While I don't ever support the mistreatment of animals, a responsibly ran store can have some of the issues mentioned here and still be good. The best example I can think of it the issue of having multiple animals per cage. Yes it can be a bad idea, and yes that's not how they should live their whole lives, but to think a store should separate every bp they have in stock just isn't reasonable. First, people coming in to buy want to be able to see what they're after, so sticking them in racks wouldn't work well. Then there's the simple issue of space. Most stores lease their space, and do you have any idea how much retail space goes for? I knew a guy with anshop in a mall, and he was paying 3k a month for something like 400 square feet. So a tiny store, and the overhead eventually killed the business. So please don't talk like making money is a sin. Now if they don't even make an effort to do the best they can with what they have, then that's an issue. And that seems to be the case with the store that started this thread.
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