Pet Co. and there murderous policies

Back around the time of hurricane Lee, I posted about the floods in lower central New York before we saw anything about them on MSM.
Well heres a little news that happened during those floods. In Binghamton New York, there was a PET CO located in part of the flood zone that knew the flood was coming and instead of paying to move the animals to a safe location and denying employees the right to take the animals home with them to safe locations, the higher-ups aka corporate management decided that letting all the animals drown and refusing to let the employees take them to safety was the best corse of action.
And people wonder why humanity has had it with corporate policies and that politicians that back them!
If this bothers anyone I suggest you show support by no longer patronizing PET CO

They should face charges for cruelty to animals. This is my major problem with corporations, they cannot face "real" punishment. Upper management should face criminal charges and jail time for this.

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I do not really put it past a corporation to do such a thing but surely you must have some sort of link to back up your story....it sounds more likely an urban myth type story.

Somewhere somebody would have called a TV or news station...if the employees did not, then they are just as culpable if not more so, as they were in a position to do something whether the PTB allowed it or not...so until some sort of actual evidence comes up I will withhold judgment.

in all fairness here is pet co's reply to the accusations.
September 14, 2011

After nearly 100 PETCO animals die at its Johnson City store during the flood last week, PETCO CEO Jim Myers visits the store and meets with local employees to evaluate the damage. Despite highly publicized river flood warnings on Wednesday, Myers says PETCO employees did not expect the store would be impacted by the flooding.

Petco says a store associate checked the store late Wednesday night and there were no signs of flooding. The store took on a significant amount water by Thursday morning. The Johnson City stores sells birds, fish guinea pigs, and reptiles. They do not have cats or dogs, Myers says the Johnson City store has 16 employees.

Those employees made the final judgment call. "Things were happening at a fast pace at this point in time. It wasn't clear to our team what the direction was," said Myers. "They were trying to make judgments about what was happening in the area. Clearly there were warnings but there are a lot of warnings in this area about floods and this was much worse than people anticipated and that's what caught them by surprise," he says.
He adds, ""We have a very specific plan where the members of the team gather animals, they actually use their own cars and can transport them, either take them to their own homes if they think they're safe, transport them to another store. We work with local vets in the area. I mean there's an entire operational plan that can address this kind of situation and it's something that we've exercised and done routinely in the past."

Myers says the team was able to save hundreds of animals. They were reviewed by vets and taken to a store in Syracuse. Myers also says he deeply regrets what happens will make sure something like this never happens again. No employees have been fired and the company will continue to pay them. In fact, counselors are available help employees cope. PET CO is also planning a $25,000 gift to local animal shelters affected by the flood.

www.wbng.com...

they believed they wouldn't be impacted by the flooding, they where wrong, they tried to get the animals to safety, succeeded with hundreds actually. it is important to note that the "animal rights activists" (PETA for example) folks tend to blow these stories way out of proportion, it was a sad event however it wasnt criminal.

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Thanks CaDreamer for clearing the air on this one...you are correct by stating tragedy and sad but it appears everyone was dupped so to speak by Mother nature and that it happens sometimes. I should have researched a little myself but so should have the OP..Thanks

Originally posted by DJMSN
reply to post by twohawks

 

I do not really put it past a corporation to do such a thing but surely you must have some sort of link to back up your story....it sounds more likely an urban myth type story.

Somewhere somebody would have called a TV or news station...if the employees did not, then they are just as culpable if not more so, as they were in a position to do something whether the PTB allowed it or not...so until some sort of actual evidence comes up I will withhold judgment.

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I'm with you there,there would surely have been at least one employee who would have done all they could to get the animals to safety and indeed would have highlighted the corporations policy to the media.

While the CEO's response posted in this thread sounds wonderfully warm and fuzzy. What he fails to mention is the same area flooded back in 2006. There should have been a standing policy in place to prevent leaving such a decision up to the local managers.
As I understand it, several stores in the area will not be re-opening, I've heard PET CO is one of them. Which means the 16 employes are out of a job and can't be reached for comment or rebuttal to the comments the CEO has laid in there lap

This was not a policy (as the title states) People make bad judgments sometimes. Perhaps a mistake was made, but that's no reason to stop shopping at PETCO. To punish the whole chain for the decision of a few people at one store would be silly, IMO. People make mistakes. People understand and forgive. They didn't kill the animals because of policy.

No, they do it for insurance purposes