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Unethical Pet Shops |
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Pet shops are very accepted places to shop for little puppies and other pets of your choice. There is a pet shop on approximately each bend in each city. And it is easier said than done to resist that delightful and anxious looking puppy confined, waiting to be brought to your house. But prior to making this decision you actually should be familiar with a little bit of information about these pet shops and the origins of the puppies they put up for sale. You might encounter pet shops that will say their animals for sale came from the best breeding kennels in the United States but if you are running a business, why won’t you say that? In fact, plenty of pet shops nowadays are selling nice, cute and perfectly looking pet dogs. But what is unknown to us will not hurt, unless, scarred by a tragic misfortune on the purchased pets. Many dogs sold in pet shops today comes from what they call “puppy mills”. Puppy mills are breeder kennels but with less concern for the dogs. They put up the business just for the sake of making money in providing dogs to the growing demand for pet puppies in pet shops. A lot of these mills have unhealthy standards. An example of this is placing the same breed dogs in one single cage. Just like chickens. One thing more is the food that these dogs eat. They eat low class dog food, and sometimes, people food which puppies do not have the right metabolism to digest yet. Living environment is filthy and prone to aerial diseases like parvo viruses. Bacterial and congenital disorders are also prone to them. What makes this kind of business so unethical to the masses? It is the hardship that one could bring about to these precious animals that we expect to brighten our days whenever we come home from work. The agony of the fact that these pets are bought to bring us happiness in our lives and not sorrow because in a matter of a short while, they will suffer from the sickness the mill has brought to them. It is not only our hearts that gets affected by it. Our pockets will hurt as well. Pet hospitalization is not cheap and we do not take matters like these in our own hands. It is now greatly recommended that you choose the place you buy your puppies from. There are adopting homes and good kennels that will provide you with a clean breed puppy of your choice. Go to one that will save you from the hardships of owning a sickly pet and forbids you from patronizing inhumane puppy breeders such as the puppy mill owners. Even though your intentions may be good, do not buy a puppy with the thought that you are rescuing it. Your rescue opens up a gap for an additional poor puppy and puts money into the pockets of the puppy mill. If you witness someone keeping puppies in deprived surroundings, alert your local animal control authorities instead of buying. | ||||||
| Last Updated ( Wednesday, 22 October 2008 ) | ||||||
