Amy Kessler Your letter touched me and I had to write Cabelas. I hope enough other Berner owners, not yet on holiday, take the time to write them as well. Thanks for the inspiration.
Linda Seaver To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Ron, Shame on you! Selling puppies? Attracting customers!! Please understand that I am not fooled by your weak rationalization for selling puppies in front of Cabela's: it's to increase sales and keep the kids busy so the parents can shop! And who really pays? The thousands of dogs living in puppy mills, ill-nourished, ill-housed, unexercised, unloved and suffering until they die of untreated illnesses. NO ETHICAL & RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WOULD EVER SELL THIS WAY!! Please seriously reconsider this venture. Your current behaviour will contribute money to the pockets of the puppy millers, future suffering for more dogs of all breeds, will eventually fill the cages of the humane shelters with pups bought on impulse and then dumped as inconvenient burdens. You are in no way creating the opportunity for families to carefully research and choose a healthy companion dog. NO ETHICAL & RESPONSIBLE BREEDER WOULD EVER SELL THIS WAY!! YOU CAN DO BETTER!! You seminars sound useful but selling puppies on site is reprehensible.How about continuing the seminars and just deleting the sale of puppies? No cost and a big public relations gain! How about asking the local ASPCA to bring a few dogs in need of adoption to the store with educational materials and experienced screening staff? How about local vets that would do eye, heart, microchip and tatoo clinics at a low price for your customers that already have dogs? THAT would be a service! There are many ways to attract customers that do not EXPLOIT puppies and fuel the puppy mills. YOU CAN DO BETTER!! I will no longer shop at Cabela's as a result of this practice. Let me know when you find your ethical and moral center as well as a more contructive way to raise your bottom line. Sincerely, Linda Seaver Bedford Village, NY 10506 cc People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Humane Soceity of the United States American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals American Kennel Club Gazette
