nights up with him throwing up diarrea earmites parasites in his belly it has costs us thousands and lots of heartache now we find out he might die. he has a severe heart mermer. im now trying to come up with the money for a cardiologist because the doctor tells me he probably wont live. thanks people at pollywood.we called them and they told us to just trade him you tell me how do you just trade a puppy you love? so if your sick should we just give up on you? i think you should pay his bills since you lied and told me he was healthy... remember i keep my bargin i payed you 650 and continue to love this little guy and you wanted us to just trade him. he is a living being. well i also think they should shut you down and iam considering going to the news for action. i will not just sit back and watch my little guy die in vain."
"This is by far the most discusting petstore. all the puppies/older dogs are living in urine/poo covered cages. the dogs are complelty overpriced and have EXTREME health problems. their feet are injured from living on bar floors. ask ANYONE and they will tell you NO animal should live with a barred floor. there was once a dog there for over 2 years, sick, obvious medical conditions, and too overpriced for me myself to save. the dogs are not regularly excersized or even played with. the birds are obviously stressed out because they are plucking out their own feathers. i especially feel bad for the ones that are "not for sale" because they have to live the rest of their lives in that terrible place. puppies drink out of water bottles? i guess they are hampsters now. the owners and employees are completly rude. even the 7 year old employee will give you the "know it all" attitude. puppies are matted with eye/ear infections from living in complete filth. some of the puppies cant even stand up. they are not given chew toys so they tend to chew on the metal bars. they lie about the breed and size the puppy will become. my friend SAVED two puppies from there and was told they would be 5 lbs chihowa mixes. they both reached 25 lbs. they both had worms and eye/ear infections and were given a bath the second they got home because they were covered in urine. i understand puppies go potty a lot but if you were sucessfully running a good petstore you would clean their cages 7-8 times a day. if you cannot do that then you obviously shouldnt own a business that entitles that."
"ITS NOT THAT THE ANIMALS ARE IN CAGES, BUT THE WAY THEY LOOK, THEY ARE NOT HEALTHY & YES, THE CAGES WERE CAKED ON WITH FECES & URINE & AS A MATTER A FACT THERE WAS FECES EVERYWHERE ALL OVER THE PLEXAGLASS,FLOORS,WALLS,OTHER CAGES & THE PUPPIES LEGS COULD NOT EVEN STRECTH THEIR LEGS.
THE LITTLE GIRLS WENT BEHIND THE GLASS WHERE THE CAGES ARE, SEEN THAT THERE WAS URINE ON FLOOR, TOOK HER WATER BOTTLE & DUMPED SOME ON FLOOR & TOOK A MOP TO CLEAN IT UP & ITS DARK & DREARY & NOT A HAPPY PLACE.
I HAVE BEEN GOING THERE AT LEAST EVERY 2 WEEKS SINCE THIS IS BEEN GOING ON & NOTHING HAS CHANGED BUT THE OWNERS THROWING AROUND THREATS "YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!" YES, WE SURE DO, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? THE INSPECTORS WHO CLAIM TO SAY THINGS ARE OK NEED TO BE FIRED ALSO BECAUSE THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD LOVE TO TAKE THERE JOB & ACTUALLY DO AN INSPECTION. JUST BECAUSE A GOVERENMENT PERSON,OFFICIAL,ETC SAYS "gee its ok", THEY COULD BE WRONG!!! HAVE YOU NOT BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS?????????? I HAVE SEEN PICTURES ALSO OF THESE CONDITIONS. GREAT JOB TO THE PERSONS WHO STARTED THIS ,YOU ARE TRUELY GUARDIAN ANGELS, WE ARE BEHIND YOU ALL THE WAY."
"I HAVE BEEN THERE & HAVE EVEN SEEN PICTURES OF THE PLACE & ANIMALS & HAVE READ ALL THE NEWSPAPER ARTICLES & LIKE ALL THE REST OF YOU ANIMAL LOVERS OUT THERE MAYBE THE OWNERS SHOULD LIVE IN THE CAGES & THE OWNERS SHOULD NOT THREATEN PEOPLE , SERIOUSLY ,WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? NOT FEED THE PERSON?TAKE AWAY THIER WATER?MAKE THEM LIVE IN FECES & URINE?OR ARE YOU GOING TO ABUSE THEM THE WAY YOU ARE ABUSING THOSE ANIMALS? YOUR THREATS ONLY SHOW WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE YOU RREALLY ARE & YOUR COMEING ACROSS AS A WIDDLE BULLY & ABUSIVE PERSONALITY! THE PLACE NEEDS TO BE CLOSED DOWN FOR GOOD!! ITS A TRADE CENTER, SINCE WHEN IS IT OK TO TRADE ANIMALS ? WHOMEVER IS IN CHARGE OF THE GIBRALTOR TRADE CENTER SHOULD BE FINED ALSO & NOT ALLOW ANIMALS TO BE SOLD IN THERE!!! EVERYONE THAT GOES TO GIBRALTOR NEEDS TO COMPLAIN,COMPALIN & NOT STOP TILL THEY ARE OUT OF THERE & THOSE ANIMALS ARE FREE! I WISH I HAD THE FUNDS TO BUY THAT PLACE OUT OR TO GET ALL THOSE ANIMALS OUT OF THERE CAUSE I WOULD IN A HEART BEAT. THEN WE ALL NEED TO STICK TOGETHER & GO AFTER THE PLACE WHERE THEY ARE GETTING THE ANIMALS FROM. 3-4ANIMALS TO A CAGE,BIRDS WITH NO FEATHERS,CATS WITH NO WATER,DOGS & CATS WITH NOTHING TO SLEEP ON BUT A WIRE CAGE! WHERE IS PETA WHEN YOU NEED THEM?????????????ITS DISTURBING. CHANNEL2,4,7, DETROIT NEWS & MACOMB DAILY ALL HAVE PLACES TO COMPLAIN TO, THANK YOU TO ALL YOU ANIMAL LOVERS, YOUR ANGELS."
The state agency responsible for ensuring the safety of animals has never fined or shut down a single metro Detroit pet shop, even though inspectors for years have found inhumane conditions and neglect that have endangered dogs and cats, records show.
Nearly a quarter of the roughly 70 pet shops in southeast Michigan have been cited in the past four years for housing sickly animals, confining dogs and cats to dirty, cramped cages and selling pets that are unhealthy or below the legal age. None has been shut down or fined, the Department of Agriculture records show.
And conditions could get worse. That's because the department is abandoning inspections altogether, unless complaints involve serious abuse or disease outbreaks. The state used to do unannounced annual inspections.
Agency officials say they must shift the focus to monitoring deer and cattle populations for contagious diseases such as tuberculosis. A shrinking budget is compounding the problem.
More than 30 people have complained to the state this year about Pollywood Pets, inside the Gibraltar Trade Center in Mt. Clemens. That's more than any other store. Among the complaints: 20 kittens stuffed in a pen; sick puppies covered in feces, some injured by broken cages; guinea pigs bleeding and overcrowded, one without an eye.
State inspectors found similar conditions in visits since 2003 but did nothing. Inspection records show they found a dog's carcass in a freezer and kittens who died after receiving no veterinary care. Other kittens, too young for legal sale, were infested with fleas and slumped over in dehydration in an old birdcage.
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