PetSmart . . . Animal Stupid . . .

PetSmart purchases animals from this supplier, the employees of which have no regard for animal suffering.





In addition, PETA sent an undercover investigator to a store in Manchester after it received a complaint from a customer last fall, Brown said. That investigator took a job at the store and used a camera to document her findings.

In a roughly three-minute video aired during a press conference, the investigator says that the refrigerator in the back room is so packed with dead animals they often fall out when the door is opened.

"It's so common for these animals to die it becomes a nuisance to the store," she says, adding of the animals, "Most of their day is spent trying to escape from their cage."

The investigator notes in her report to PETA that PetSmart managers observed one hamster over three days and noted the animal's condition as "wobbly," "dehydrated," "very lethargic," "regressing," "dying ... can't swallow," and "dead."

"It's obvious these deaths can be avoided" through medical intervention, she says.

Brown said the PetSmart chain brings in an annual profit of $4 billion, only 3 percent of which is derived through the sale of live animals. They use small animals such as hamsters as "bait" for the purchase of more expensive items such as cages, bedding material, and toys, she charged.

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