wonderwhiskers
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- Joined
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- Joined
- Jun 25, 2009
- Messages
- 98
I don't agree that 'boycotting cats and dogs' has worked.Well, I disagree. I don't fine Paula to be rude at all.
My question is what exactly are you trying to say about pet stores?
The people of this forum are anti-breeding, anti-showing and anti-pet store. We don't believe in shopping in any store that sells live animals at all. This means no buying an animal, no buying supplies. The reason this is is because when money goes to the pet store it goes to breeders. Even stores that take in "rescues" to sell still support the idea that selling live animals is acceptable. So any pet store that sells live animals, no matter how well they treat the animals, is one we would not shop at. Period. We hope that by giving the pet stores less money, less animals will be purchased from breeders and therefore less breeding will happen. This method of boycotting has proven to work in the past with cats and dogs.
We also report abusive and neglectful persons. Many of us also work to educate store owners and breeders and supporters of pet stores in hopes they will change their ways. We educate in proper care to everyone, regardless of their beliefs. Yes, it is preferable that pet store owners are not abusive to their animals, but that does not mean we support them or purchase anything from them and we try our best to convince others to not purchase anything from them.
So what, exactly, about that do you disagree with?
Its worked to get the cats and dogs out of petshops, but then what?
It's alot better for the animal of course, but the RSPCA has recently released stats which show that the overpopulation rates here in the UK of cats and dogs has been steadily, and dramatically increasing over recent years.
This is because, of course breeders are still operating. Not through pet shops, but they still exist, and people still buy.
So instead, why don't we spend this time trying to get the goverment to make stiff regulations on owning an animal. That way breeders and petshops would have to conform to new standerds.
And where else exactly can you get pet supplies?
There is no where here that sells pet supplies, that does'nt have live animals. None.
And as for getting it off the internet ..Post and packaging means that you'd be spending almost triple, and having to wait for atleast two weeks.
I'd prefer to put that money into getting to and from the rescue center I volunteer in. Atleast then I know I'm doing some soild good, actually helping animals instead of chasing a non-existant reality,