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Originally Posted by livingdustmops  And this is the problem with this kind of thread. The fact of the matter is many college (age) students give up pets or have them for the wrong reason and don't have the $$$ to pay for them. Are you ladies the exception, I am going to assume yes (I don't know you) but why would you let your temper get in the way of your thinking on this subject. Look at statistic's or live in a college town and work in shelters...that tells the real story. You know in your heart not everyone should have a pet and sadly the younger the age the more inclined the animals will be given up...weather it is to their parents, friends, shelters, rescues..you name it.
The bigger problem to me is after college. Owning a pet is a privilege and not a right as my friend Alison would say.
P.S. If you are not comfortable with the word college then okay young people should not own pets until they have settled down. This thread will come up and people will say...see they took care of their pets in college...
Frankly I am just as disgusted with the ad for the college dorm where you can have a pet...it just screamed Paris Hilton to me... |
I would also be willing to bet that because of the line of work you are in with your rescue, you see the worst end of it. You don't get to see all the college kids that get pets and are able to take care of them.