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- The U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team defeated Germany 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-20) on Tuesday and, in doing so, won the Four Nations Tournament in Leipzig, Germany. Although the United States and Germany both finished the tournament with records of 2-1, the U.S. Men lost only four sets along the way while Germany lost five. In Tuesday's other match, Czech Republic defeated China, 27-25, 26-28, 25-21, 25-22. China still finished third with a 1-2 record since it lost six sets while Czech Republic lost seven.
Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) led the U.S. Men on Tuesday with 16 points on a match-high 14 kills and two blocks. Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.) added 10 points on eight kills, one ace and one block and Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) scored 10 points all on kills. Phil Eatherton (Glencoe, Mo.) scored seven points on three kills and a match-high four blocks. Delano Thomas (Sacramento, Calif.) scored six points on three kills, two blocks and one ace. Setter Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania) scored three two points on two kills. The team's hitting percentage was 57 percent and it converted 54 percent of its kill attempts. Germany's hitting percentage was 32 percent as it converted 43 percent of its kill attempts.
U.S. Men's Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) started Touzinsky and Rooney at outside hitter, Eatherton and Thomas at middle blocker, Gardner at opposite and Suxho at setter with Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) playing libero. Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.) was used as a serving substitute in the first two sets. Marcus Popp led Germany with 14 points on 13 kills and one block.
The U.S. Men will play an exhibition match against Germany on May 15 in Chemnitz, Germany. The German team will host an Olympic qualifying tournament on May 23-25 in Dusseldorf.
Germany came out strong in the first set on Tuesday, taking an 8-7 lead at the first technical timeout and increasing it to 13-8. The U.S. Men responded with a 6-1 run, including two kills from Rooney and one each from Gardner, Touzinsky and Eatherton, along with an ace from Thomas, to tie the score at 14-14. Germany scored twice more to take a 16-14 lead and held a one- or two-point advantage until it led 20-18. Team USA won the next three points on kills from Gardner and Thomas and a block by Eatherton to take a 21-20 lead. Germany tied it at 21-21, but the United States scored the next four points on a kill and a block by Rooney and two German attack errors. Team USA held a slim 8-7 lead at the first technical timeout of the second set and later trailed at 10-11. But the U.S. Men scored four straight points on a Touzinsky kill and three German errors to take a 14-11 lead. The U.S. Men held the lead until Germany tied the score at 19-19. The teams traded points until it was tied at 22-22. A German serving error and a Rooney block put the U.S. Men up 24-22. Germany scored once more before Rooney put the set away with a kill. Team USA never trailed in the third set, although Germany kept the score close. The United States led 8-6 at the first technical timeout and 16-11 at the second. After the second technical timeout, Germany went on a 4-1 run to pull to within two points at 17-15, but a Rooney kill put Team USA back up by three. Germany scored two more points to pull to within one at 19-18, but the U.S. Men put the match out of reach at 23-18 on a kill and block from Touzinsky, a block from Thomas and a German attack error. Suxho scored the final point with a kill.
: The U.S. Men will be playing the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Exhibition for Volleyball against Argentina at 7 p.m. on May 27 at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, Calif. Go to
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U.S. Men's Team Roster
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4 Evan Patak (Opp, 6-8, Pleasanton, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 Phil Eatherton (MB, 6-9, Glencoe, Mo., Ball State)
7 Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC bv)
10 Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
11 Brook Billings (Opp, 6-5, Santa Barbara, Calif., USC)
12 Andrew Hein (MB, 6-11, Carol Stream, Ill., Pepperdine)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 Gabe Gardner (Opp, 6-9, San Clemente, Calif., Stanford)
17 Delano Thomas (MB, 6-7, Sacramento, Calif., Hawai'i)
18 Scott Touzinsky (OH, 6-6, St. Louis, Mo., Long Beach State)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon
Team Manager: Russell Rose
Assistant Coach: Ron Larsen
Assistant Coach: Jay Hosack
Technical Coordinator: Jamie Morrison
Medical Support: Aaron Brock
Four Nations Tournament Results
1. USA - 5 points-6-4 sets
2. GER - 5 points-6-5 sets
3. CHN - 4 points-5-6 sets
4. CZE - 4 points-5-7 sets
May 11
USA def. Czech Republic, 20-25, 25-20, 26-24, 26-24
Germany def. China, 33-31, 26-28, 25-22, 25-19
May 12
China def. USA, 25-19, 25-22, 25-21
Germany def. Czech Republic, 25-19, 25-21, 19-25, 25-22
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Czech Republic def. China, 27-25, 26-28, 25-21, 25-22
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Summer/Fall 2000
Volume 5 Number 1
By John McCall
As we walked back to the village church, there was a deep sense that Christ is alive. We worshipped again at nine o'clock in the sanctuary. The children had spent the night sleeping on the sanctuary floor. There were two coconuts on the communion table, each with a new sprout growing out of it, a potent sign of the hope we were celebrating. The singing was joyful as the men, the women, the youth, and the elders each sang a different Easter anthem. After the sermon we went to the church's garden and each planted a flower. The church elders then handed out eggs to each worshipper. We traded our eggs and shared the peace of Christ.
I went to Taiwan in 1996 as a Presbyterian Church USA mission coworker after seven years as the pastor of Black Mountain Presbyterian Church, just down the road from Montreat in the North Carolina mountains. I remember that when I met with the church's pastoral search committee and one member asked me how long I would stay if I were called, I replied with an answer that seemed the most outlandish thing I could imagine: "I don't know God's will. I could be on the mission field in five years!"
It turned out to be seven, and I was on my way to Taiwan, a small leaf-shaped island hanging just one hundred miles off the south coast of China, to begin studying Mandarin Chinese.
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This is what I call my "healthily indulgent soup", using macadamias rather than cream to bring a delicious rich creaminess. Just a touch of nutty texture, and the sweetness of macadamias and apples. If you can find the Australian nuts, all the better, as the nut from its native terroir has a more subtle soft crunch!


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Circus Finally Faces Formal Charges
Update: The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ordered Cole Bros. to pay a $15,000 penalty for its numerous violations of the Animal Welfare Act.
After receiving complaints from PETA about the cruel and neglectful treatment of elephants Tina and Jewell, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has now formally charged Cole Bros. Circus and its owner, John Pugh, for numerous violations of the Animal Welfare Act, including the following:
- Failure to provide adequate veterinary care to an underweight elephant with a protruding spine and emaciated body
- Failure to employ personnel who were adequately trained and capable of caring for the elephants
- Transferring elephants, against the recommendations of an elephant specialist, to an unlicensed exhibitor who lacked the skills and training to adequately care for them
- Failure to provide adequate enclosures for the elephants
In addition, Cole Bros. Circus and Pugh were charged with exhibiting animals without a license, employing a tiger handler who lacked adequate training, and illegally dealing in tigers.
The charges follow the seizure of Jewell and subsequent surrender of Tina in 2009 after the circus was slapped with a $150,000 fine for illegally selling the elephants in violation of the Endangered Species Act. Tina and Jewell were rehomed at a zoo, which, while not ideal, is a considerable improvement over being trucked across the country in chains and cramped, stuffy trailers.
Wherever the circus goes, you can bet that animal suffering goes with it. Please leave these cruel shows off your summer itinerary and choose animal-free circuses instead.
Written by Michelle Sherrow
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How is this circus still allowed to have animals? they are in my town this week and I saw 2 tigers in a very small cage, 2 or 3 grown elephants and a BABY!! It makes me want to cry!!!
P.S. Please don't forget QUEENIE.. all these elephants deserve SANCTUARY…NOT circus Life.. How much does Chester Gibson REALLY care???
Tina and Jewel AND QUEENIE were confiscated from Will Davenport! A few years ago…they ALL need to be in a sanctuary!
Que buena,,, me encanta que pasen cosas así… de a poco..
Stop the cruelty! Please do not go to circuses that use any animals. There are wonderful circuses that only have human performers.
Stop the cruelty! Please do not go to circuses that use any animals. There are wonderful circuses that only have human performers.
I have only been to a circus one time and let me tell you I will never go again nor will I ever bring my kids! I learned what a bull hook was at a young age. It's terrible that people can sit and watch these animals be abused right in front of their faces. Let alone have their kids watch. It breaks my heart to see any animal suffer from any kind of abuse. I really don't think this will ever stop. Too many people spend their money to see "The Greatest Show On Earth" Awesome job PETA and thank you for being their voice.
The vile,sadistic,cruel greedy scumbags will continue inflicting pain and suffering on the animals. The only answer is closing them down.
Great job, PETA. It sickens me to think I took my kids to the circus when they were little. My grandchildren will never set foot near one!
I don't understand anymore. Why doesn't the USDA just shut them down and seize the animals? Fine after fine after fine and they still haven't stopped, when is the USDA gonna learn and just shut them down?
it is horrible that people have the courage to take the animals. we must stop this!
Go Peta! I'm so glad you are here…there is nobody better at getting animals out of crucifying conditions. You deserve every dollar that I donate to you. Keep it up until all the cages, chains, whips, slaughter houses are gone forever.
One should stop it!
Thank you PETA for giving animals a voice and speaking out against cruelty and inhumane treatment. Thank you for doing what you do and making an incredible difference in the lives of many animals!!
GOOD! I hope they take the elephants away from them-now THAT would really be justice.
Woo hoo some justice at last. Thankyou to the US Department Of Agriculture, and to PETA for your relentless efforts for animals 🙂
Animals forced to perform in circuses should be outlawed. It's a form of animal abuse.
I for one will be glad when all circuses using animals will be shut down! People can choose to perform… animals have no such choice. Let's hope that very soon the only circuses will like Circque de Soleil… with NO animals!
YEAH!!!! Finally!!! I have protested Cole Brothers several times and videotaped abuse while they were at the citadel mall in Charleston SC. I sent the video to the HSUS, USDA and other animal rights organizations and was told that the man I witnessed hitting the elephant was fired! Now I am elated to read that Tina and Jewel have been removed and that Cole Brothers has been fined!!!!! Now I hope and pray that ALL the rest of the animals are taken as well!!! What is happening with the tigers??? I also witnessed the "trainer" abusing the tigers, it was a horrible experience and NO animal should EVER be treated the way they are in circuses!!! Let's ALL do our part to help END animal acts FOREVER!!!!!!!!
I wish they would do away with all the circus down and free all the animals.
Well done Peta. Circus animals endure so much pain and suffering, it is heartbreaking. Please everyone do not attend circuses using animals.
I am appalled at the abuse heaped on animals involved in circus acts. I will never go to another circus, and I will strongly advise our children not to take their children(or any children for that matter) to a circus ever. These creatures deserve a lot better than this. I'm so happy for Jewell and Tina. A zoo is a LOT better than their former surroundings and treatment
It's unacceptable such a treatment towards animals, circus owners are just inflating their bank accounts and their egos , circus should be band close down for ever ! Animals belong in Africa free , in their own parameters not enclose in cages traveling from one state to another ! Being bitten and abuse in order to give a good performance !
Well done, guys. Animals belong to nature.
d0n't forget Rosy too, alone in a frozen Maine ! It will be wonderful to find a sanctuary for those three poor creatures open a new petition!!


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me and my buddy were wondering about some light lifts for when your fitigued. For about three weeks we have been going hard and today for power clean we were just done for. I struggled with a amount that I got 5 times last week also adding a jerk to the end and today I was struggling to get it twice. we dont want to just stop lifting we just want some lighter lifts that will help us but wont wear on our bodies to bad.
The problem is that you need to program better. You are probably doing way too much volume and that's "frying" your central nervous system.
That's what you most likely experienced today - CNS fatigue. Believe it or not, the muscles actually recover pretty quickly. But, your nervous system is a whole other entity in and of itself. Most people never even consider that as they train.
That's where trying to set up an S & C program for someone like an MMA fighter is so challenging. They train so much outside of the weight room with so many other disciplines that the last thing you want to do is beat the hell out of them in the weight room. While they may feel fine from a muscular standpoint (no soreness, etc.), their CNS may be an entire other issue.
Anyway, back on topic - in the future, I'd set your programming up for a 3-4 week block and make your last week a lower volume week. If you do it right, you should be able to maintain the intensity (i.e. the weight), but just do it for less sets and less reps. That will allow your body the time it needs to recover and in theoretical periodization terminology - hopefully, you'll achieve some type of adaptation or "supercompensation" effect.
Put your program up and I'll have a look at it and offer some thoughts/suggestions. While program design is not some quick-fix recipe, I have a pretty good idea for what's too much vs. what's not enough. Most people who write their own programs have far more than they need. They put in too many exercises and it's overkill.
Good Luck.
Bench and Squat
Power Clean and Dead Lift
Power Pulls and Straight Leg Dead Lift with Ploymetrics
Towel Bench and Front Squat.
(That is what our school uses the program is called Bigger Faster Stronger)
Sport Specific Lifts (very from Day to Day)
Power Snatches
Hang Cleans
Over Head Squats
One Hand Snatches
(That is about most of the main ones we do)
And this sets also very one week will be 3x3 next week will be 5x5 next week will be 5-3-1 next week will be 10-8-6 (excpet power clean and dead lift then its 4-4-3) then the next week it will be 3x3 and the circle just keeps going
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Thanks for that table Craig.I have dissolved ADY in tepid water and also have just added it directly to the dough and I have to say, I didnt see much difference. Maybe Im just a rookie and cant really see a difference.
The dead yeast cells covering ADY interact in an unknown way with the gluten in the dough.
I'm not completely familiar with the differences between ADY and IDY I agree(although I did just start starters for about 300 pounds of dough with ADY) A preferment, or a starter?
I wish I had a wine/liquor door...
I've never heard anything like this.
I have never heard of this either.
After the yeast has been reactivated it may be added to the mixing bowl at any time of the process. There are not many benefits to using active dry yeast. One may be that it tends to provide a more yeasty flavor to the bread. The other is that it has a slight reducing effect on the dough. Yeast cells contain a substance in them called glutathione. Glutathione is a reducing agent that relaxes the protein in the dough. It is contained in the cell of living yeast and only becomes accessible once the yeast has died. Because deactivated yeast has a high content of dead yeast cells, it is sometimes favored for its relaxing properties in the production of pizza dough or pan bread. The effect of the glutathione in the dough allows for easier shaping and less shrinkage.
I found this document a while back that has a lot of good information about yeast: http://www.sfbi.com/pdfs/NewsF03.pdfBelow is an excerpt from the section on ADY. Perhaps what I've highlighted in red is what Giggliato is referring to:
I have some Hodgson Mill ADY at home and also some IDY. Is there any way I could do an experiment with Caputo flour using both yeasts to see if there is any taste difference in the crust when using ADY? I think I can bake the dough balls at Steves in his WFO.
Norma,Unless your dough formulation calls for a lot of yeast, either IDY or ADY, you may not be able to detect the flavors of either in the finished crust. As I noted in Reply 25 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,16775.msg166378/topicseen.html#msg166378, Professor Calvel said that you need to get to around 2.5% fresh yeast to be able to detect it in the finished bread. He did not say anything about the corresponding dry yeast levels but if we use the usual conversion factors, 2.5% fresh yeast would translate to about 1.25% ADY and 0.83% IDY. I don't know if those numbers are comparable from a taste standpoint but if the fermentation period is too long, I suspect that some of the taste contributions of the yeasts diminish the longer the fermentation period. Peter
Well I just meant as with all of biology we just aren't quite sure what exactly is going on.Do you think that the yeast culture develops a collective brain as it grows inside the doughball? I do.
My experience (and I learned a big lesson) is that dumping ADY directly into the ingredients gave me a vastly different result than proofing it vs IDY directly in. I started my pizza making with ADY not knowing that there was IDY. I always followed the soak method until I noted people saying just dump the yeast in and that proofing wasn't needed. I then struggled with oddly flat and dense dough for about a month thinking I was screwing something up but the only thing I had really changed was not proofing the ADY first. I then learned that there was IDY and that was what people were talking about! I have not looked back.This was true blind (dumbass) testing with the same brand of IDY and ADY.
So you use IDY now and just dump it in, correct? Do you put it in the flour and dump the flour in the water or do you put the IDY in the water then put the flour in? Or do you use a different procedure? Thanks.


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Beefy Butternut Squash Chili
Recipe courtesy of Sunny Anderson
- Cooking for Real
Sunny caramelizes the onions and peppers before the beef is added to give some depth of flavor and sweetness.
- 1 tablespoon chili powder
- 1 tablespoon cumin
- 2 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound beef chuck or stewing meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 cup finely chopped white onion
- 1 cup seeded and chopped red bell pepper
- 3 tablespoons tomato paste
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce, such as Frank's Red Hot Sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, grated on rasp or finely minced
- 1 pound ground chuck (80% lean)
- 1 1/2 cups beef stock
- 1 1/2 cups red wine (any inexpensive Chianti)
- 2 tablespoons fine cornmeal
- One 1 1/2-pound butternut squash, peeled, seeded and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
In a small bowl, combine the chili powder, cumin, oregano, pumpkin pie spice, 2 teaspoons salt and a few grinds of black pepper.
In a large pot over medium heat, add the olive oil, beef cubes and half of the seasoning. Cook until the beef is browned on all sides but not cooked through, about 7 minutes; remove with a slotted spoon to a plate. Add the onions, bell peppers, tomato paste, hot sauce and garlic. Stir and cook until everything turns a dark reddish brown, about 10 minutes. Add the ground chuck and sprinkle over the remaining seasoning. Stir and cook until the beef is browned, and then add the reserved beef chunks back to the pot along with the stock, wine, cornmeal and squash. Raise the heat until it comes to a boil, and then lower to a simmer. Cover and cook until the beef is tender, 40 to 45 minutes. Uncover and let the chili cook until it is thick and the liquid is reduced, another 15 minutes.
From Food Network Kitchens; after further testing and to ensure the best results this recipe has been altered from what was in the actual episode.
Recipe courtesy of Sunny Anderson
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Local Schools' Enrollment On Decline
Although 95 percent of Upstate New York's 453 school districts have experienced declining enrollment when compared with that of six years ago, Jamestown Public Schools is the only area school showing a positive differential.
According to a report released by Buffalo Business First this week, JPS had 94 more students enrolled in the 2012-13 academic year than it did in 2007-08, equivalating to a 2 percent increase of its student body. In regard to their respective student populations, all other Chautauqua County districts are in the red from anywhere between Clymer Central School's 1.8 percent decrease to Panama Central School's 22.25 percent decrease.
According to G. Scott Thomas, projects editor for Business First, this is the first time Business First has done a comparison in terms of individual district enrollments.
"The enrollment (report) just occurred to me this year," Thomas said. "I don't know how they did it, but the fact that Jamestown avoided a decline in enrollment was surprising to me."
Also released this week was a report on individual district per-pupil spending numbers relative to the statewide average. The release showed the majority of Western New York districts, 78 of 98, were below the state average of $20,906 per pupil. Thomas said that number is not surprising when a large metropolitan area such as New York City is taken into account.
"The state average (of per-pupil spending) is inflated particularly by areas like Long Island, where administrator and possibly teacher salaries are much higher than they are here," Thomas said. "So (Western New York) would tend to be below that average. The districts that tend to spend higher are smaller in size, and a lot of them are in Western New York. And that makes sense because they have the same standards to adhere to that the big schools do, but they have fewer resources to handle it."
Of the 98 Western New York school districts, Chautauqua County is home to four of the top 10 in highest spending per pupil during the 2011-12 academic year – which is the latest academic year with official data available. The top four Chautauqua County districts are: Ripley Central School, ranked fourth with $24,772 per pupil; Chautauqua Lake Central School, ranked fifth with $24,690 per pupil; Pine Valley Central School, ranked seventh with $24,046 per pupil; and Brocton Central School, ranked ninth with $23,581.


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Debates of Feb. 13th, 2003
House of Commons Hansard #59 of the 37th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was information.
- Privilege
- Points of Order
- Government Response to Petitions
- Interparliamentary Delegations
- Canadian Bill of Rights
- Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act
- Canadian Peacekeeping Service Medal Act
- National Literacy Standards Act
- Canada Pension Plan
- Alternate Dispute Resolution Act
- Divorce Act
- Departmental Internal Audit Act
- National Environmental Standards Act
- Canadian Child Rights Act
- Income Tax Act
- Criminal Code
- Income Tax Act
- National Conference on Guaranteed Annual Income Act
- Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act
- Canadian Bill of Rights
- Education Standards Act
- Canadian Bill of Rights
- Oil and Gas Ombudsman Act
- Maximum Speed Control Device Act
- Competition Act
- National Archives of Canada Act
- Credit Information Act
- Criminal Code
- Deficit Prevention Act
- Children in Law Act
- Protection of Privacy (Social Insurance Numbers) Act
- Canada Seat Belt Act
- Income Tax Act
- Medical Devices Registry Act
- National Civil Defence Force Act
- Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Act
- Criminal Code
- Bank Act
- Petitions
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Supply
- Business of the House
- Supply
- Festival du Voyageur
- Winterlude Winners
- Suicide Prevention
- François Joseph
- Curling
- Sex Offender Registry
- Labrador Winter Games
- Renewable Energy
- Ice Golf
- Member for LaSalle--Émard
- Canadian Flag
- Federal Electoral Boundaries
- Iraq
- Churchill Heights Public School
- Veterans Affairs
- Persons with Disabilities
- Canadian Flag
- Iraq
- Terrorism
- Iraq
- Taxation
- Terrorism
- Firearms Registry
- Iraq
- Employment Insurance
- Iraq
- Airline Security
- Smart Regulation Strategy
- Taxation
- The Environment
- National Security
- Gasoline Prices
- Trade
- Journée internationale de la Francophonie
- Air India
- Firearms Registry
- Taxation
- Foreign Affairs
- Canada Labour Code
- Gasoline Prices
- National Defence
- Business of the House
- Supply
- Endangered Species Sanctuaries Act
Festival du Voyageur
Statements by Members
1:55 p.m.
Raymond Simard Saint Boniface, MB
Mr. Speaker, beginning tomorrow, February 14, and until February 23, the Festival du Voyageur will take place in historic St. Boniface. It is western Canada's largest winter festival.
The festival welcomes over 150,000 visitors every year and generates economic spinoffs of over $11 million in Manitoba.
The Festival du Voyageur, which has won major national and international awards, draws many performers from all regions of Canada. Through activities such as the Governor's Ball and the Festin du bourgeois, the festival pays tribute to the first Canadian pioneers in the west, who played a vital role in the fur trade, from Montreal to Louisiana.
During the Festival du Voyageur, Fort Gibraltar, the Rivière-Rouge Trading Post and Fort de la Reine will bring back to life the francophone, Metis and aboriginal traditions of the Red River colony in the 19th century.
The friendly Franco-Manitoban community is proud of its heritage and invites everyone to share its joie de vivre and warm up Manitoba's winter.
Winterlude Winners
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Bob Mills Red Deer, AB
Mr. Speaker, the sixth edition of the Canada snow sculpture competition at the Ottawa Winterlude festival was held from February 3 to 9.
I am very proud to say that this year's Alberta team was represented by individuals from my riding of Red Deer. Dawn Detarando, Will Truchon and Brian McArthur, captain of the team, had 43 hours to sculpt their block of snow. It was judged on technical merit and artistic impression.
The Winterlude theme was the spirit of Canada. Dawn's, Will's and Brian's proposal, called "The Magic Canoe", certainly captured this theme. The sculpting of this unique canoe used by the voyageurs to represent Canada's fur trade history, and many other Canadian depictions, were all part of the presentation.
I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate team Alberta for being selected to participate in this celebrated event and applaud them for taking second place in the contest. I would like to thank them for sharing their artistic talents so that all Canadians could enjoy them.
Suicide Prevention
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Gérard Binet Frontenac—Mégantic, QC
Mr. Speaker, suicide is a phenomenon that affects all age groups and social classes and, sometimes, it can strike very close to home.
February 9 to 15 is the 13th Quebec suicide prevention week. The main objective of this event is to convince young people that suicide is neither a solution nor an option.
Quebec has the highest suicide rate in Canada. Suicide is currently the number one cause of death among teenagers, closely followed by accidents.
We must recognize the efforts being made by professionals to prevent these tragedies. To this end, I want to stress the excellent work done by l'Ensoleillée, a mental health community resource centre in Lac-Mégantic, and particularly Dany Couture, for his involvement. Mr. Couture is urging the public to stress the importance of being personally involved in the prevention of suicide. Care and treatment can save lives. Suicide prevention is everyone's business.
François Joseph
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Marcel Proulx Hull—Aylmer, QC
Mr. Speaker, this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Industry Canada Computers for Schools Program.
Recently, a gentleman in my riding was honoured for his involvement in this program.
François Joseph of the Computers For Schools Technology Centre in Hull received a Top Volunteer of the Year Award, for his energetic and enthusiastic contributions over the past two years or more.
He has repaired some 225 computers and has also been a great help to students.
This program facilitates access by young Canadians to computer technology in a school setting.
Congratulations to Mr. Joseph. Without him, the program would never have expanded as rapidly as it has.
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
John O'Reilly Haliburton—Victoria—Brock, ON
Mr. Speaker, at the recent provincial curling championship, the Nokia Cup, held in Mississauga at the Hershey Centre, a demonstration game was held by two special Olympic teams.
I wish to congratulate both teams, but in particular the team from Lindsay, Ontario, skipped by Tim Keenan. His rink consisted of vice Dale Morgan, second Rob Bowins and lead Jason Kilgannon.
Coaches Finni Verbik, Elizabeth Crum, Susan Banks and Lorraine Mullen can be proud of their work with the team known as the Hard Rockers.
Sex Offender Registry
Statements by Members
2 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Gary Lunn Saanich—Gulf Islands, BC
Mr. Speaker, in March 2001 the government voted in favour of establishing a sex offender registry. Parliament ordered the government to complete it by January 2002. Two years later it finally introduced a bill that does not address the problem.
First, the legislation is not retroactive. Sex offenders have a recidivism rate of 40% but still not a single sex offender currently doing time will be part of that date base, and it is in the thousands. Worse, once an offender is convicted, an application still has to be made at the time of sentencing to even put his name on the list. Even then, an offender can apply to have his name kept off the list if it would cause them "greater harm than public good".
The last thing we need to do is clog up our already overworked courts with appeals by rapists to respect their privacy. Bill C-23 is a perfect example of how Liberals make policy. It is weak-kneed, it has no direction, and it relies on the courts to make the hard decisions instead of Parliament. They should be ashamed of this bill.
Labrador Winter Games
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Lawrence O'Brien Labrador, NL
Mr. Speaker, from March 9 to 15, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador will host the eighth Labrador Winter Games, held every three years. This is the 20th anniversary of the first games, which were held in 1983.
The winter games are an important institution in Labrador. Athletes come together for friendly competition from every town and village. The games feature indoor and outdoor winter sports, including many competitions with a unique northern and Labrador flavour. There is also a strong cultural element, with entertainers from every region and culture making up the Big Land.
Congratulations go out to the organizers, volunteers, athletes and other participants in the 2003 Labrador Winter Games. I invite everyone across Labrador and Canada to take part in this unique celebration of Labrador community spirit.
Renewable Energy
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Julian Reed Halton, ON
Mr. Speaker, with his first budget just days away, I would like to take this opportunity to remind the Minister of Finance and the House of the tremendous potential of biofuels.
Investing in biofuels like ethanol and biodiesel could mean new jobs, improved energy security, rural development, improved health for our constituents and decreased emissions of greenhouse gases. With new technology and falling costs, we must act now to reap the benefits.
We have taken first steps but we can and must do more. Rural caucus members from this side of the House have called for a $400 million investment in a national renewable fuels strategy to provide incentives so that we can produce enough biofuel right here in Canada. I look forward to hearing good news in the budget.
Ice Golf
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Suzanne Tremblay Rimouski-Neigette-Et-La Mitis, QC
Mr. Speaker, there will be a special event going on in my riding of Rimouski—Neigette-et-la Mitis from February 21 to 23 this year. A golf tournament will be held on the ice of the St. Lawrence River. The first edition, planned for 2002, could not take place because of insufficient ice cover, but this year there is plenty, and then some.
There will be a nine-hole course on the ice at Rimouski, opposite Île Saint-Barnabé. The distance between holes will be 30% less than standard, to reflect the winter temperatures and the surface played on. Since the greens will be white, the game will have to be played with coloured balls.
This original idea will attract about one hundred golfers from the Lower St. Lawrence, Gaspé and Quebec City, offering them the opportunity to demonstrate their skills on an icy surface while getting plenty of fresh air.
I wish to draw attention to this local event and to congratulate the organizers for this opportunity to have a different kind of fun during our Quebec winter.
Member for LaSalle--Émard
Statements by Members
2:05 p.m.
Canadian Alliance
Deborah Grey Edmonton North, AB
Mr. Speaker, there has been a sighting. The constituents of LaSalle--Émard had their MP surface in the House of Commons just the other day. He walks, he talks, he votes, but not very often. It is a big old country out there and it keeps a guy busy criss-crossing it, don't you know. He hardly has the time to take a stand, for goodness' sake. In fact, we would like to know where he really does stand.
On the gun registry: set your sights on this, Mr. Speaker. He okayed the cash for that billion dollar boondoggle.
On the health care crisis: he said "I will fix it". No, wait a minute. He signed all the orders to choke the funding so badly, it is on life support.
On democracy: oh yes, he is the great defender. No, wait a minute, that is, he is the great pretender.
On Iraq: Silence is golden.
On defence: he said "I will raise money for defence". Oops, I am sure it was he who was the one that drove a tank right through their budget. Well, tanks for nothing.
But in the spirit of the season, let me say to him:
Roses are red, Violets are blue. We need a new Prime Minister, But it sure ain't you.
Canadian Flag
Statements by Members
February 13th, 2003 / 2:05 p.m.
Yolande Thibeault Saint-Lambert, QC
Mr. Speaker, every year, there are celebrations to commemorate the first time the red and white maple leaf flag was raised, on February 15, 1965.
This day, long awaited by the proponents of a distinctive flag, marked the official adoption of Canada's emblem. The red maple leaf then became the symbol by which Canada was recognized around the world.
The following words, spoken by the Hon. Maurice Bourget, Speaker of the Senate, on February 15, 1965, add further symbolic meaning to our flag:
The flag is the symbol of the nation's unity, for it, beyond any doubt, represents all the citizens of Canada without distinction of race, language, belief or opinion.
So, let us be proud of our Canadian flag.
Federal Electoral Boundaries
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Yvon Godin Acadie—Bathurst, NB
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the boundaries commission for the province of New Brunswick submitted its report to the House.
It is sad to note that the concerns of the stakeholders and people of my riding were not taken into consideration.
In fact, upon the appointment of this commission's officers, I objected to how it was done. Three individuals from the southern part of the province, all great Liberal Party supporters, ended up sitting on this commission.
Also, I would like to point out that these officers had been nominated by the Minister of Labour and minister responsible for New Brunswick. As I always said, there has been and still is a conflict of interest within this commission.
The result of the undemocratic process that took place is the following: francophone parishes will be deported, so to speak, to a community with a large anglophone majority. This is the deportation all over again, another slap in the face for the francophones of New Brunswick.
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Yves Rocheleau Trois-Rivières, QC
Mr. Speaker, in an article in Le Nouvelliste , published in Trois-Rivières on February 11, it was reported that opponents to the war in Iraq had a new ally, namely Shawinigan, the Prime Minister's home town.
In fact, the municipal council of Shawinigan passed a resolution stating that the town:
opposed Canada's participation in any military action against Iraq without the backing of a UN Security Council resolution and Canadian law.
Knowing that several municipalities in Quebec, Canada and the United States have already passed resolutions opposing any declaration of war without UN approval, we can only hope that the Prime Minister will finally get with the program, knowing that his own constituents in Shawinigan have joined their voices to those of millions around the world.
The Prime Minister must know that this war can be avoided and that he has a role to play in opposing any unsanctioned military action.
Churchill Heights Public School
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
John Cannis Scarborough Centre, ON
Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the grade 8 students from Churchill Heights Public School to Ottawa today. The students have travelled to Ottawa from my riding of Scarborough Centre to visit the Parliament Buildings and to better understand how their government functions. I will have the opportunity also to meet with them later this afternoon.
It is very important that all students take the opportunity to visit Parliament to experience firsthand how the legislative process works. As such, I encourage all my constituents to do as the students of Churchill Heights and visit Ottawa in the near future.
Again, I welcome Churchill Heights students and staff and I thank them for visiting us today. I am sure that they will leave Parliament inspired and proud to be Canadians.
Veterans Affairs
Statements by Members
2:10 p.m.
Progressive Conservative
Elsie Wayne Saint John, NB
Mr. Speaker, for several months now I have been asking questions about Canadian veterans who were exposed to mustard gas testing during World War II. The U.S. has just announced that it will compensate its veterans who were involved in these experiments.
Last week the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence stated that he was looking at the American initiative.
While I am pleased to see that our government is finally acting, why must we wait to study the American decision? Did the parliamentary secretary's response indicate that had the Americans not taken this decision the Canadian government would have done nothing? Are we not old enough to stand on our own two feet, admit our mistakes and correct them without guidance from the U.S.? Why not make our own decisions and let the Americans study ours?
After 58 years of frustration, is it not time to compensate these veterans who gave so much for this country during the dark days of World War II? Providing these veterans with compensation is the least we can do, considering what they did for Canada.


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Breaking Investigation: Animal Abuse at PetSmart
Our undercover investigator just got back from almost six months inside two separate PetSmart stores, and what she brought back is pretty disturbing. Every time I've been inside a PetSmart, I always feel bad for the birds they keep in cages there, not to mention the rats, lizards, and other animals in cages. But it turns out that being stuck in a cage and harassed by customers is only the beginning of the nightmare for these animals: What goes on in PetSmart's back rooms is just one horror after another. As of this week, PETA has launched a full campaign against PetSmart until it stops selling all animals. Have a look at the video, and if you want to help out, you can e-mail PetSmart your thoughts by clicking here.
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UPDATE: I used to go to Petsmart but then I heard about what they were doing and now I will never go there again. I also tell all of my family never to go there and try to tell everybody I can. I am an ANIMAL LOVER and I will not tolerate this kind of stuff. Because I am only 13 I can't do much but tell people and get the word out. I have so many stories about my pets and how big of a relationship I have with animals.
I saw the video about the breeders and where Petsmart gets their animals from and I think that it's VERY wrong. Those poor helpless animals are defenseless against us, they can't help themselves. It sickened me to watch that video of them being stepped on and kept in tiny cages. We need to stand up against this.
i have to agree with Rusty. i got my dog Otis from Petsmart [he was a BEAUTIFUL pure, black lab]. mind you im only 15, so i probably dont have a big impact on this. There are some really ethic people that work there and im PRETTY sure that NOT every Petsmart is like that, all abusive and junk. But i DO agree that they should go against THAT petsmart. Not every single one in the biz. Think about how many people would lose jobs if they closes EVERY Petsmart. We would be in deeper shit [the US] than we are now. It's like, hey? no more petsmart!! so what do we do with the animals? let em go i guess.. and little tommy who always wanted a puppy is gonna go get one off the street because they had no way to actually go BUY a puppy. okay… I digress. My whole point is that, yes, animal abuse exists, but it isnt an everybody-does kind of thing. ALOT of people are passionate about working with animals. If you pay attention to people close enough you can tell if they're telling the truth or not. Before you go decide to get a new pet, just go in before hand and pretend to ask for a job. Get a look around if you can. Pay attention to what you see; and if it isn't a place you like, don't get your pet from there. if the manager is a money scrounging jerk, then DON'T get your pet from there. He probably doesn't care about the animals, and your animal wont live very long. Again, i'm not an expert. i'm just putting my opinion out there. If PETA [who i love by the way] wants to start out a full fledged war, then they need to get more footage, and/or evidence. you can't start a war with one simple fact. you need the whole can. and if they DO, and it turns out the majority of the Petsmarts in the US are dirty rotten, then take it to Pheonix. I'm sure if you took your complaints straight to the headquarters, you might get a bigger response, hopefully what you need.
Firstly, I will always support anything or anyone working against animal abuse. But I think this approach against PetSmart is very flawed. If you had any idea what policies are in place by the company to provide the best care for it's animals you would be astonished that such things in this video could possibly go on. Unfortunately such things obviously do, but it is definitely not the same at all stores. I am a Pet Care Manager and I work very hard to make sure every animal in my care is taken care of properly, even if that means several vet visits. Medication administered to our pets are prescribed by the veterinarian and if any of my associates don't feel comfortable with any of it I am more than understanding. I am just as disgusted as anyone at the footage shown here and wish that someone from PETA would sit down with a PCM like myself and learn the REAL way all PetSmart stores are suppose to operate. Unfortunately it seems like the action here is generalized against the company, and yet the company continues to work very diligently to prevent such happenings. The best would be to go against said stores directly. Any "undercover" associates should bring everything to the attention of their Store Manager, and if that doesn't work go higher up until someone listens. The company cannot take disciplinary action if it does not know who to take it upon. I understand that PETA's goal is to stop PetSmart's sale of animals entirely but I think there are MANY other places that should really be their focus. PetSmart's goals as a whole are genuine and they strive to fix and eliminate any such actions as seen in this video.
well i agree with alot of what peta does. but the animals are not in the cages at petsmart for to long. I do agree a bit with the video. But its not bad to adopt a dog or a cat because they are rescued. But some of that video isnt totally true. Anyway i like peta and agree with alot of it. But it isnt bad to get a mouse or rat or other furry friend because most likely they are goin to a better place.
well i feel bad 4 some of the animals but i have bought 2 rats from petsmart and they are all healthy and i love them
OKay Hi all I worked for Petsmart for 3 years as a petcare specialist and I did as well deal with the same things that happened in this video A lot of petsmart employee's are lazy and sometime don't even medicate or feed and water the animals daily. I know this because I was granted Lead of the whole department and I would constantly have to go behind people just to make sure the animals have proper water and were medicated as far as seeing a vet we did take all of our animals In the Knoxville TN to a vet but it was the employee's who did not do their job and for the betta's I do agree I was heart broken to see these little guys like that. Also something that wasn't shown is how most of the fish came down with parasites such a ICK and rotten mouth and it would circulte through the system I can vouch for the Petsmart in Knoxville that for the most part they did the best to help them but when I worked at other stores I can tell you most animals went un treated.
I totally agree with PETA on this one. This mass breeding for profit is wrong. Petsmart is a company that puts profit before anything else. They don't even treat the employees well. Of course the managers get a quaterly bonus check but all the other employees get is $7.50 and a 15 discount. They may offer benefits but I may lose a good portion of my check by doing so. And what is really screwed up is that during the Christmas holidays the mangers get a holiday bouns on top of a quarterly bonus while us employees part and full time get nothing but a 30 discount that can only be used on the first weekend of the month and a tote bag that some 8 year old in china got paid 3 cents on hour to make. I am VERY unhappy as a petsmart employee. I have ten years aquarium experience and I own a saltwater reef tank with LPS and SPS corals. Even my coworkers tell me Im wasting my talent there and I really am. Too bad the only decent and moral reef shop in my little red state hick town is only a three man business. This corporation which I can gaurantee that more than half of those money grubbers sitting in that home office have never kept a pet or worked in a pet store in their entire lives as well as most of the customers think of us pet care specialists as being a bunch of brainless crack smoking hobos off the street that don't know jack about animals and that just saddens me to see that we have "WalMart" like pet stores nowadays where employees feel like slaves controlled by a greedy home office and ungrateful managers. Im just letting everyone know that in these stores there are some skilled and ethical people that work in them. I used to be one of the arrogant customers who thought petsmart employees where a bunch of nonothing tards. Since I've worked there I have learned a lot from my 2 pet care coworkers who have much compassion and knowledge for animals. Im now a bird guy as well as a fish guy. I just wish people would have more respect for the working man these days. Now our store manager is cutting our hours so he can put those toward padding his bonus check. The store is given a set of hours whatever is left over that goes as extra toward the manager bonuses. THE EMPLOYEES ARE THE BACKBONE OF EVERY CORPORATE CHAIN NOT THE LAZY MANAGERS WHO JUST STAND AROUND IN FRONT OF THE STORE SMILE PET DOGS AND SIT IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER ALL DAY. Petsmart is greedy fake and immoral indeed. We should go UNION!!!!
I have worked for Pmart for 3 years and agree with a lot of what you are saying
UPDATE I went back to the Petsmart on 90th and this time the Petcare Manager was in. He was EXTREMELY nice and as soon as he heard my concern about the finch he checked them all. We found the bird with the missing tail and it looked like the feathers were growing back and at least he was not ill. And good news was the bird was snuggled into a nest with another bird so at least he was not really totempole in that cage and it all looked less ominous. However the manager was so good he said he will definitely keep an eye on them in case the bird is having a bad time. I could tell the man was sincere too. He is a pet owner and an older guy and I could tell his concern and at least he knew what to look for. So as far as the actual petcare manager he's a good guy who deserves a big raise for being so good with me and all my questions and his care for the finches. BUTWHATEVER GLIBLYING GENERAL MANAGER I SPOKE TO YESTERDAY IS JUST A LIAR. THAT FAT BAG DID NOT PASS ON THE INFO TO THE BIRD DEPARTMENT THAT A BIRD LOOKED PICKED ON. AND I FOUND OUT TOO THAT THERE WAS NO FINCH BEING "PROTECTED" IN A CAGE IN THE BACK ROOM. WHICH WAS WHAT I WAS TOLD. THE PET CARE MANAGER HAD NO IDEA AND HE WAS THE GOOD GUY I NEED TO UNDERLINE THAT…AND THAT OTHER "MANAGER" WHO TOLD ME THAT THINGS WERE UNDER CONTROL WAS A LYING GAS BAG. AT LEAST HE COULD HAVE LEFT A MESSAGE OR EVE CALLED UP HIS PET CARE MANAGER !!! I REALLY HATE THAT. BUT THE MANAGER PET CARE MANAGER IS COOL.
I found this site because I was looking to contact the district office for the 90th Street Petsmart in ScottsdaleAz. because I was there today and saw Society Finches in an overcrowded cage and there was one poor little finch who was an OBVIOUS victim of the other birds. They'd picked all his tail feathers off. When I told the manager he claimed that some employee there had "already noticed" so then why was the bird still left there to be the lowest on the totem pole ? and said they "were making a cage for him in the backroom". That sounded odd to me and now after reading all this I'm horrified. Tomorrow I am going BACK there and am going to demand to see this little finch. I'm sure if they haven't already killed it off that I'll end up buying it just to rescue it and here I am still looking for a job and can't really afford to. Also…there was a cat with a cold it had literally blown snot from sneezing right onto the front of it's glass window enclosure. I think the employees are told to lie immediately if any customer says they see something wrong in the store. Because immediately I was told all sorts of stuff "the cat has allergies" the cat is allergic to it's litter" the cat is on medication" …but when I emailed Paw Placement the rescue the cat was with said they would go doublecheck on the cat ?! which sounds like they hadn't heard about the patheticpoor cat who kept rubbing it's face and blowing snot Petsmart sure lied to my face but they did not even tell Paw Placement what the heck was going on. So the clerk who had all that "info" about what was wrong with the cat and blah blah blah I guess it was all a story ?! Why the evil ? I hope Petsmart goes out of business. The management and anyone who knowingly lets an animal suffer will end up paying for it spiritually they'll go to some kind of hell in the end.
this is horrible!! I bought a hampste rat petsmart once on my 10th birthday and he died 6 months later from cancer!! he had like five tumors in his stomach. I never am buying anything fron here ever again!
Hello I am a 13 year old boy and I am a pet enthusiest sorry about spelling again 13 so as i said i love animals and i take care of everyone nomatter there size or just the type of animal they are and i got two of my budgies from a very nice petsmart around where i live and they are very healthy and r very happy petsmart should stop selling animals THE WAY THEY ARE NOW!!!! They should not have the animals out in the main area of the store they should have a back area with much bigger cages and people working there twenty four seven the rodents i do not like my self but they do not deserve to be under these conditions they also need to be cared for much differently and they need to be bought by qualified breeders not kati or whatever they are buying them from and only keep about 10 on hand until atleast half are sold the birds are very personal to me where they are some of my favorite pets im tired so im gonna cut it short but i believe someone needs to fix there conditions and save these poor animals o ps i have 4 budgies a sun conure 2 rabbits 3 dogs and 2 cats o and a betta fish i got from petsmart and one more thing is the bettas yah they are in small containers but they go thru thos fish so fast its in sian i spent a whole day there once waiting for my mother to come get me and my friend so we were there for 6 hours yah i know boring but by the time we left the whole shelf which was probobly holding twety or so bettas was almost clear and if they did that every day yah the go fast and do not live in pathetic conditions after that but peda DO SOMETHING!!!!!
I think we should sue petsmart.thous pets need a vet.
The Petsmart by my house has a vets office… how hard would it be for them to have that vet just check the animals out and make sure they're okay? I'm gonna ask them about it.
hey i boat a hamster from there but hey im onley 11 years old but that is sad just sad im glad i saved my little gizmo from petsmart that day now she is a beatiful baby girl. no one and i mean no one should bye from petsmart you should bye from puppy palace or so called staceys pets they rescue dogs and hamsters then they also sell hamster stuff for one doller thats were i got my 2nd hamster coockie
I do not agree with the mistreatment of animals at all. But do not lay the blame solely on PetSmart as a company. What needs to happen is they need to hiring people who know how to take care of the animals. All these problems are a result of not cleaning the cages equipment etc right. Do not apply at a pet store if you know nothing about taking care of pets. Its sad that this has to happen but do not blame it on the corporation it is as much the fault of people who work there and the customers that buy them as it is the company itself.
Yo People These are rodents we are talking about. Rats mice…things that we kill at home with traps and poison. I didn't see any evidence of dogs or cats being treated poorly and dying.
Excuse me? I've seen it all now! Do you kill guinea pigs. What's wrong with you. Also these are domesticated!
I watched this video and i am a pet specialist at petsmart in latham new york..Now as far as MOST of the petsmarts go YES they are cruel to the animals and most employess know nothing about the animals that petsmart sells. it is not all petsmarts.I can assure you that The petsmart i work in Does not abuse animals nor let them die. all of the animals that come into ISO are seen by a vet and get the medication they deserve and need.We have a very strict prcedure at our store that we all follow very precisely.I feel terrible knowing that some of these stores treat their animals this way.Another thing you have to realize is that some of the animals that are recieved from the breeders are not well..Some are delivered with illnesses and tumors and wettail…the list can keep going.I mean yes petsmart does need to step up their game.Their first step would be to stop hiring clueless people…And STORE managers whom know nothing about a snake or lizard or fish or small animal or birdi personally have all the animals i just listed plus some…i take care of the animals at petsmart as if they were my own and i will continue to do so so long as i work at petsmart and i hope the other employees will also.
yo. i can't believe that u guys will even mistreat these pets so cruelly……
i never knew this happens in petsmart. i use to shop there alot…..
I work at a PetSmart in Tx. I am the Pet Care Manager and I love every animal that comes through our doors. I MAKE SURE that the animals in our care are well cared for. We use high quality food supplements toys and if any gets sick I take it to the vet. If I even thought that ANY employee was mistreating an animal in any way I would fire them on the spot as a matter of fact it is part of Policy and Proceedure that any employee that neglects mistreats abuses or mishandles an animal they are to be terminated immediately. No ifs ands or buts about it. We do all we can to socialize our pets by carefully and lovingly handling them. We DO NOT allow customers to tap on the glass or allow them to let their pets scare the animals. We keep their habitats clean and comfortable and we never overcrowd a habitat. I rarely have more than one small animal per habitat and 3 guinea pigs per large habitat. For those that have worked for PetSmart and have found abuses you should have reported it AT THE TOP through your DM. If that did not work go to the CEO if needed because you worked for one of the few that would do such a thing. Through transfers and promotions I have worked at three of our stores and have never seen abuse and I would not tolerate it if I had. All of our store employees interacts and loves our pets in my store. We work there BECAUSE we care. And we do all we can to educate our customers when they buy any pets from us.
I work for a PetSmart store in Michigan. I have to say that our store does not treat our animals like this. All of our PetCare staff have degrees in some aspect of animal care and zoology. ALL of our pets see a veternarian regularly not just when they are ill. Granite some pets do die but this is the way of life. However as one of the staff members we do the best we can to prevent it from happening. Our bettas are not sent to us in cups or small bags. They each have their own containers with enough room so that they have a comfortable trip. As a cashier I have seen when a PETA member or two come through the door of our store shouting and holding signs. First of all get your facts straight. Stores like ours are trying to make a difference for the better in the animal community. If you want to scrutinize anybody scrutinize the CEOs who are sitting in cozy leather seats back in the ARIZONA office building. They are the only people who can decide what to change. Individual staff members could be fired and lose their jobs. In this economy I honestly do not know who can afford that outcome. It would certainly serve your time better to talk to the people in command than to post ignorant comments online to a bunch of uninformed customers who are probably killing their pets with foods containing pesticides preservatives and ingredients found in cleaning products. Yes PetSmart carries these products however we give you a choice. We inform our customers of the ingredients and promote the healthier brands of foods which can expand the lives of pets.
you know there are other petstores out there as well … PETCO! they are basically the same as PETSMART why dont you all investigate them and see what they do behind the scenes a lot of pets that petsmart buys from are that very good of pet farms i worked at one that had to change where they bought there pets because by the time the truck got there most of the +1000 dollar shipment is basically a couple of live pets. The vet at the store that i worked always made a visit to his "patients" even if it was while he was walking out the door. and also if he diagnosed a pet that is to badly off he kept it back in the vets office to give it a fighting chance… so please back off of petsmart the store or people that work there doesnt kill the pets they simply just came from a bad farmer.
I worked at Petsmart for 5 years. What you see in this video is absolutely true. The thing about it is this… it is taken out of context in some cases. The breeders are terrible. They ship the animals in small boxes or bags where they are stressed out and sometimes way too young to end up with us. When the hamsters etc are stressed like this they get sick. The smaller fish like guppies or neons die by the dozens. The employees the good ones try to do what they can to help but in many cases it's far too late for some. By the time they arrive they are already sick and we pretreat all of them when they arrive "just in case". Honestly is that the best that Petsmart can do? I tried everything in my power to make these animals happier. I cleaned better than requested. I played with them daily. I encouraged the other employees to do the same. But it was not enough. Many animals died before they even came out onto the floor. Many animals were returned by customers dead. A lot of employees including myself eventually quit because we couldn't stand the heartbreak. I lasted longer than most. I believe that Petsmart has created a nitch in that they have no real competition. Petco is all that they have to compete against and honestly Petco is not a threat. People come into the store thinking they are finding an amazing place because Petsmart sells a wide range of animals services and animal products but they also sell lies and deceit. What goes on behind the scenes not just with the animal care but with the management is completely unbelievable. They are a coldhearted corporation just like any other and you shouldn't think any differently. You are not valued as a customer or as an employee. You are a dollar sign.
I am one of Peta's younger animals rights activists and I think that all animals should be treated with care becuase like us their lives are valuable. But I have to say that the idea being portrayed here is stupid. How are you going to make a big corporation like petsmart stop selling "all animals." We didnt tell Pom to stop selling "all their juice" or Jlo to stop selling "all her clothing." There is no way that Petsmart will stop. But what I dont understand is why tell them to stop selling animals instead of stop the abuse. My Petsmart does not in my opinion wrongly treat the animals. In only two studies how can you state what you have? I actually like Petsmart and think that these are just biased statements from the start.
I can't believe the comments regarding selling the "novelty" pets to children. As a parent myself I believe it's the parent's responsibilty to teach the child about proper pet care. Then the associate's responsibility to let that child and parents know all the care and risk involved with having a pet. Even a child needs that dose of realty.
As a employee I would agree we'd be better off not selling animals and just sticking to products. There's no abuse at my store but it isn't heaven for the animals either. If anyone is abused it's us the employees. My management team absolutely sucks. And of all the jobs ive had which ive had a few they definitley make me hate it the worst. They're all miserable pricks who take it out on the little guy. It's so bad iv'e actually decided to contact somone higher on the totem pole to express my thoughts which i've never done before. They advertise "come have fun working with animals" but god forbid I take thirty seconds from my work to interact with them. I won't say which store I work at but it is in the va beach area. Peace.
I have worked petsmart now for almost 2 years this december and I am a Petcare lead. I work the kildeer store in Illinois and I can personally say we do not treat our animals like this. We have two seperate rooms for our animals. The new arrival room and the isolation room one for newcomers and one for sick. Each new animal is isolated in NA before going out onto the floor to make sure it is healthy and ALL sick animals are isolated and taken to the vet for weekly checkups. Just because one PetSmart is a fuck up do not put the blame on every single store my store and coworkers personally make sure all animals are well taken care of
We have an isolation room for a reason! So the sick animals can get better and you know what?! A lot of the time they do! I CARE about animals I would feel SO sad when I would walk into the Iso Room but I would stay in there and just talk to them while I did my work. All the animals I see I talk to just to help them feel like someone is there so they feel loved to some extent. It is hard have so many animals and treat them all like pets but if you go to any Petstore do they sit there all day playing with the pets one on one. I don't believe they do because it's not reasonable. 100's of animals?! Are you counting fish!? I have never heard of that many animals dying. In the past year there has MAYBE been 4050 deaths. Also Betta's DO NOT come in bags like that they come in cups obviously the company shipping them to you is cutting corners and that is NOT PetSmart's fault. All the sick animals NEED to go see the vet and I assure you at my store THEY DO! I know that PETA has gone to long and far extents to prove their point they always find the worst of the worst and make it seem like it's like that everywhere. I stand for a lot of the same beliefs but I also trust that human compassion is stronger than that. I protect and care for the animals at my store. I would I become hurt before they. I would rather be bit by a dog than the dog biting another dog. Has almost happened on a couple occasions. And if it really came down to it I think I might even give my life for some of these animals but the situation has never happened so I can't say for sure. Don't blame PetSmart blame messed up people that don't care about animals. 'cause not all of PetSmart is bad only a limited amount is. These views are my own and not that of PetSmarts.
I've been to PetSmart countless times and I know how to tell when a rodent is sick. Never maybe once did I EVER see a sick animal in the PetSmarts where I live nor any other pet stores in the area. I bought a two yearold hamster from a PetCo in my local mall he lived for another three years. That's MORE than a hamster should live! Now my friend and her brother purchased a dwarf hamster from PetSmart lived for three years before he passed. Now a few days ago they just bought a very energetic and healthy blackberry dwarf the only problem with her is that she likes to flip out of your hands onto the ground. Really I fell so horribly pitiful towards the little furries they have to sit all day in a store in bright lights and too many people adopt from shelters instead of pet stores I'm not saying shelters are a bad thing NO! I support them! Just the ratio is in the shelter's favor so a lot of them just die because no one adopts them. It's really sad. Of COURSE sick pets are kept in a separate room! This way they can heal not under the stress of lights and young children banging on the cages and the other pets and this also keeps diseases such as wet tail from spreading and infecting all the animals.
They pick one or two stores out of every store in existance. how about going to 100 stores and seeings how things are at each? I've been working in the Petcare department at petsmart for 6 months now and I can honestly say that our store is outstanding. yes there is a 'sick room' for ill injured and postsurgery animals and every animal in the store be it sick or has just come in sees a vet. Our petcare manager is very educated and very passionate about her work and I have firsthand seen employees be terminated for even being suspected of mistreating an animal or neglect. We don't play around at least at my store we don't. Don't base your judgments off of ONE store that PETA decides to investigate. Not all of the store are like that. I'm not sticking up for the Petsmart being investigated because animal neglect and crulety is very clear here but all i'm saying is that they are giving us a bad name… most of the stores are not like that.
I work currently as a petcare specialist at Petsmart and I work extra hard to maintain the animals to the best of my abilities. I always take sick animals to the vet in our store. I am ENCOURAGED to take all sick animals to see the vet and we are actually told to enforce vet care for sick animals. We even mention that to anybody who buys animals in our store that they receive vetrinary care. I am vigilant in taking care of the beta fish which are shipped in normal size cups not little bags at our store. I do see cases of wet tail and of overcrowding of certain animals which I do feel powerless to control. I only try my best to make sure the animals are kept clean and have fresh water and food at all times. I witness coworkers who neglect animals and I have to pick up their slack. Numerous times I complain about coworkers who don't do enough but I also work with some really wonderful employees too. The truth is that many people are excellent animal caretakers and many people are not. That is really an individual thing. I have had to sell animals to people knowing that they would probably not take the best care of that animal and all I can do is try to inform them to the best of my abilities and to stress how important it is to do the right things for the life of their pets. That is the best I can do and I do it extremely well. What other people chose to do is their own responsibility. I do think owning pets can be very rewarding and some people are excellent "pet parents." Other people should probably not chose to own a pet but I don't have the right to say who can and who can't. I think for some people nurturing and caring for a small animal can be a lifechanging thing for the better.
I work at a Petsmart now and I have to say that all of the small animals are taken to the vet if they get sick. I also know from talking to them that the employees have pets of their own and love animals. We go through extensive training the book I was given was 200 plus pages and I have been shown how to do everything that my position requires me to do over and over again. I am very sensitive to the way that people treat other people and animals and I bought my rat from the store I work in without hesitation. He is very friendly and I was later told that another employee used to hold him and play with him everyday that she worked and missed him when I took him home. I do not think that this is true of every pet store but I know that it is true for the one that I work in. I think that abuse or neglect of children or animals is especially disgusting because they depend on us so much. If the pet store in the video is allowing this to happen than that is absolutely disgusting and they should be punished by law. But I also think that a more thorough investigation would be needed. Not only that but to all PETA people out there I mean no disrespect honestly because I think that you are needed and your work is neccessary how do you think this problem can be solved? There are so many people out there that want pets many for the wrong reasons. These people are not evil they just don't know what is really going on. So my question is how do you stop pet stores from selling pets in these conditions and to people that want them because they will be cute to watch for the next three days? It's such a profitable industry and I do not believe that the average person looking for a pet is going to a pet store with the knowledge that these things go on. There are not many people that I have met that knowingly hurt or neglect animals but for those who do they truly see nothing wrong with shipping Betas in dixie sized cups. I don't know if this makes any sense but to me these are the people who are hard to "get to". It's not the general public.
I've been a petcare specialist at petsmart for almost a year now and this is totally ridiculous. Every sick animal must see a vet even if its only a simple eye infection that is treated with TOB drops. Wettail is a common thing that occurs in small animals either by stress or a virus. Its very common and highly treatable with antibiotic and anything similar to kpectin. My manager has personally taken home many of the serious cases regarding our "sick room". A white dumpy tree frog many hamsters and birds. In the case of the frog she actually had to wake up every 4 hours during the night to make sure he was sprayed down and moist. There is a lot of dedication to the treatment of our small animals. If not for moral and emotional reasons there are company incentives to make sure we dont have "pet loss". Certain quotas must be met and losing the reported "hundreds" of small animals over a period of time would be a huge violation which would trigger higher management attention. As far the cannibalism within the small rodents i guarantee that this was a "male only" petsmart. all petsmarts are either female or male that way there aren't any unnecessary births among the rodents which as we all know is highly common. the males tend to be more aggressive and even with plenty of food can still turn on their litter mates and show these cannibalistic tendencies. Ive witnessed this first hand with black bear hamsters in our new arrival room. with a full bowl of pet block mixed with seeds there was still a half eaten hamster in the cage. things like this just happen being ill informed is what leads to these assumptions that they are so hungry they kill others for food. regardless of the pet care department she totally neglected to mention petsmarts cooperation with local shelters many of which are no kill. millions have been saved and petsmart charities is continuously fueling local shelters with funds whether they be from voluntary associate payroll contributions or charitable customer donations. i know that my store also helps out by writing off supplies such as food and cat litter for the shelter we work with. This alone should bring applause from the peta community. i wont bother to go into all the details about countless checklists regarding animal care. but some include beta water being changed out every other day fresh water being supplied every morning then checked that night medicating the sick animals twice a day so on so forth. this store that the investigater worked for must have been a strange case and like others have posted her not making any changes to their procedures since she seems to be such an expert on the matter makes her behavior disgusting. She could very easily have taken those animals to the vet which by the way is located in the store or personally checked to make sure all animals have food and water it's not that hard its on your opening and closing checklist. Basically this whole story has no backbone to it expect she worked for a terrible store and was a terrible pet care associate. That's about it.
I start at my local PetSmart on Monday. To everyone who is saying this is awful and disgusting and horrible and that PS is evil and needs to be shut down.. you know what? Death is a part of life. If this employee worked at ANY pet store for six months they would see that many deaths of various animals. You know why? Because when the animals arrive to the stores they're unhealthy. They're mass produced and shipped out all over the country. If you want to take a stand against small animal dealers go to the source why not give APet a call? They're the ones who supply most large grocery stores with their small animals and fish. And let's not lie hamsters and gerbils aren't that sturdy of a pet to begin with. A common cold to us can kill them. Who's to say some moron's toddler sneezing into a cage isn't the cause of all the infection? About the cannibalism thing.. it's all about survival. Mice are notorious for it. It's gross to us but it's nourishment for them. They don't know any better and they don't have "morals" to say that eating a sibling is a nono. Mother mice and hamsters gerbils whatever eat their young all the time for many reasons including stress from too many people poking at them. The store is not to blame. I can't wait to start at my local store. I worked for two years at a family run place up north and learned about every single animal PS carries. Not every employee is a moron.. it's not necessarily their fault that they don't know about goldfish and cycling tanks or that cedar bedding in small animal cages is dangerous or many of the other things MOST PEOPLE don't have a clue about. If you think an employee is illequipped ask to speak to their manager. If you know something that they don't seem to say so but not in a rude way. The only way to learn is through others. If your only solution is to get everyone fired and shut down the corporation you're going to be hardpressed to do so.
that was crule for what all the people that hurt their pets they can attack them back once they have anough of being abused byt their and they will be killed if they get seriusly injured and abused its not a good thing to go to our animals they have the same reason we are in the world today soon enough their will not be enough animals in the future
PetSmart sucks! I only worked there one day during helping out for the store opening. They're really picky about how dogcat food is stacked and appearance. I can't afford to work for 7.50hour it totall blows. I will never go to a PETSMART again………………
I work at a Petsmart Canada. The company itself has nothing to do with this cruelty! If you knew what their procedures were for sick animals you would know that they HAVE to see a vet if they don't respond from isolation. Petsmarts problem is the shitty employee's who don't care. When you hire a bunch of young parttimers who just want to get things done so they can go home obviously stuff like this is going to happen. It's not an excuse but don't blame the company because as far as it knows the logs are signed saying that the proper care is being given. its the employees who don't follow through with it.
NO sick and injured animals are taken to the vet and when released are kept in the back for several reasons. 1 it's quiet so that the animal can recuperate and we can observe the animal for a few days to until they're healthy again. 2 if they have an infectious condition it helps keep the other animals healthy. 3 other animals may pick on an injured or sick animal and he most stores sell only male animals doesn't need that stress when he's trying to heal. As for bettas that's how the farms ship them to us and most stores don't have the room for the 30 or so extra tanks to house one single fish in. I mean duh! Don't you ever think? I work at a Petsmart and we take our animals to the vet as soon as they show sign of illness as we observe and check on them several times a day. Peta doesn't love animals so much as it hates people.
Besides the small animals what about the beta and the feeder fish that are cramed in tiny tanks.And the beta that are put in tiny cups that they have to bend their body in.
It just makes me cry to see so many innocent lives have to suffer not just at Pet SMART BUT ANY WHERE they have no voice and are at the humans mercy for what ever treatment it will receive whether it is good or bad to harm such innocence is so cruel at the deepest level. I do not understand it it hurts me that we can not stop it there is just too much and too many this happens to no matter where these animals are humans should have to answer for their actions and the same thing done to them then they did to a life i wonder how many people would then really think about how they will treat a life then HMMM. Society has a long way to go.


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Tessa Blackstone was educated at Ware Grammar School for Girls and the London School of Economics (LSE) where she went on to take her doctorate. Her academic career began as a lecturer in social administration at LSE. Later, she became Professor of Educational Administration at the University of London Institute of Education. Tessa Blackstone was Deputy Education Officer of the Inner London Education Authority (1983-86) and Master of Birkbeck College (1987-97). She has also held research fellowships at the Centre for Studies in Social Policy and the Policy Studies Institute and worked as a policy adviser in the Cabinet Office in the 1970s. She has served as chair of the Ballet Board of the Royal Opera House, the Fabian Society, the Institute for Public Policy Research, the BBC's General Advisory Council and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Trust, and on the governing bodies of numerous other organisations, as well as on company boards.
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