Is 200-store retailer Petland a leader in the fight against inhumane puppy mills, or the nation’s largest puppy mill customer?
Is owning a Petland store “an exhilarating and rewarding experience” made possible by an “experienced team of professionals” or a blatant scam run by a company promoting a doomed investment for its own gain?
The dog fight that’s developing between Petland and its detractors would make Michael Vick squeamish.
The Humane Society Claims Petland is “the nation’s largest retail supporter of puppy mills”
The Petland franchise chain is America’s largest chain of puppy-selling pet stores, with 200 stores in 31 states and several …read more

Some gay bloggers are celebrating the triumphant power of “pink wrath.”
What was the great human rights victory?  Gay activist and blogger Mike Rogers allegedly bullied Subway into making one of its franchisees withdraw a $2500 campaign contribution to an anti-gay marriage “Yes on 8″ campaign, and one assumes, resubmit it as a personal contribution.
A post on PageOneQ (written both by and about Rogers) states that Rogers’ complaints to the company prompted franchisor Doctor’s Associates to send out a warning  letter to the franchisee, and to franchisees and developers worldwide:
“It has been brought to the attention of [Subway parent company] Doctor’s …read more

(FranchisePick.Com)  Back in July of this year, FranchisePick.com reported (Is McDonald’s Funding a “naked homosex-fest”?) how a conservative Christian group called the American Family Association (AFA) was leading a boycott of McDonald’s in protest of the fast food giant’s relationship with the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
The American Family Association had been calling for Richard Ellis, McDonald’s vice president of U.S. communications, to resign from the board of the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, and for McDonald’s to drop its membership and cease financial support for the NGLCC. McDonald’s provided $20,000 to be one of …read more