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It is not a costly business you can start what amount you mentioned. If you face problems then limit your pets in start and when you will get revenue then you can start at wider level.

Starting a pet store in a mall, How much capital??

Welcome. How soon??

As stated there are good free resources that can help you - like SCORE or SBDCs. The mall might even be able to shed some light on the average costs of doing business in that mall.

You seem to have a lot of capital given that many new start-ups have none. Think about this - instead of seeing how much you will need (as you will never know the true amount until after the fact) why not just run your business within the limits of your capital. Manage your costs going forward knowing that you have limits on your capital. Example, do your research (the mall should be able to help as will SCORE & SBDC) on the types of costs you will incur. Create a budget for the next 12 months based on the limits of your capital - this would mean alloting so much to each expense category. Then, go out and find vendors or suppliers that fit your budget. You have a lot of negoiating power with suppliers and vendors these days (even in leasing space in the mall) - use that to you advantage. Then, manage you budget. If you go over on one category - you have to reduce another by the same amount.

Just some thoughts