If you are pro-pets, don’t buy “designer” puppies. Get your animals from a shelter, or from rescues.
I absolutely adore betta fish, but I sure as hell won’t buy one. I don’t want to support keeping fish in tiny cups.
Frankly, what we need is legislation that forces pet stores to ensure that any animal kept with an intent to sell mush be housed and displayed in an appropriate enclosure for it to survive its entire natural life. That way the animals don’t suffer if they aren’t sold, and people get a good idea of what an actual appropriate setup looks like for that animal. I see too many nightmares on Craigslist and Facebook where people are keeping a 5ft corn snake in a 10 gallon enclosure because that’s what the baby corn snake was in at the pet store.
If you are pro-pets, don’t buy “designer” puppies. Get your animals from a shelter, or from rescues.
I absolutely adore betta fish, but I sure as hell won’t buy one. I don’t want to support keeping fish in tiny cups.
Frankly, what we need is legislation that forces pet stores to ensure that any animal kept with an intent to sell mush be housed and displayed in an appropriate enclosure for it to survive its entire natural life. That way the animals don’t suffer if they aren’t sold, and people get a good idea of what an actual appropriate setup looks like for that animal. I see too many nightmares on Craigslist and Facebook where people are keeping a 5ft corn snake in a 10 gallon enclosure because that’s what the baby corn snake was in at the pet store.