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Originally Posted by sevenfortythree  Perhaps I should have been more conscientious as to the fact that I had switched threads. Initially on the thread regarding Petland offering birthday parties, the members had decided to no longer donate to charities that accepted donations from Petland. I felt as though this was not fair to the charities. Hence, when I switched to this thread as momma suggested, I brought my prior arguments with me. For this I apologize because I did not pick up on the cause. If you want to spend time requesting that MaW not accept these donations that is fine. I just feel as though your time would be more effectively spent determining ways to directly impact Petland and their purchasing.
I am sorry to say that I do not agree with the HSUS either. I agree that puppy mills should be stopped, but I feel as though the HSUS is mostly propaganda. They actually do not believe in purchasing from breeders either, according to some of their own posts, shelter dogs are the only humane way to purchase a dog. But I disagree with Petland more so. The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so I guess I would have to side with the HSUS.
I answered the question about how I found the forum on the other site. However, I received a popup that said a mediator had to review it before it would be posted (this happened on one of my other posts as well... Im not sure why, Im assuming that someone did not like what I had to say so I got reported and now I have to have things checked first?) last time it took about 12 hours or so before it came up. Its pretty long... but basically i search weekly for updates on Petland complaints and I limit the search criteria to websites that have been updated within the past week. I do this to see if anyone has any issues with any puppies that were sold from my store,- not that I can do anything about it now, just for curiousity's sake. Anyway, this forum popped up and I thought I would put my two cents in. |
You are spreading propaganda put out by commercial breeders. HSUS is not against breeding. They believe in responsible breeding. Of course they say that a person should first consider a rescue or shelter, that a wonderful suggestion, and one that I agree with, but they also see no problem with getting a pet from a responsible breeder. As they have said, responsible breeders dogs don't end up in kill shelters. If you don't like the HSUS that's your prerogative, but be sure the reason that you don't care for it is a valid reason, and not some lies spread by commercial breeding interests.