Tell Citipups to STOP selling puppies

To encourage Citipups and all pet stores to convert to an adoption based model while still being able to run a profitable business selling animal toys, foods and other related products.

Citipups is a puppystore/petstore in the heart of the Chelsea area of Manhattan. The store has been linked to buying from some of the worse puppy millers in the U.S. by an undercover Humane Society report.

According to the 2011 Humane Society investigation: "gave breeder names and falsely stated that puppy miller/broker Sandra Blake has "wide-open spaces" for her dogs. Linked to puppy sources with problematic USDA reports, including Ruth Zuspann's Kennel in MO (See HSUS'S Dirty Dozen report update)."

You'll find two videos of the conditions and so called "wide-open spaces" of the kennels below:

Sandra (Sandy) Blakes Sanjon Kennel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PujUhSqHv_4

Zuspann's Kennel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXSvZgqVXcg

The cited Humane Society investigation: www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdfs/pets/puppy_mills/new_york_pet_stores.pdf

Here is Citipups website: http://citipups.com/

This store is protested twice weekly by dedicated community based animal rights activists every Wednesday and Saturday. If you are in the NYC area and would like to get involved with our puppy mill and pet store awareness campaign please reach out to us on our meetup and facebook pages, which are listed below:

http://www.meetup.com/Animals/

https://www.facebook.com/PuppyMillFreeNYC

When Katie Holmes and her daughter Suri Cruise were out puppy shopping at Citipups, we were right out front to greet them with a loud protest: https://www.facebook.com/PuppyMillFreeNYC/posts/367906953279809

If you want to donate and help support our protests and awareness campaigns, you can do so here: https://fundrazr.com/campaigns/1SVd2

The stores owners and managers have used dirty tactics against demonstrators by leading a campaign of misinformation, harassment and intimidation. Some examples of this are as follows:

1) The store tapes up signs as soon as we arrive for our bi-weekly demonstration stating they don't support puppy mills and to come in and "judge for yourself."

2) The store engages in taunting protesters by name calling and piling trash in front of us.

3) The owner of the store, relatives of the staff and employees have engaged in physically threatening protesters while being video taped.

4) They have hired/called upon a so called "rescue organization" (1 person) who sits in front of their store 3 days a week for a half day to adopt her rescued pets. This is an obvious political ploy to whitewash the nasty record and dealings associated with this company. This rescuer also has no direct knowledge of what exactly a puppy mill is and why pet stores that sell from these operations are an utter disgrace. She has come to the defense of this store because of it's "clean" conditions.

Citipups can be reached here: contactus@citipups.com