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Update (July 31, 2026): Victory! For at least a decade, Chewy sold merchandise from Marshall Pet Products, an affiliate of Marshall Farms. But this month, following immense pressure from PETA and other animal advocates, the company severed ties with Marshall and stopped selling its products. This compassionate decision sends a powerful message that companies claiming to care about animals should have nothing to do with a business that breeds dogs and other animals to be tormented and killed in laboratories. Now, Petco, PetSmart, and That Pet Place must follow Chewy’s lead by cutting ties with Marshall and refusing to sell its products or animals. Please take action below to help make that happen.
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A groundbreaking PETA investigation blew the lid off neglect, intense confinement, suffering, and death at Envigo’s beagle-breeding facility, sparking a historical domino effect that paved the way for the closure of the dog prison. As a result, thousands of dogs were released from the facility and given the opportunity to have a loving home. Now, we’re working to save tens of thousands of other beagles who are being bred for use in cruel laboratory experiments.
Marshall BioResources operates massive facilities that are among the world’s largest breeders of dogs, cats, ferrets, pigs, and other animals for sale to laboratories. The multinational conglomerate also owns Marshall Pet Products, which makes toys and other merchandise sold by Petco, PetSmart, and other pet stores. Petco sells ferrets obtained from Marshall, too.
Marshall breeds beagles and other animals for sale to research labs around the world, where their gentle and trusting nature is exploited and they’re tormented. At Marshall, animals are confined to barren, windowless buildings. The company has been cited for housing dogs and ferrets inside filthy, decrepit wire cages in buildings teeming with mice and flies and for failing to provide animals with adequate veterinary care. A company representative callously stated, “We will breed anything a lab wants. If they want a dog with 3 legs or an abnormally large heart, we can do it.”
Most people see dogs as beloved family members, and many imagine that it must be illegal to experiment on and kill them. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and beagles have become the animal experimentation industry’s dog of choice because they’re of a convenient size and naturally docile. Even when they’re being abused, they don’t bite.
Please urge pet stores to reconsider their relationship with Marshall. Companies that claim to care about the well-being of animals shouldn’t be peddling them or propping up the cruel and deadly animal experimentation industry.
Send polite comments to:
Matt Riggleman, CEO
That Pet Place
[email protected]
Then fill out the form to contact Petco and PetSmart.