QueenRah
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Breeders should be made to help on "kill day." It might make them reconsider the "joy" of bringing puppies and kittens into the world.
AGREED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In my experience, ethical breeders in the dog & cat breeding world either desex/spay the puppy or kitten before going to it's new home or the new owner has to agree to do as apart of the ownership contract.
The problem lies with people who are backyard breeders.. who maybe got their cute -oodle and think it'd be a great idea to breed! That their children deserve to see the miracle of birth! Or not realising cats can go into heat as early as 4 months old.
There needs to be mandatory desexing and tighter controls on breeding/breeders registration.
I'm sorry, I don't mean to fight, but, I must disagree with the term "ethical breeder." If any of them had *ever* spent a day helping murder really good, sweet, perfectly adoptable (and not so adoptable) cats and dogs, because their owners just didn't want them anymore, and there just aren't enough homes for ALL the pet animals in our world (as I have done, because NO ONE ELSE would help the shelter manager, because no one can stand to do it); if they had any heart, at all, they would stop, until no more pets died behind bars.
When you assist in the killing, you cry the whole time. You learn to hate, truly hate, most human beings, because they just don't give a damn, because they just don't commit to their promises, because they think they can dump their responsibilities on someone else. You remember, to the end of your days, ALL those lost, confused souls that you just couldn't help, because you had so many "foster" animals that you ran the risk of becoming a hoarder, yourself. You hold them and speak softly to them and they cry out, when the needle hits and they fight and you hold them until they stop quivering and they become still, forever.
I get that there are those who make sure the pet quality don't breed. But, for every puppy and kitten born, there's an adult dog or cat whose life ends at the pound, because of that "wanted and well-bred" pet. Sorry, ALL breeders should be forced to help on "kill day," even the "ethical" ones.
Sure, the bybs, the "accidental" breeders, the slackers who can't be bothered to fix their pets, and, instead, prioritize neat, new gadgets, computer games and visits to fast food joints, are a big problem. But, it starts at the "ethical" breeder, whose show-circuit colleagues may purchase (No one should ever say "adoption" when there's profit involved) a show-quality animal, that doesn't win points, then they breed, anyway, their clients breed, and so-on, ad nauseum.
If I have no other passion, it is for the welfare of animals. The voiceless. I can't back down from this, because of what I know and what I've done, because no one else would. I love kittens and puppies. But, every time I see one, everytime I see someone gush about the "cute little babies we just had," my stomach lurches...and I remember.
If you need more, read this:
http://www.examiner.com/animal-advocate-in-philadelphia/don-t-breed-or-buy-while-shelter-pets-die
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