What about the millions of cavies being euthanized in shelters each day by purchasing from a petstore those people are taking away a home from a pig in a shelter. Maybe you should read this page on petstores it might help
http://www.cavyspirit.com/petstores.htm.
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I didnt mean it like that I just meant that just because a bunch of wee piggies that have been dumped at a petstore dosent mean that they shouldnt be bought. And most of the people that come to buy a guinea pig are friendly people that are going to care for them and look after them.
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Of course it doesn't mean they shouldn't have a home they deserve a home but sometimes like pink piggy lips said there has to be a sacrifice for the greater good. By purchasing from a petstore those people are condeming many pigs to death or lives full of pain and misery. What about the sows in mills that must give birth over and over and any person who has children would know how painful that would be (just saying I have no children but I know giving birth is extremely painful). Making a sow breed over and over with no rest is called back to back breeding just in case you didn't know. Those pigs in petstores usually come from those places even if they come from a breeder who serves them food in golden dishes they still are contributing to the overpopulation problem.
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And most of the people that come to buy a guinea pig are friendly people that are going to care for them and look after them
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Like Daft said that is not the case at all most of the owners who purchase those pigs at the petstore are uneducated and most of them are impulse buys. Petstores don't help with that either the employees tell the owner all kinds of bull and most of it will harm the pig. Oh those pigs who came from the mill are usually sick and those uneducated owners probably won't notice untill it's to late.
I hope you consider this all, this kind of subject fires me up and a lot of people get fired up too. Many people work through blood, sweat and tears to help stop this practice and I know I will too but right now I am figuring out how I will help out and try to stop this and not just guinea pigs all animals dogs, cats, birds, etc.