HSUS Challenges Pet Stores in Anti-Puppy Mill Campaign
AAn unprecedented consumer-action campaign by The Humane Society of the United States (Washington) is employing ordinary people to try to identify pet stores that sell puppies obtained from puppy mills...

New Concept Combines Aquarium Adventure and Petland Stores
Dan Star wanted to do something different that would provide family entertainment for both pet lovers and aquarium enthusiasts. So he and his wife, Janet, decided to open the first Aquarium Adventure-Petland store...

Petland Launches Puppy Program
As part of an exclusive program designed to socialize puppies before they are sold, Petland Inc. (Chillicothe, Ohio) has teamed with Brian Donovan, a Michigan-based canine behavior consultant, to certify Petland pet counselors in puppy behavior and training techniques...

Pet Evacuation Bill Passes
A bill that requires local and state emergency preparedness offices to consider the needs of pet owners, pets and service animals when they formulate emergency plans easily passed the U.S. House of Representatives in May...

EPA Scientists Question Pesticides in Flea Collars
Scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency in May asked EPA administrator Stephen Johnson to either adopt maximum exposure protections for more than 20 neurotoxic pesticides or take them off the market, according to the American Pet Products Manufacturers Association (Greenwich, Conn.)...

USDA Requires Snail Permits
The U.S. Department of Agriculture now requires a permit with interstate shipments of all freshwater and marine snails, according to the Florida Tropical Fish Farms Association (Winter Haven)...

Dog Seller Faces Lawsuit
Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett in April filed a lawsuit against a Berks County kennel owner accused of selling sick or diseased dogs and deceiving consumers about their legal rights under the state’s “puppy lemon law.”...

Pet Care Trust Presents Sue Busch Memorial Awards
Six students of veterinary technology have received 2006 Sue J. Busch Memorial Awards, administered by The Pet Care Trust (Arcadia, Calif.), for devoting significant time and energy to improving the health of companion animals...

May Retail Sales Up
If high gas prices were supposed to put the brakes on spending, someone forgot to tell consumers. According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales for May were an impressive 8.2 percent higher than last year, and 0.2 percent seasonally adjusted over April...

Online Sales Rising
Online retail sales are expected to hit $211.4 billion this year—led in part by the fast-growing pet supplies and cosmetics/fragrances categories, according to a study by Shop.org (Washington), an association for online retailers...

Luxury Consumers Are Big Spenders
The confidence of high-end consumers hit a record high in the first quarter of 2006, increasing 8.4 points to reach 113.2 points on the Luxury Consumption Index by Unity Marketing (Stevens, Pa.), a marketing consulting firm. The increase follows a 10.4-point increase at the close of 2005...

SuperZoo to Showcase Fashion, Boutique Items
Manufacturers of pet couture and other boutique products will showcase their latest offerings in two fashion shows at SuperZoo 2006, to take place Sept. 20-22 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas...

China International Pet Show Set for October
More than 14,500 trade visitors from around the world are expected to fill the Beijing Exhibition Center for the 10th edition of the China International Pet Show, to take place Oct. 11-14 in Beijing, China...

International Pet Conference Set for November
New challenges in global pet retailing—from the retailer’s and the manufacturer’s perspectives—will be the focus of the International Pet Conference, to be held Nov. 14-15 at the Kempinski Hotel in Frankfurt am Main, Germany...

Interzoo 2006 Sets Attendance Records
More than 34,000 trade visitors from 108 countries attended the 29th edition of Interzoo—the world’s largest pet supplies trade show—held May 11-14 in Nuremberg, Germany...