You post is extremely hard to read as one big paragraph and it rambles from here to there and yonder so it's even harder to understand. Please, if you wish to be taken seriously in a discussion or debate write legibly, separate your paragraphs and keep you ideas together. After reading your post I'm a bit confused and I have no intention of trying to read it again--I got enough of a headache the first time. Here are a few points I'd like to make--forgive me if I misinterpreted what your said or missed a few points (the whole hard to read thing).
Have you actually looked at pictures of wild guinea pigs? probably not. Of course, being herbivores, they can be adapted to living in captivity (most animals can be) but that doesn't make them domesticated.
If you think that the
GPs we have as pets are wild animals then please tell me where the natural habitat of the TSW Abyssinian is and what the purpose of the whorled coat is in the wild. Please do the same for the Dalmatian and roan guinea pig breeds the Peruvian, the satin and the teddy. Please remember to include the reasons for their specific coats or markings in the wild.
Here are a few pictures of wild
cavies History of the Guinea Pig (Cavy, Cuy, Cavia porcellus) Click on
Patagonian cavies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kerodon_rupestris.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wildmeerschweinchen-06.jpg http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Cavia.html - in this page please note that the last 2 pictures are of domesticated guinea pigs. Also note that they have a different Latin name classification meaning that they have been recognized as a slightly different species.
In each of those pictures I can see marked differances.
Adopting is different from buying. Yes, I fully support the adoption on all animals (snakes, birds, etc as well as domesticated animals) as long as the adopter can properly care for the animal. I do not support these animals, that have been raised in captivity, being released into the wild. Despite being a wild animal with natural instincts they didn't get the "education" early in life to survive. Granted, most snakes and lizards would do well if released into their true, natural environment but the risk of introducing disease is too great not to mention the cost of transporting reptiles and amphibians all around the world.
I HATE to hear about these "morph" geckos. It's a fancy way of saying inbreed and crossbred. People have created morphed versions of lions and tigers called Ligers. Since they are morphed and don't resemble an existing wild animal I guess they should be available in petshops for anyone to own. I can "Morph" a wolf in to a "Wusky" by crossing it with a Husky dog. I can probably even create a pure white with black spots, purebred wolf by specifically crossing and inbreeding wolves. I can even give them a fancy name like Morphed Pale Eyed Wolves but it doesn't make any of those animals any less wild or dangerous. It takes hundreds, sometimes thousands of years to create a true domesticated animal and quite frankly, considering over 5 million domesticated animals are euthanized each year simply from a lack of homes I think we have PLENTY of already domesticated animals to choose from.
I don't understand your last, and very baiting line, Hypocrites? I don't see how I'm a hypocrite and I certainly do learn from the truth (thus my stance on adoption, wild animals, etc).