NC Animal Advocates United is pushing the city of Raleigh for a ban on any pet shop selling dogs or cats. The proposal comes ...

Petopia was allowed to operate under Raleigh’s downtown zoning because selling puppies is an acceptable type of retail, ...

NC Animal Advocates United is pushing the city of Raleigh for a ban on any pet shop selling dogs or cats. The proposal comes after months of controversy around Petopia, a retail store on E. Martin ...

Many protesters said that Raleigh does not need a pet store selling puppies when shelters often have to euthanize healthy dogs because they're out of space.

A petition has thousands of signatures accusing the store of being a puppy mill. The owner says she is an ethical breeder and considers herself a puppy “doula.” ...

Each cost thousands of dollars. Even before it opened, however, a petition, “Halt Petopia puppies from initiating a puppy mill in downtown Raleigh,” had collected over 15,000 signatures ...

An exterior view of Petopia storefront on East Martin Street in Raleigh on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. Travis Long [email protected] A controversial pet shop in downtown Raleigh has closed just ...

A controversial pet store in downtown Raleigh has closed. A handwritten sign on a table could be seen from the window of Petopia, the puppy store that opened on Martin Street earlier this year.

A controversial pet shop in downtown Raleigh has closed just weeks after opening. A handwritten sign on a table announced the news from the window of Petopia, the store that had opened on Martin ...