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Has anyone in the philly area ever been to this horrible place. Animals are literally dying in this place. Iquanas stuffed into cages abaout an inch bigger than them. Leopard geckos with skinny tails. Dead bearded dragons. Inexperienced @$$holes buying alligators, burmese pythons, savannah monitors. Ferrets (my favorites) in inches of fecies and 3 of em in a cage too small for a kit. Someone needs to do something but all a 14 yr old can do is contact the BBB. Please do not buy from stores like this.

>>Has anyone in the philly area ever been to this horrible place. Animals are literally dying in this place. Iquanas stuffed into cages abaout an inch bigger than them. Leopard geckos with skinny tails. Dead bearded dragons. Inexperienced @$$holes buying alligators, burmese pythons, savannah monitors. Ferrets (my favorites) in inches of fecies and 3 of em in a cage too small for a kit. Someone needs to do something but all a 14 yr old can do is contact the BBB. Please do not buy from stores like this.
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Chris Harrison

Find out which agency is responsible for licensing pet stores in Pennsylvania (often it is the state department of agriculture) and research what regulations the store may be violating and complain to that agency.

You say you’re 14 years old? Sounds like you might have a great project for one of your school classes. And does anybody picket or petition anymore?

Mind you. I’m just talking hypothetically. I don’t know anything about that particular store. As the saying goes, be sure you’re right, then go ahead.

Go straight to the police. Find someone sympathetic to animals there. (Don't go to the homicide division, for example.)

They can get ahold of the animal agencies as needed, but they can also ticket or arrest the operator(s) of the store on the spot, if you can get them to go and look.

Good luck.