Pet stores sell dogs that come from Puppy Mills which are sickly and often die after being bought cats & other animals are also sickly.. Adopting saves life’s and the animal will be forever grateful.

But what about the types of animals you can’t get from anywhere but pet stores? Is it okay to buy them from there then?

Animal shelters all the way!

Actually the animals already in the pet stores don’t live too horribly. It has to be presentable enough since they are in public eye and people always come in and are petting them an giving them attention. If you buy animals from pet stores you are “sacrificing” a lot more animals and putting a lot more animals to live in misery.

We also are already protesting against multiple pet stores. Really all pet stores but a few specific major ones. This is also why we support spaying and neutering.

http://www.petsmartcruelty.com/

Wait so we sacrifice a few animal’s lives for the good of the others? I don’t see how that’s ethical either… just letting them stay there in the pet stores and be treated badly. Why not do something about it? Protest? Inform them that what they are doing is wrong?

Bad advice do not buy animals from pet stores or breeders just because you feel bad for them. They will only be replaced with another mistreated animal.

Animal shelters use the money thou spend on adopting an animal, on other animals there.
But its sad, because pet stores don’t treat their animals right. and breeders usually send the ones they can’t sell to animal shelters.
So maybe buy from a pet store, or a breeder, but always donate to the shelters ?
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Both my cats come from the shelter.

Agree with @FAR
Animal Shelters are the way to go.

Yes animal shelters are the best bet even for any odd sorts of companion animal like pigs, bunnies, rats, etc. You can always look online like petfinder.com to see most of the available animals in local shelters and rescues.

Any form of breeding animals is bad. Even “responsible” small scale breeders mean that shelter animals have to die. Pet stores are bad because animals come from puppy mills and other nasty animal suppliers.

Here is a video and some information on a PETCO and PetSmart supplier
https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3130

Hi! I’m new I was wondering where the best place to buy animals would be? I know there’s a lot of talk about not buying them from pet stores, but why is that? And what about breeders? Are animal shelters the best bet?