Current News
Fish in the Classroom Project Expands
Elementary school teachers in Chicago dipped their toes into the world of aquatics education in July, taking part in a daylong Fish in the Classroom seminar designed to help them create aquatics-related lessons for their students... 
Legal Woes Dog Pet Stores
Several pet stores and animal breeders battled legal matters this summer, drawing the glare of the media spotlight. The biggest news: A federal judge in Phoenix in August dismissed a class action lawsuit against Petland Inc. (Chillicothe, Ohio) and Hunte Corp. (Goodman, Mo.), ruling that the complaint failed to set forth any legally viable claims. The lawsuit, filed by six individuals and supported by the Humane Society of the United States (Washington), alleged that the companies conspired to sell dogs bred in substandard conditions...
Aquatic Animal Health Plan
Comments on a national plan to manage aquatic animal pathogens are due Oct. 20.
Federal officials are now seeking comments on a National Aquatic Animal Health Plan designed to provide a framework for developing programs to handle diseases that affect the health of aquatic animals...
Don’t Mess With UPC Labels
Tampering with Universal Product Code labels could represent trademark infringement, warns a federal court.
A recent federal court decision upheld a lower court’s view that UPC labels provide important quality-control protections for consumer-product manufacturers—and sent a message that retailers who sell products with altered or missing codes could be liable for trademark infringement...
Indiana Updates Herp Rules
The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Fish & Wildlife Division in August published a notice of intent to amend and clarify current state code regulating the collection and possession of reptiles and amphibians native to Indiana. The notice also clarifies sale and transport requirements as well as the possession and sale of dangerous reptiles...
Petland Honors Top Stores
The international retail chain cites outstanding stores in Ashland, Ky., and Calgary, Alberta, during its annual trade show.
Petland Inc. (Chillicothe, Ohio) recognized dozens of outstanding stores and employees during its 2009 trade show, held July 30-Aug. 2 in Boca Raton, Fla...
Study Gathers Data on Relinquished Pets
The National Council on Pet Population Study and Policy (Ann Arbor, Mich.) is conducting the first nationwide study to get a more accurate idea of how many animals are relinquished to shelters, how many are adopted and how many are euthanized...
Payment Card Mandates Vex Retailers
Small retailers are frustrated and bewildered by the complex requirements of Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards—and most don’t realize how easily a data hacker could put them out of business, according to a new survey conducted in part by the National Retail Federation (Washington)...
Consumer Confidence Improves
Rising investment confidence and expectations for the future pushed consumer confidence north in August, according to the RBC CASH Index. Overall, consumer confidence advanced 15.1 points, bringing the RBC CASH Index to 37.5 in August, versus 22.4 in July...
APPA Awards 8 Scholarships
The American Pet Products Association (Greenwich, Conn.) awarded $1,500 Jules Schwimmer Scholarships for 2009-2010 to outstanding college students with family ties to APPA member firms...
Save the Earth, Save a Buck
Retailers who pursue green agendas can actually reduce costs at the same time, according to a new study by SSA & Co., a global operations consulting firm based in New York...
Reef Conference Rescheduled
The Chicago Marine Aquarium Society has rescheduled its World Reef Conference for 2010, and will not co-locate with H.H. Backer’s Pet Industry Christmas Trade Show and Educational Conference this year...
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