05.29.03 - 5:23 pm

the following is one of the many hypocracies of petco. ever so slowly it seems like theyre realizing their mistakes. however, this is one hypocracy of potentially thousands that they have finally corrected. its only taken 38 years.

from: todd gwynn

sent: friday may 23, 2003 3:03 pm

subject: painted fish

hello everyone!

in accordance with our philosophy "the animals come first!" we have decided that as of june 1st we will no longer be purchasing any fish that are artificially colored by means of injection. this new policy will result in the discontinuation of 12 freshwater fish skus that we curently have active. the 12 skus are listed below. i am currently reworking all of our freshwater planograms and will be finding other fish to fill the tanks that are going to be vacated by a couple of these fish. i hope to have all of the new planograms done within the next couple of weeks.

painted glass fish

candy tetra (painted white skirt tetra)

cotton candy parrot

lg glass fish two color

asst colored tiger barb

fancy painted tiger barb

med glassfish two color

painted chromide cichlid

asst color parrot cichlid

lg redtailed purple botia

med asst colored botia

med redtail blue botia