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Originally Posted by guccilvr
How can I explain it? Well first off most animals are taken to the shelter because of bad pet owners. Now those pet owners may have given every ounce of love they could to the animal, but they just didn't plan out all the factors. So they take it to a shelter where there is at least a chance to be adopted .. instead of just saying "Ya know, I don't want you anymore, I think I'll drown you, hang you and electrocute you. You were a great dog."
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So they let someone else do the dirty work. And it is done behind a curtain. Do we care about dogs or not? I think what goes on in shelters is like a dirty little secret, while we put on a very different public face.
Have you seen the puppy mills? Have you seen the latest trend in designer breeding? Rather than adopting a perfectly good mutt from a shelter, people spend thousands of dollars on "labradoodles" or whatever. Should that make real dog lovers cringe?