Good News: Turtles Removed From Retail Shelves
- 600milliondogs.org
- May 11
- 2 min read
PetSmart has officially stopped selling turtles, tortoises, and several other live species across its stores in North America.
For years, many of these animals were kept in crowded containers, arrived weak, or did not survive the journey.
Inside store holding areas, space and care often fell short of what these animals needed to stay healthy.
Federal law in the United States had already banned the sale of very small turtles because of health risks, but larger turtles and other reptiles continued to be sold.
PetSmart has now removed several of these species entirely.
The change also removes Cuban false chameleons, Bahamian anoles, and red claw crabs from shelves.
Removing them from stores means fewer will be bought, and fewer will end up neglected or abandoned when care becomes too difficult.
A wildlife specialist explains it clearly, “Animals with complex needs suffer when treated like products.”
PetSmart still sells other live animals, and those animals face many of the same risks.
Animals are not products, and they do not belong in retail spaces where their needs cannot be fully met.
Reducing the number of animals bred and sold under these conditions helps lower the risk of neglect, abandonment, or life without proper care.
The world's 600 million stray dogs and 87 million stray cats give birth to over 1 billion homeless puppies and kittens every year.
Tragically, those who survive also reproduce, creating another generation of homeless strays and repeating the cycle of suffering year after year.
This is why our mission is to end the #1 cause of suffering and death for dogs and cats — overpopulation — by developing a Cookie that will only need to be eaten one time, and it will, in effect, spay or neuter — without surgery.
With your help, we will end this suffering!
Please join us.
Thank you for caring and for helping animals.
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