I buy pet supplies from stores where no animals are sold and if I can’t find what I need in a local pet store then I will look to purchase it online or through mail order. At this point this is just the obvious choice for me. PETA and groups like them first made me aware of how I could carry my ethical beliefs into my role as consumer. I am always learning more and must continuously reexamine my choices – I fully acknowledge that I am far from perfect. I probably could have made the connection on my own (eventually) but I appreciate that PETA and other groups put these issues out there to get people to question what they are supporting with their dollars. I think this campaign has more to do with a state of mind than boycotting a particular company because as we’ve all pointed out there are pet stores outside the PETCO chain which are relatively worse than some particular PETCO stores. Some may not agree, but this is what I see as the larger goal of this campaign.