My new ten-week-old Siberian Husky puppy, Atlas, died abruptly due to illness under the care of Shake A Paw, before I ever got the chance to take him home. Unfortunately, my story is just one of the thousands. These stores should no longer be a part of our communities. How many more lives upturned, deceased new pets and hard-earned dollars wasted will it take to force these stores closed? How many more customers have to bring their new puppies home to find their new pet has infected their other pets, resulting in large vet bills? How many more thousands must we spend on nursing our new and sick puppies back to health after being brought home from Shake A Paw? When is enough, enough?

           As we are seeing in our current world situation, preventative measures must be taken when it comes to the spread of illness. We must not wait until we have a rapid-spreading disease on our hands to take these measures. We must put a stop to environments that breed illnesses while we can. These stores have been under investigation for far too long and have far too many news articles and heart-breaking stories attached to them to still be operating and profiting. We must bring excess attention to this matter and urge officials to put a permanent end to this horrific cycle and shut them down.