Well, of course, people have choices. I'm still not understanding the reasoning behind those choices. I mean, hey I would love to have a Maine Coon or a Singapura, but there's no way I could do that when I know that shelters are BURSTING with cats. I couldn't look myself in the mirror. And I find it hard to believe that the shelter cats have less personality or less cute than a purebred. As a matter of fact, sometimes the shelters have purebreds there, why wouldn't one go there first & see what's there. The reasoning behind getting a purebred over a shelter/rescue has not been explained so that I can now say--"Ohhhh, THAT'S why, NOW I understand".