Petland kills bunnys

PETA is full of a bunch of idiots. I do not trust a thing that comes out of their mouth.

However, I also try to support local shops instead of chain pet stores. I make it a point to visit the pet stores and check out how they treat their animals before I do any business with them. If it is a petland or petco and they are doing everything right for the animals then I really do not have a problem buying from them, but for the most part I stick to the mom and pop shops, unless they are treating the animals badly.

As for dogs and cats, I will only get them from either a shelter or a breeder. Their are plenty of fine dogs at the shelter that need a good home.

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Originally Posted by DM1975

PETA is full of a bunch of idiots. I do not trust a thing that comes out of their mouth.

However, I also try to support local shops instead of chain pet stores. I make it a point to visit the pet stores and check out how they treat their animals before I do any business with them. If it is a petland or petco and they are doing everything right for the animals then I really do not have a problem buying from them, but for the most part I stick to the mom and pop shops, unless they are treating the animals badly.

As for dogs and cats, I will only get them from either a shelter or a breeder. Their are plenty of fine dogs at the shelter that need a good home.

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i dont know about your shelter but all the ones here require donations and all of them to my knowledge are kill shelters... including the no-kill shelter in tinley park, ILL

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Originally Posted by nixer

i dont know about your shelter but all the ones here require donations and all of them to my knowledge are kill shelters... including the no-kill shelter in tinley park, ILL

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I would rather rescue an animal from a shelter, and keep it from being put down, even if paying a donation, than to get one from a pet store. There are plenty of animals out there that need homes for me to buy from a place that even might support puppy mills.

Also, all pet stores I have gone to that sell puppies sell them for way more than any donation at a shelter.

I have no problem with the donation or adoption fee at shelters. They have to support the place somehow. Besides, if people ONLY want a free puppy, they don't associate value with it, or don't want to spend necasary $$ on things like vet care, proper food, etc etc.
I also don't have that big a problem with kill shelters. I've been to two no-kills that are horrible, because they are overcrowded, and still take in animals, have dogs who are aggro and attack other animals, have old dogs who really should be put down due to health, and only tout that they never put down an animal. It's a sad fact, but sometimes there IS no home for a dog or cat. Stuffing them into a small cage or overcrowded run for years isn't a good thing in all cases.

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Originally Posted by DM1975

I would rather rescue an animal from a shelter, and keep it from being put down, even if paying a donation, than to get one from a pet store. There are plenty of animals out there that need homes for me to buy from a place that even might support puppy mills.

Also, all pet stores I have gone to that sell puppies sell them for way more than any donation at a shelter.

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yet your donation goes to killing of more animals. my point here is the majority of the donation goes towards putting perfectly healthy animals to death without reason...i would never get an animal from a kill shelter and pay any type of donation. now if its a shelter that didnt kill their animals then i would donate without issue

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Originally Posted by nixer

yet your donation goes to killing of more animals. my point here is the majority of the donation goes towards putting perfectly healthy animals to death without reason...i would never get an animal from a kill shelter and pay any type of donation. now if its a shelter that didnt kill their animals then i would donate without issue

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You have a lot of assumptions in you. Most kill shelters I have been to only put down sick, old, or too agressive of animals. I have been to others that have time limits for killing them as well, but not all of them are the auschwitz that you are making them out to be.

Also, you are saying that any dog that goes to a shelter is not worth it to save? How twisted is that?

Also, buying from pet stores that buy from puppy mills creates even more dogs out there to possibly go homeless.

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Originally Posted by DM1975

You have a lot of assumptions in you. Most kill shelters I have been to only put down sick, old, or too agressive of animals. I have been to others that have time limits for killing them as well, but not all of them are the auschwitz that you are making them out to be.

Also, you are saying that any dog that goes to a shelter is not worth it to save? How twisted is that?

Also, buying from pet stores that buy from puppy mills creates even more dogs out there to possibly go homeless.

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actually i do not around here there have been alot of complaints of animals being put down for no reported reasons and its been getting worse.


i didnt say its not worth it. it is worth it but what your doing is just supporting the for mentioned practice.

i have never bought any dog or cat from any pet store.. but i have picked up more than my share of ones ppl dump on our farm

If the shelter in your area is killing animals for no reason then that is a problem that needs to be dealt with, but is anecdotal at best.

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Originally Posted by DM1975

If the shelter in your area is killing animals for no reason then that is a problem that needs to be dealt with, but is anecdotal at best.

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yes and 2 of them are hsus shelters

HSUS, that explains a lot.

Like I said, the no-kill shelters around here are the horrible ones. The kill shelters while they do euthanize animals, are much better about trying to adopt out pets, trying to keep them in good clean circumstances, better about giving proper vet care when needed.. etc.