I've definitely come across people expressing their wish for breeders to stop breeding. I myself wish that the whole business of breeding animals was something that was regulated, licensed, and controlled a bit. Kinda like how a doctor has to be licensed to practice medicine, and you know that they're qualified to do so and there is ethical codes they're following, etc.
I'm all for rescuing animals and I support rescue groups that do a lot of good work to help animals that have been abused, abandoned, etc. But my dogs aren't from that category because it was really important to me to have healthy dogs, and I knew that I'd have the best odds of that with a breeder who knows what they're doing. So that's the route I went. I think the people who want breeders to stop breeding are making those comments from a pet overpopulation viewpoint, and not from a genetic quality standpoint. And I agree with them but just differ in that I wish there were less breeders and only people qualified to do so.
I actually find it odd that there are a lot of people expressing the attitude of breeders to stop breeding because it stands in contrast to how people think in regard to themselves reproducing. People think they have the right to breed as incontinently as they want to. It's just kinda odd they'd have a different attitude regarding animals. I'm a big believer of eugenics (or anti-disgenics), and I think it'd be great if people could practice a benign form of it. Ultimately though if somebody gives you a bunch of crap over you purchasing from a breeder instead of rescuing, you could make a comment about how they should've adopted a child instead of having one of their own. I'd imagine that'd probably lead to a good discussion. |