Originally Posted by
farrelli
To be honest, I can't see why anyone breeds anything for pets. There are just so many animals out there in shelters, looking for homes, so sad an lonely, and so many pets with homes which aren't good ones who need to find the care they deserve. Why anyone would want to add to this mess, I just can't see.
Criminy, every day we find people here, with good hearts, who are just personally unprepared to take care of their charges. I can't walk past a pet store and not image what sadness and pain are in store for so many of the beings in that building. Good lord, I just had a rabies "scare" over a cat adopted from the ASPCA by a millionaire couple, the husband a world renowned expert in microbiology at MIT, who not only let their cat run free, but didn't bother to get its shots. Most people can't manage to take care of themselves, never mind another being. They think they're doing a good job, but they're really just fooling themselves. Why anyone would want to contribute to this cycle instead of helping those who are already here is beyond me.