Online Petition Calls for Closure of Birdcage

Online Petition Calls for Closure of Birdcage

POPULARITY ONSOCIAL MEDIA, IT ASKSFOR THE CLOSURE OFA COUNCIL BLUFFSPET STORE, BECAUSEWHAT SOME ARECALLING POOR LIVINGCONDITIONS FOR THEANIMALS REPORTERJOHN MADDEN SPOKEWITH ONECONCERNED PETOWNER, WHO SAYSHER ANIMALS DIEDSHORTLY AFTERBEING ADOPTED FROMTHE BIRDCAGE.WE ALSO WANT TOWARN YOU, SOME OFTHE IMAGES YOU SAYMAY BE DISTURBINGFOR SOME VIEWERS.NATS SAMANTHATAGGERT THOUGHTSHE'D BE MAKING ALOT MORE VIDEOSLIKE THIS "I HELDEACH BUNNY IN MYARMS AS IT GAVE ITSLAST SHRIEK, IT'SLAST BREATH." BUTONLY 9 AND 10 DAYSLATER, HER RECENTLYADOPTED PETS, HADDIED, SHE SAID THERABBITS BECAME SICKSHORTLY AFTERCOMING HOME "YOUCAN SAY IT'S JUST ARABBIT, BUT THATWAS SUPPOSED TO BEMY EMOTIONALSUPPORT ANIMAL FORMY SISTERS, LIKE 6AND 8 YEARS OLDTHEY DON'TUNDERSTAND THAT."SHE SAYS SHE GOTTHE ANIMALS FROMTHE BIRDCAGE, A PETSTORE IN COUNCILBLUFFS AND WHENSHE WENT BACK TOTELL THE STORE,ANOTHER RABBIT INTHIS PICTURE, WASSHOWING SIGNS ITWAS ABOUT TO HAVE ASIMILAR FATE "THERABBIT WAS NOTMOVING; IT WASREALLY LIFELESS, ITWAS REALLY SAD, ITWAS JUST NOT HOWYOU PICTURE ABUNNY WHEN YOUSEE A BUNNY."RABBITS ARE KNOWNTO BE PRONE TOVIRAL ILLNESSES, BUTTAGGERT SAYS SHEWAS CONCERNEDABOUT THECONDITION OF THESTORE AND THEANIMALS INSIDE ANDSHE THINKS IT PLAYEDA ROLE IN LOSING HERPETS "THE PLACE HASBEEN OPEN FORYEARS, AND FOR ALLOF THESE HUNDREDSOF STORIES OFANIMALS THATTHEY'VE LOST, I DON'TTHINK THAT THEYSHOULD BE GIVENANOTHER CHANCETIME AND TIME AGAIN."NATS OF CLICKTAGGERT STARTED ANONLINE PETITIONAFTERWARDS ASKINGFOR THE CLOSURE OFTHE STORE, ANDSHARED THESEPICTURES SHE TOOKINSIDE SHOWINGWHAT SHE SAYS AREDIRTY ANDOVERCROWDEDCAGES, PET FOODSTORED IN UNCLEANBUCKETS, AND DOGSWITH NO BEDS TO LIEIN "THERE WERE DEADFISH, DEAD TURTLES,OVERCROWDEDRODENT CAGES."BROOKE BRAYMAN ISANOTHER COUNCILBLUFFS RESIDENTWHO SAYS SHE HATESGOING INSIDE THESTORE "IT'S JUSTAWFUL EVERY TIME, ILEAVE THERE CRYINGEVERY TIME I GO INTHERE." THE ONLINEPETITION ANDTAGGERT'S FACEBOOKPAGE HAVE OTHERPOSTS OF PEOPLESHARING SIMILARSTORIES INCLUDINGONE THAT SAID THEYGOT A PUPPY FROMTHE STORE THAT DIEDTWO WEEKS LATERAND A VET SAID IT HADBEEN SICK FORAWHILE NATS BUT ONTHE IOWADEPARTMENT OFAGRICULTUREWEBSITE, SINCE 2012THE STORE HAS HADFOUR COMPLAINTINSPECTIONS ANDANNUAL INSPECTIONSEVERY YEAR, WHICHALL SHOW NOVIOLATIONS OTHERTHAN ONERECOMMENDATION OFA BETTER EXHAUSTSYSTEM TO HELPWITH ODORS NATS OFANIMALS THE OWNEROF THE BIRDCAGEDECLINED ANINTERVIEW, BUT WEDECIDED TO STOP BYUNANNOUNCED TOCHECK THOSECONDITIONS, THEAREA WHERE ITAPPEARED THE DOGSWERE, WAS EMPTY,NO DEAD ANIMALSWERE SEEN, ANDCAGES APPEARED TOBE RECENTLYCLEANED, THISIGUANA CAGE WASTHE DIRTIEST ONE WESAW BUT WHEN WECAME BACK THEFOLLOWING DAY, THISTIME ANNOUNCED, ITWAS CLEANSTILL,TAGGERT ISCONCERNED "ITDOESN'T TAKE VERYLONG TO SWITCH UPSOME STUFF AND PUTON A MASK, AND SAYWELL, NO, OURANIMALS ARE FINE."JOHN TAG: THEOWNER OF THESTORE SAYS THESTATE CAME ANDINSPECTED AGAIN ONTHURSDAY AND NOVIOLATIONS WEREFOUND, HE ALSO SAYSHE HAS LONG TIMECUSTOMERS THATWOULD ALSO VOUCHFOR GOODTREATMENT OF THEANIMALS, REPORTINGIN COUNCIL BLUFFS,JOHN MADDEN 3NEWS NOWTHE IOWADEPARTMENT OFAGRICULTURE SAYSTHE LAST COMPLAINTTHEY GOT ABOUT THEBIRDCAGE WAS LASTWEEKEND, NO WORDON IF THE RECENTINSPECTIONMENTIONED BY THESTORE OWNER...WAS A RESULT OFTHAT COMPLAINT.