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Originally Posted by wonderwhiskers  Theres one about 45 minutes away from me that 'sells' animals..but from local people .. for example accidental litters, and animals that the Rescues are too full to take in. |
But they're still making a profit off of those animals. Do they do any screening for the people that come in to buy the animals? Do they question their knowledge on the pets they are wanting to buy? Do they make sure the buyer has the proper cage, food, etc.? Do they make any realistic effort at getting a background or history on the animals the people have owned in the past? I doubt so. More likely than not, they simply sell the animals to anyone who can pay for them. And if that's the case, I don't have to go there to know they are no better than stores who get animals from breeders and mills and sell them to anyone with enough cash to pay for them.
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Originally Posted by wonderwhiskers Even pets at home sells lots of merchandise that supports rescues, and I'm pretty sure that they donate a certain amount every month to the RSPCA and other organisations. |
It's great that they may be making a donation to rescue groups. That doesn't change the fact that they're still selling animals as merchandise. That they may be doing something fundamentally good (making donations to rescue groups) doesn't change the fact that they are also doing something fundamentally bad (selling animals for profit).
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Originally Posted by wonderwhiskers ...and I have seen how the members here .. not pointing the finger at anyone, and it is most likely just a minority few .. In all the previous posts I have read, when anyone has said anything that is even remotly positive about a petshop .. they have been critised for it. |
That you've seen it happen before doesn't mean it will happen to you. If you say something someone doesn't agree with, members have every right to step up and say they disagree.
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Originally Posted by wonderwhiskers I was'nt even remotly interested in buying a pet, and she still put in the extra effort to make sure an animal would'nt be going to an unsuitable home. |
I can appreciate a situation like this, but suspect that it's an isolated incident and due to the care and concern of an individual worker and most certainly not store policy.
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Originally Posted by wonderwhiskers I've also seen people being refused pets .. 3 young men who wanted to buy a hamster weren't sold one, because they did'nt look trustworthy. |
I find your interpretation questionable. In any case, workers wouldn't be put in a situation to refuse to sell an animal to anyone if the store they worked for didn't offer them for sale in the first place.