How Do You Protest Against Mistreatment Of Hermit Crabs In Pet Stores?
• Contact the store. Call the pet store, e-mail them, talk to the workers, and more. Be and sound friendly. People who scream, shout, etc. often get nowhere or tossed from the store. • Explain how proper care would increase sales, as that’s why the store exists. Live, healthy hermit crabs will sell more than sick ones and there will be less returns. • Secretly leave care sheets near the hermit crabs. This will teach others the true care of hermit crabs and not to buy them from the store, because they’ll see they’re unhealthy and not cared for. • Do not “rescue” hermit crabs from bad conditions: • They’ll just restock with more hermit crabs. It’ll cause more harm than good. • Buying them gives the false message that they are doing something right. • There are better ways to help them than to support stores for doing something wrong. • Many animal welfare groups are against rescuing animals from pet stores due to poor conditions. Spread the word. • Make a web page about it. • Make a vide
• Contact the store. Call the pet store, e-mail them, talk to the workers, and more. Be and sound friendly. People who scream, shout, etc. often get nowhere or tossed from the store. • Explain how proper care would increase sales, as that’s why the store exists. Live, healthy hermit crabs will sell more than sick ones and there will be less returns. • Secretly leave care sheets near the hermit crabs. This will teach others the true care of hermit crabs and not to buy them from the store, because they’ll see they’re unhealthy and not cared for. • Do not “rescue” hermit crabs from bad conditions: • They’ll just restock with more hermit crabs. It’ll cause more harm than good. • Buying them gives the false message that they are doing something right. • There are better ways to help them than to support stores for doing something wrong. • Many animal welfare groups are against rescuing animals from pet stores due to poor conditions. If you can tell that the hermit crabs are being mistreated
