What is your opinion on breeding domestic
animals?
At a glance, it seems cute. For example,
they are breeding cats to look like tigers
now, it is called the toyger (toy tiger).
Just google it and you'll see what I
mean.
But when you really think about it, there
are already so many animals looking for a
home, why breed and breed until you
finally get what you want? What purpose
does it serve... is it a hobby? What
happens to the ones that don't come out
looking the way you wanted them to?
I have a pet, and I'll assume he was bred,
seeing as he was a store bought cckatiel,
but you can hardly go to an adoption
center and say you want to adopt a bird...
and he only cost me $65... the toyger is
estimated to be in the $1000's.
As for my opinion, let's just say I've
never had a purebred dog or cat and am
just fine with them not having a
certificate/pedigree and not paying $1500
for one.
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blulyneguy
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Joined: 09 Jan 2007 Posts: 334 Location: Idaho,
Posted: 07-27-07 11:51am
I agree. I wanted a dog so I looked
around. The cheapest ones were like
$900.00. I personally don't care if they
have papers or not. I think they should
just stop breeding (cross breeding)
animals unless somehow it leads to a cure
for something.
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young Girl
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Posted: 07-27-07 12:21pm
breeding is not wrong
however since the aniaml popultaion is way
over what it needs to be i think it should
be stopped
80% of the dogs that die in shel;ters and
get put to sleep are mutts
why? because these "purebred" dogs are all
that some people care about
so a mutt or a mix has basically zero
chance of makeing it out when they come
in
town lake animal shelter in austin texas
euthinizes 80 dogs a day
80!!! thats just ONE animal shelter in ONE
city
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Tylanas
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Posted: 07-27-07 17:58pm
I will personally never buy a purebred
animal. I will always buy shelter pets,
that way I never contribute to the
overpopulation problem.
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The Ginger 1
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Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 556 Location: Loony-tune-land, England
Posted: 07-27-07 19:16pm
Any animal should be loved or have the
chance to be loved ... at the end of the
day - we are all animals - no matter what
or who we look like ...
(unless you're a mouse - I don't like them
- but they still deserve to be loved....
just keep them away from me) eeekk
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PsychMajor
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Joined: 10 Aug 2007 Posts: 40 Location: New York
Posted: 08-12-07 21:28pm
I dont think there is any reason to keep
breeding new looks, or species, races,
what ever you want to call them of
animals, although i have a pet from the
pound, and i tell you i will NEVER get
another one, he is dumb, and wasnt house
trained (still not sure if he is). i dont
mind paying a high price for a dog that i
like, but then again i would be paying
close to 2 grand, as i prefer large
breeds.
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Jude-Love
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Joined: 17 Jun 2007 Posts: 727 Location: Williamstown, Kentucky USA
Posted: 08-12-07 23:31pm
I think it's strange, really. I don't
think I'd ever breed one of our animals.
It's cute and fun and all, but there just
aren't enough people to take care of these
animals. We got our cat, Wendy, fixed
ASAP and we'll always do the same with any
other pet we have.
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milletics
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Joined: 29 Jun 2007 Posts: 204
Posted: 08-13-07 07:08am
I never buy a dog. We either go to our
SPCA or rescue shelter for one. I dont
believe in buying a pure-bred. There are
so many dogs/cats out there that need
homes, that I am not going to pay someone
to keep breeding them.
Our current dog; we found. My wife was in
her truck on a backroad when she saw a
puppy(1 month...maybe) with no collar, on
the side of the road walking. No houses
around. We kept her. The best dog we ever
had.
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Birch
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Posted: 08-13-07 20:58pm
milletics
wrote:
I never buy a dog. We either
go to our SPCA or rescue shelter for one.
I dont believe in buying a pure-bred.
There are so many dogs/cats out there that
need homes, that I am not going to pay
someone to keep breeding them.
Our current dog; we found. My wife was in
her truck on a backroad when she saw a
puppy(1 month...maybe) with no collar, on
the side of the road walking. No houses
around. We kept her. The best dog we ever
had.
Awesome, milletics; glad to read this.
I have eight dogs, and eleven cats, and
all of them are rescues. I know we would
have more if we had more physical space
and resources!
We have so many animals because so many
people don't take care of them. Breeding
is ridiculous; and should be very, very
limited, and it should be very, very
expensive to buy a designer dog.
