Sixty-five shelter dogs were slated to travel from rural Missouri to Chesterfield Mall this weekend, hoping to find their forever home at a new adoption center.But now Chesterfield Mall has kicked the pet center out, even before the non-profit planning to open it could take possession — and mall managers are blaming threats from customers to "protest and/or boycott the mall."
Amanda Sheffield, the president of the board of Diana's Grove Dog Rescue, says that language is a direct quote from an email she got from the mall yesterday.
The mall's general manager, Brian Voyles, did not respond to our email seeking comment.
Sheffield says the pressure on the mall has come from "the largest rescue groups in St. Louis," which disapprove of her shelter.…