It's hard to say...I know there have been petitions circulated asking that pet stores stop supplying live animals for reasons just like this. I must admit to being on the "fence" about it: seeing unfamiliar exotic animals up close in a local store is very enticing...especially when they can become your pet...but I also know the inherent cruelty & spread of disease that goes along with them being on display in a retail world. There are some good shops around, but the bad ones seem to outnumber the good ones, and the un-enlightened "average pet buyer" has no idea. It's ultimately the pets that suffer. You many never know if that store had an outbreak among their snakes that affected their profits enough to change their minds, or if they realized (with a little help from customers) that they were in over their heads?Originally Posted by Spoons
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