If this is true:
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Originally Posted by bobismyturtle  Im not willing to drive an hour either ... I would have to drive 2 hours. Thats not an option. |
Then this is NOT true:
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Originally Posted by bobismyturtle I totally 100% support rescue. |
You can't support rescue at all if you are willing to and have purchased animals from a pet store. If you aren't willing to travel to acquire rescues, but would rather go to the pet store that's convenient, you are not supporting rescue at all, much less 100%.
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Originally Posted by bobismyturtle However, if you live in a small remote town such as I do,there is no other option. |
There are always other options if you are willing to seek them out.
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Originally Posted by bobismyturtle Most of which go to kids in 4-H. They do not get them from mills. |
4-H supports breeding. It's a cycle.
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Originally Posted by bobismyturtle They are bred only for people who ask for a guinea pig. |
Are you really saying that someone comes in to this pet store of yours and asks for a guinea pig, and then someone breeds two pigs and creates an entire litter? What happens to the other pigs that weren't "asked" for? Please.
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Originally Posted by bobismyturtle They are given a handout about guinea pigs before they take home a pig. |
With what information, exactly?
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Originally Posted by bobismyturtle Not all pet stores are bad. It just depends on your situation. |
If they sell animals for profit, or sell them to promote the sales of other, higher profit items, they
are bad.
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Originally Posted by bobismyturtle Not all breeders are bad either. I got my first bird there. He is the best pet I have ever owned. The breeder still stays in contact with me,and still to this day gives me advice. That is just my opinion. I dont think people should speak so badly if they havent reviewed EVERYONES situations. |
Breeders are creating lives to sell for money. Meanwhile, countless others (many of which came from those very breeders) die or face the possibility of death because they aren't wanted. There is certainly nothing GOOD about that.
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Originally Posted by bobismyturtle Not all pet stores are like that.Some dont get theirs from mills. Some dont immediately replace them. |
But one way or another, they ALL get them from breeders and that is the problem. And that they don't "immediately" replace them makes them no better. They still replace them, and that means they still view and treat them as merchandise and not as the sentient beings that they are.