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Pet stores are more convenient. They have retail hours, and have many completely different kind of pets to choose from. Fun. Yes, pet stores are fun. I'm sorry. They are fun if you don't know any better.
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One of the biggest reasons I've ever heard yet to just eliminate the sale of animals in stores ... just eliminate the "fun" factor and the impulse buy right there.
Take away the choice - make people who want pets have to go through the channels of rescue/adoption. Probably the only way I can see to make it happen, in all honesty.
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People don't get pets because they want more responsibility or because they want to do charity. They get pets because pets are fun and bring happiness to their lives.
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This is hte kind of mindset that makes it okay to dump animals - pets are "fun", they are agents of joy, etc. etc. All of that may be true, but it's also true that having a pet is a responsibility and any entity that allows people to take on the responsibility of pet without emphasizing that fact is extremely irresponsible.