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Ask Petland to End Rabbit Sales After Employee Rabbit Killings!
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Last week, PETA received information about a Petland employee named Elizabeth Carlisle who boasted about drowning two rabbits who were in the care of an Akron, Ohio, Petland store. Then to make this already shocking story even more horrifying, she posted a photograph of herself-proudly posing with the dead bunnies-on her Facebook page.

In the photo, Carlisle is seen grinning for the camera as she holds the bodies of two dead, soaking-wet rabbits by the scruff of their necks. Carlisle admitted to a Facebook friend that she drowned the rabbits, claiming that her manager took the photograph while Carlisle was "swearing at [the rabbits] to just hurry up and die ...."

In her Facebook comments, she also writes that the animals suffered from injuries that they had inflicted on each other, but instead of providing them with proper veterinary care, Carlisle (and apparently her manager, whom Carlisle claims took the photo) decided to drown the animals.

Petland has long been under fire for buying animals from breeding mills, among other allegations, and PETA routinely receives complaints about deplorable conditions for animals at Petland stores across the U.S. It is clear that Petland has no business selling live animals, period, but in light of this cruelty case, we are renewing our call on Petland Founder Ed Kunzelman and Petland President Frank Diffata to end rabbit sales immediately, as other national pet store chains have recently done.


Please help PETA ensure that this type of abuse can never happen again at a Petland store. Take action now!


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Last week, PETA received information about a Petland employee named Elizabeth Carlisle who boasted about drowning two rabbits who were in the care of an Akron, Ohio, Petland store. <b>Then to make this already shocking story even more horrifying, she posted a photograph of herself-proudly posing with the dead bunnies-on her Facebook page.</b></p>
<p>In the photo, Carlisle is seen grinning for the camera as <b>she holds the bodies of two dead, soaking-wet rabbits by the scruff of their necks.</b> Carlisle admitted to a Facebook friend that she drowned the rabbits, claiming that her manager took the photograph while Carlisle was "swearing at [the rabbits] to just hurry up and die ...."</p>
<p><b>In her Facebook comments, she also writes that the animals suffered from injuries that they had inflicted on each other, but instead of providing them with proper veterinary care, Carlisle (and apparently her manager, whom Carlisle claims took the photo) decided to drown the animals.<br /><br /></b></p>
<p><a href="http://www.dailytexanonline.com/top-stories/petland-on-bad-side-of-city-ordinance-and-activists-1.1775836">Petland has long been under</a> fire for buying animals from breeding mills, among other allegations, and PETA routinely receives complaints about deplorable conditions for animals at Petland stores across the U.S. It is clear that Petland has no business selling live animals, period, but in light of this cruelty case, we are renewing our call on Petland Founder Ed Kunzelman and Petland President Frank Diffata to end rabbit sales immediately, as other national pet store chains have recently done.</p>
<p><b><br />Please help PETA ensure that this type of abuse can never happen again at a Petland store. <a href="http://www2.peta.org/site/R?i=8PD3LtCGX-MNOPEBxaNs1w..">Take action now</a>!</b></p>
<p><br />Thanks for taking action!</p>
<p><b><br />Source:</b> PETA

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