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Originally Posted by ccrunner  I think it is wonderful pet stores are doing this. It proves they are not inhumane or cruel. |
Considering that the animals dumped at petstores are the same animals (or offspring) of animals they sold they have an absolute duty to take them back. They do not care who they go to though as they have no real adoption screening process.
They are the reason the animals were dumped in the first place. They are the cause of the problem and giving away dumped animals while continuing to sell more is not humane at all.
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Originally Posted by ccrunner They want to give guinea pigs a better life. |
Actually they want to dump then on anyone who will take them as soon as possible so they don't have to take up inventory space and spend money on them. The are not interested in what kind of life they have.
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Originally Posted by ccrunner I believe they are acceptable and similar to rescues because that is what they are doing- rescueing guinea pigs who otherwise would have had a dreary life. |
Rescues give the sick animals medical care, provide them with decent housing, screen potential adopters and do follow-up visits. Petstores don't do these things. I have heard of many
GPs that a petstore adopted out that were severely ill.
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Originally Posted by ccrunner All guinea pigs, no matter rescued or bought from a pet store, should have a good chance at life. |
Yes, all
GPs deserve a good chance at life but the petstores who sell them, the distributors that supply them and the breeders who breed them have no such concerns. Their concern is the bottom dollar they can make off of the suffering of animals.
Petstore that sell animals do not deserve anyone's business as they are only causing a plague upon the wellbeing of animals.