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Originally Posted by paula.m.moore  I'm just gonna say that disagreeing with what you're saying and the point you're wanting to make doesn't mean I've been dismissive, narrow minded, patronizing, hypocritical or rude.
You can't just categorically dismiss someone who doesn't agree with you as any of those things. As to your statement that I'd "assumed" you were unaware of the real goings on of pet stores - that wasn't an assumption, because you yourself said you'd never been to the back room at Pets at Home, the pet store you think so highly of. Seeing animals turned in by owners who grew tired of them is not the same as seeing the conditions the animals are living in at the store. That you've developed a relationship with the staff at one pet store and feel they are "better" than others doesn't change the fact that pet stores selling animals is fundamentally wrong on a number of levels. And that includes the store you've grown to love so much.
I don't disagree that it would be nice to improve the conditions of animals living in pet stores and being sold as merchandise. I think it would be better still if they weren't sold at all.
And yes, you did explain yourself fully, again and again. I read it all and I still don't agree with you. If that makes me rude or dismissive in your
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In my OPINION you have been dismissive. You have taken what I have said OUT OF CONTEXT. You have chosen a small sentence, and ignore what came after it, explaining what I meant by it. That, in my books, is dismissive.
You have been patronising '' Maybe one day you'll see .. '' That is patronising. Don't tell me what I've seen. I already know thank you very much.
And I am not 'oh so fond' of Pets at Home, which I have said on here atleast a dozen times, and on different threads. I simply think it is BETTER
then the shops in America. I know for a FACT that we have LEGAL REGULATIONS that petshops must comply with, no NO ANIMAL is in awful conditions. They are NOT the best they could be .. but BETTER then America. That is what I have said from the start. (You, of course took this out of context. Again). If I could close down Pets at Home tomorrow , or replace it with a Pethshop that does not sell live animals .. I would.
As for 'developing a relationship with the staff ..'' it's 45 minutes away, they referred me to a brilliant vet and have helped me a few times. They are'nt exactly on my christmas card list .. but they are decent. Their animals ONLY come from people who can't look after them, dont want them or whatever .. as I already have explained. I RESPECT them, and am grateful to them. The take in animals that the local shelter (Yes, one shelter .. the next one is a few hours away) could'nt. They do NO buy from breeders, and as I have said ..we have no mills.
''That includes the store you've grown to love so much'. Please don't tell me what I love. You have never been to the 'store', which really is more a SUPPLIES SHOP AND REHOME, so you have very little right to judge it.
I'd like to remind you ..we have different cultures.
Your American. I'm English. You have a President. We have Royals. We are members of the EU ..and therefor follow laws set by the EU, and the MAA. You not only have a totally different legal system, but also views on animals.
I think American's as a whole do lack respect for animals. Noone over here has a pet monkey.
Its plain ignorant that you judge us, when I doubt you know much about us.
I DO NOT support petshops, but I will balance my views in a fair way.
So please stop TELLING me what I do, and do not belive, love or understand.