Torn from the wild to be sold as trinkets, delicate hermit crabs were dumped into crowded, barren pens and even thrown in the trash while still alive in this new exposé.
This is probably not the background you'd expect for the thousands of brightly colored shells—each housing a tiny crustacean—for sale at shops lining the boardwalk on your summer beach vacation. But after receiving a disturbing tip about Brelean Corporation, a self-proclaimed supplier of captive hermit crabs to PetSmart, Petco, and other retailers, PETA took a closer look.
