People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals ( PETA ) planned to protest PetSmart amid mistreatment allegations, according to an online article from Bostonist.

PETA planned to protest June 16 outside of PetSmart's annual meeting in Boston. The animal rights group accused a PetSmart supplier. Sun Pet Ltd., and a former supplier, U.S. Global Exotics, of animal mistreatment. These allegations are detailed on PETA's PetSmart website, which accuses the company of starving animals to death and shipping them with improper supplies.