PetSmart Inc. is an American retail network operating in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico engaged in the sale of pet products and services such as dog care and dog training, cat and boarding dog facilities, and daycare. PetSmart also offers a variety of small animals for sale and adoption, such as small birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and several different pocket pets, such as rats, guinea pigs, chinchillas, gerbils (except in California), many different species of hamsters. , and rats.
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PetSmart opened for business on August 14, 1986 and opened its first two stores in August 1987 under the name PetFood Warehouse in the Phoenix area. In 1989, the name and logo changed from PetFood Warehouse to PetsMart. PetsMart continued to grow and in 1993 went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange listed under the symbol "PETM". In 1994, PetSmart formed PetSmart Charities Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to ending euthanasia and finding homes for homeless pets. Petsmart.com debuted in July 1995. In early 2000, PetSmart remodeled most of its store in a plan they called "Eagles," which transformed many stores from the front half of a half-shed/half-shed into an all-more standard retail market. In August 2005, the company announced that it changed its name from PetsMart to PetSmart. This move, which emphasizes "Smart" over "Mart," is designed to announce its evolution from a pet supply store to a solution-oriented company.
In September 2016, PetSmart operates approximately 1,477 stores and various locations with PetSmart's PetsHotels, and Doggie Day Camps. Certain locations also share space with their corporate partners, Banfield Pet Hospital.
In December 2014, PetSmart was acquired by BC Partners for $ 8.7 billion. PetSmart acquired chewy in 2017.
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Product line
Dog products
PetSmart has several brands that produce a variety of products including the Grady Choice (formerly Award ) which is a line of dog food as well as hard goods of dogs and cats. Authority is a premium dog and cat food distributed by PetSmart and Simply Nourish is a super premium dog food and cat food offering dry and dry foods, limited ingredients and whole grains. formula-free. Top Paw is a private label used for dog hard goods.
Cat Products
PetSmart has several brands that produce products for felines including cat food Authority , which is considered a premium food. Besides Grace Choice , Pretty Nourish , comparable to top brands like Wellness and Blue Buffalo. Also available lines of cat litter and waste-related products. Toy Shoppe and Whisker City that produce toys and furniture of cats and dogs.
Birds, fish, and small animal products
PetSmart sells fish tanks, stands, and aquarium decorations and accessories under the name of Top Fin . Birds and pet products are made under the label All Living Things , and cover most of the items needed for bird and small animal farming.
In January 2008, PetSmart temporarily stopped selling birds in all US stores as a precaution after random testing found a small percentage of cockatiels tested positive for psittacosis, a fairly common infection in birds that can produce symptoms like cold. PetSmart again sold live birds again in April 2008 after comprehensive testing and care.
Horse products
Previously, some PetSmart stores included the State Line Tack section. It provides a wide selection of saddles, halters, bridles, saddle pads, etc. State Line Tack also sells feed and other equipment to care for horses.
In 2007, PetSmart placed State Line Tack, including all catalogs and Internet businesses, for sale and effectively removed all State Line Tack items from stores. State Line Tack was eventually purchased by Horse.com, one of the many sites owned by Pets United.
PetsHotel
The original PetsHotel was developed and operated by David Mackstellar and Rodger Ford in Arizona. PetSmart purchased PetsHotels from Mackstellar and Ford in 2000 and today, PetSmart continues to create and operate PetsHotels at their locations throughout the US and Canada.
Charity and adoption center
PetSmart has helped lost pets find homes with family. Instead of selling dogs, cats, rabbits, and other large animals in the store, PetSmart donated space to local rescue groups. Rescue groups are also provided with donations of food, garbage, and other supplies. The cost of adoption is collected by the group itself. With each adoption, PetSmart provides a new guardian of a book that provides basic care information for their new pets. On September 22, 2016, more than 7,000,000 pets have been adopted through the adoption center of Petsmart. Every year, PetSmart hosts an adoption weekend featuring more pets that can be adopted than at other times of the year.
PetSmart Charities, a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization, also raised money for local adoption groups, including groups that did not offer in-store space. In many stores, donations are collected in the register through traditional drop boxes. Some stores also ask customers if they want to donate a dollar on the list when they use a credit or debit card. PetSmart charity also has an annual donation drive. The proceeds from the Petsmart Charities event were awarded to over 3,400 adoption partners. PetSmart Charities claims that from six to eight million pets collected by rescue agencies, three to four million euthanized people simply because they do not have a loving home.
PetSmart Charities Inc. is set to award the first Austin Humane Society of three $ 227,000 grant installments to help fund AHS's new AHS Wild Spay/Neuter Program.
PetSmart Charities is also known as the Rescue Waggin program. The program operates specially designed trucks carrying dogs that can be adopted from overpopulated areas to partner shelters where animals that can be adopted are in demand. Rescue Waggin operates trucks in the Midwest and Northeastern regions of the United States. This program has saved more than 10,000 pets since 2004.
PetSmart also operates the online Pet Dog community on Pets.com.
Charges by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
PetSmart has been the subject of public criticism by the animal rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for the sale of live birds. PETA alleges that it is cruel to sell birds raised in warehouses and feels that the breeding of birds is similar to the use of a puppy factory. PETA updated its claim that PetSmart permanently halted the sale of live birds after a voluntary halt in bird sales due to the psittacosis epidemic in January 2008.
PETA also claims that the use of the pest control glue trap within the PetSmart store is cruel. PETA feels that because stores sell a variety of rodent species, it is hypocritical for them to engage in rodent pest control. PetSmart calculates that it is unfair to characterize bird breeders similar to a dog factory because these operations must meet established veterinary standards and industry-leading for breeding, care and transportation of these pets. Also, small pets are sold in shops that are raised for pets and should not be confused with wild rats, which carry disease and damage property. It maintains that basically all major retailers, restaurants, and merchants with rodent control programs effectively use glue traps.
On January 23, 2008, PETA posted a press release accusing one of the biggest vendors of Petsmart, Rainbow World Exotics, of animal neglect and cruelty. Videocassettes provided by undercover PETA members who infiltrated the facility as an employee showed small animals treated cruelly and ignored. More serious allegations include lay people (not veterinarians) of castrated animals with unsafe provisions, live animals dumped in trash, dead animals intentionally killed, and sick animals killed or left without veterinary interaction. After this accusation PetSmart launched an investigation reporting it found no serious error by Rainbow, although they agreed that the eradication that was recorded did not meet the standards of medicine or animals. PETA filed a complaint with the USDA and pursued criminal charges with the territory of Hamilton, Texas, where the exotic Rainbow World is located.
In January 2016, PETA released details of the investigation of Holmes Farm, a major live animal supplier for Petsmart, Petco and Pet Supplies Plus, which highlights the rough conditions of what is described as a "dirty, windowless warehouse complex." Small animals such as rabbits, hamsters, rats, mice and gerbils are confined in overcrowded bins and often drink from contaminated water bowls or have no water at all. Cats, which are free to roam around the facility, regularly jump in and out of the trash and prey on the animals inside. The PETA researchers reported that, during their observations, injured animals never received animal care, but instead were piled by dozens of people in "foam-covered coolers" and then gassed to death with carbon monoxide; the other is put in a ziplock bag and frozen to death. Over a span of approximately three months, investigators â € <â € In February 2016, another PETA investigation found widespread abuse and abandonment at Mack, Ohio's reptile factory and supplier for Petsmart, including, among other things, frogs, lizards, turtles and other animals "crammed into dirty plastic trash cans and solids piled into rack units like old bank statements Life creatures are plundered for days or even weeks Sick and injured animals deny the care of animals Dehydrated, dehydrated animals desperately need water The animals are cruelly killed with gassed or frozen to death. " In March 2018, police raided Petsmart in Bellevue, Tennessee after PETA submitted evidence given to shopkeepers that sick and injured animals were not given proper medical care. The police confiscated the animals in question and any records related to their care. A statement from PETA accused managers of "repeatedly refusing to give sick, wounded and dying animals with animal care to keep costs low so they will receive bonuses."
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