Giving Petland a hard time

[CagneyDog]

But it's the ethics that's involved. Can you, with good faith and heart, endorse the selling of pet store puppies?

Puppy millers are large backyard breeders. In my book, there's no difference between PM's and BYBs. The puppies didn't just come from "unreputable" breeders. They came from backyard breeders breeding for the almighty dollar. Canada may not have as bad of an overpopulation problem as we do, but the ethics remain the same. Did you see that video that of the armless Chihuahuas that Sheena's mom posted up in Dog General? That was due to backyard breeding. I despise any and all Petland stores no matter their euphemism for their actions. I believe we had one down here, but it was closed down after vehement action against its selling of puppies.

No, of course pet stores anywhere do not have good ethics, nor do I believe what they are doing is right. What I'm getting at is that you can say that petland has bad ethics without spewing incorrect facts and generalizations. I've never once seen an animal without water at my petland, nor have seen animals just being put down when they get too old. When the odd tiny animal dies we get them cremated and sprinkle their ashes in a field. I think that it's great for people to educate others on petstores but generalizing the facts makes us look just as uneducated as those who buy from them.

[Giselle]

I know I shouldn't generalize as there are exceptions to every rule, but there's just something inherently disturbing about selling puppies in pet stores. I just don't like it. My general belief is that pet stores that do so belong to a same general group of people who do so for money. They don't all withhold water or food or stick aggressive animals in shared cages, but their underlying purpose remains the same - to sell animals and to gain profit from doing so. With animals, money should be a secondary concern, at least, in a perfect world. Then, again, I'm preaching to the choir