Originally posted by wolfsoul
I have to respectfully disagree...More often than not, any "rare breeds" that you find in a shelter aren't a rare breed at all, but a mix that just looks like the breed. I was on a rare breed forum a while back, and the number of people wanting or owning cane corsos and fila brasilieros was astounding, and I don't think that any of those people will find one or have bought one in a shelter..
There are some breeds that are just plain RARE. When I say you can find any breed in a shelter, I'm not talking about the few very rare ones that are hard to even find a breeder for. But those are dogs that the everage pet owner doesn't seek out in the first place.

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As far as the child analogy, I think that is a totally different issue. I mean, there aren't children sitting in cages getting euthanized every day.