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A pet store or pet shop is a retail business which sells different kinds of animals. Pet stores also sell pet food, supplies, and accessories and also no-one should forget puppies and kittens and ponies. more...

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Pet stores commonly sell fish for home aquariums, small birds such as parakeets, small mammals such as fancy rats and hamsters, and small reptiles such as lizards and snakes. Mice, goldfish, and other animals used as live food (called feeders) for reptiles and fish are also usually sold.

Less common in pet stores are larger mammals such as dogs and cats. In the UK and many other countries, dogs and cats are not sold at pet stores.

Exotic pets such as sugar gliders, large snakes and large parrots are available at some pet shops. Because the care of these types of animals is difficult and expensive, these are most often carried only in stores that specialize in exotic animals.

Controversy

Pet stores have come under heavy criticism for getting a majority of their dogs and cats from puppy mills, breeding facilities with substandard conditions resulting in an estimated 7 million deaths a year for the animals and developing a high rate of chronic health problems, temperament issues, and hereditary defects in animals raised in them.

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