Current News
PIJAC and APPA Renew Ties
In a dramatic about-face, three major pet industry players have renewed their membership in the Washington-based Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, restoring hundreds of thousands in membership dues to the pet industry’s most visible lobbying group... 
More Cities Ban Pet Sales
The small but growing movement to ban retail pet sales picked up more steam in June with San Francisco’s proposed ordinance to prohibit not only the sale of cats and dogs in pet stores, but also hamsters, rats and other species...
More Pet Owners Choose Shelters
Bans on animal sales in pet stores seem to tie into public sentiment—at least according to a recent poll by the Associated Press-Petside.com. More than half of those polled said they would get their next dog or cat from a shelter—nearly seven times as many who said they would buy their pet from a store...
Study Assesses Pet Parents’ Buying Habits
Pet parents care how much products such as pet food cost, but are almost equally influenced by expert recommendations and brand names when making purchasing decisions, according to a new consumer survey conducted by an online media group...
Bob Johannigman, Former PIDA President, Dies
Robert Johannigman Sr., a leader in the pet industry for more than 60 years and one-time president of the Pet Industry Distributors Association, died June 3, 2010. He was 85...
Mel Krause, the first aquatics manufacturer to put a hinge across the front of the hood for easy access into the aquarium, died May 9, 2010, after a long illness. He was 81...
Natura Deal Suggests Category Shift to Mass Channels
The Procter & Gamble Co. (Cincinnati) rocked the pet food world in May when it purchased Natura Pet Products Inc. (Fremont, Neb.)—and that purchase could be significant enough to launch natural pet foods in a new direction, according to David Lummis, senior pet market analyst for Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com (New York)...
Pet Food Bank Facilitates Donations
Working to link supply with demand, Scott Morgan started Share the Love in December 2009 to make it easier to distribute donated pet food to rescue organizations and low-income families...
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