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angie901

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Today I went garage selling with my aunt, and we went to a bunch of different garage sells. I bought some shoes and pants and a hamster cage cause I am getting a new hammy soon. Then we went to this one house and i started looking around and right there!!! right there was the cutest lil' rabbit ever! I walked up to her and started petting her. She was in a horrible cage with no bedding or anything and a small cardboard box for a hut and a tiny tiny water bottle. and a small amount of pellets. I asked how much she was and the woman who was selling her said she was 25$. I knew my dad wouldn't let me have her. But I needed her. The woman also said she was pregnant! And that she had more pregnant rabbits! I couldn't believe it! It made me want to rescue her even more. They probably had the rabbits in bad cages. I felt so bad for not getting her! Well I just wanted to tell you guys about this! It's so sad! I would have been irresponsible thought to have two pregnant animals in the house. One preg rabbit and one preg pig. Tell me what you guys think. I wish I could have brought her home.
 
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Maybe the best thing to do is try to find out the address and report it so maybe someone from ASPCA or a near by Humane Society can make sure they are being properly taken care of and she is not running a mill from her house.
 
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Actually it was good that you didn't buy her. This woman sounds like a breeder, and buying from a breeder is not rescuing. It's just encouraging that person to breed more, since they're selling. I know it's very, very hard to walk away from something like that, but it's for the greater good. It's just like not buying pigs from a pet store, even if they're in bad conditions, because it frees up more space and makes more demand for piggies to be brought in from the breeding mill.
 
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mufasa said:
Actually it was good that you didn't buy her. This woman sounds like a breeder, and buying from a breeder is not rescuing. It's just encouraging that person to breed more, since they're selling. I know it's very, very hard to walk away from something like that, but it's for the greater good. It's just like not buying pigs from a pet store, even if they're in bad conditions, because it frees up more space and makes more demand for piggies to be brought in from the breeding mill.
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yeah your right. but someone would have bought her anyways. and they did. so it could have been me instead of the girl who bought her.

@coconutty78 that's a good Idea. Thank you!
 
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angie901 said:
yeah your right. but someone would have bought her anyways. and they did. so it could have been me instead of the girl who bought her.
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That's true, but if you bought her, the girl would have bought a different one. That would make the person think there's even more demand and breed even more rabbits.

It's a long, slow process, but as more and more people stop supporting bad and abusive breeding practices, change will happen. A breeder like that woman will keep doing what she's doing until people stop buying from her. No money coming in = no reason to breed.
 
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mufasa said:
That's true, but if you bought her, the girl would have bought a different one. That would make the person think there's even more demand and breed even more rabbits.

It's a long, slow process, but as more and more people stop supporting bad and abusive breeding practices, change will happen. A breeder like that woman will keep doing what she's doing until people stop buying from her. No money coming in = no reason to breed.
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yeah you're right. I don't have an argument for that. But she wasn't selling any more. just one.
 
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