A pet store at Hamilton Place mall involved last year in controversy over treatment of its animals has shuttered its doors, a mall spokeswoman said Friday.
“I can confirm they have closed,” mall spokeswoman Catherine Wells said.
The Pet Company closed Thursday, she said, but she could not give reasons for the closure because of privacy laws.
Calls to the store’s parent company, New Jersey-based United Pet Supply, and the company’s attorney, Chattanooga-based Andy Pippenger, were not returned.
The store closed one year and one day after a state inspector and local animal welfare officials removed 82 animals from the store during a raid in June 2010.