Restrictive shelter policies Some years back a friend of mine went to a state run dog pound near work, and tried to adopt a dog. He found a dog he really liked, and it was the last day of the […]
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Another contributing factor to this huge problem is government intervention. The state run dog pounds make it way too easy to unload the responsibility of owning a pet onto someone else. Most people can “Get Rid” of their dogs in […]
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It is a sad fact: the vast majority of people who adopt a puppy or kitten, do not keep the animal for life. If this trend were to be reversed, and most people actually kept their pets in a responsible […]
Continue reading »Buying from breeders versus Rescuing A Pet Part 4
So the crux of the problem lies not with the breeders who are supplying what people demand like any other businessperson (though they are trading in living creatures, which are caused to suffer one way or the other) but with […]
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So what went wrong in your relationship with your new pet? You were so excited to first get it, but then familiarity bred, not a loving bond, but contempt? Your cute little puppy was not a model child, or worse […]
Continue reading »Buying from breeders versus Rescuing A Pet Part 2
One would think the pet overpopulation problem is 100% the fault of breeders, for encouraging the pets in their charge to have multiple litters repeatedly. But no, that is not the entire root of the problem. Breeders are the effect […]
Continue reading »Buying from breeders versus Rescuing A Pet Part 1
There is currently a worldwide pet overpopulation epidemic. Who’s at fault? Irresponsible breeders, and irresponsible owners. No one can argue the fact that there is a worldwide pet overpopulation problem which is only growing the more people ignore the issue. […]
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