Quote Originally Posted by sophie42204
It's a possibility, but rarely does the store get shut down (unless of course they discover a puppy mill in the back or something like that) they are usually just warned or given a citation. They might improve their care for a little while until the attention is off of them, but ulitmately, the animals still suffer in the long run....there's no easy solutions to this problem unfortunately.

In any case, I don't begrudge anyone who purchases a suffering animal as sometimes that's the best course of action.

Aw, well you made me see the light, I guess it isn't to bad if he bought the snakes. :blushes: