WHY ADOPT INSTEAD OF BUYING A PET
Good morning everyone, I am Shiek Chi from SPCA Society, which is a society to prevent from cruelty to animals. First of all, can I know anyone have pets? How did you get your pets? adopting or buying? Today I am here to share with you the benefits of adopting pets, but not buying from a pet shop or dog breeders.
When you adopt a pet, you are saving a life. There is limited space at shelters, staff members sometimes need to make very hard decisions to humanely euthanize animals that haven 't been adopted in the cases they are terminal and painful illness. One of the most rewarding feelings about adopting an animal from a shelter is knowing you are giving an animal a second chance of a happy, loving life. It
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It’s hard to imagine, when you see an adorable, healthy-looking puppy peering back at you through the glass of your local pet store, where that puppies came from. If you buy a dog from a pet store, online seller, you’re almost certainly getting a dog from a puppy mill. Puppy mills are factory-style breeding facilities that put profit above the welfare of dogs. Animals from puppy mills are in shockingly poor conditions with improper medical care and are often very sick because they only spend most of their lives in cramped cages. Puppy mills will breed a female dog every time she is in heat. For instance, a 5-year-old dog could have given birth to 10 litters of puppies. The moms of these puppies are kept in cages to bred over and over for years, without human companionship and with little hope of ever joining a family and they are usually killed or abandoned when they are no longer able to produce puppies. Puppy mill only focus on profit is more important than the needs of the animals. Therefore, by adopting instead of buying a pet from pet shop, you can certain you aren 't supporting cruel puppy mills with your money. Puppy mills will continue to run until people stop purchasing from