Posted on 07/28/2015 7:13:22 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
The new Dr. Seuss book "What Pet Should I Get?" is about two children who go to a pet store to buy a pet.
That was a commonplace event back in the 1950s or early 1960s, when Dr. Seuss is believed to have written the long-lost book, but it's discouraged today. Which is why the new book comes with a remarkable addendum: A publisher's note urging children to walk on by the pet store and adopt from an animal shelter.
But animal rights activist Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said it's not enough and expressed concerns that it could set back the movement to encourage shelters over pet shops. As it is, up to 4 million shelter animals are euthanized each year.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Pet shops buy from horribly cruel breeders. Farms really, of dogs kept in disgusting conditions and bred repeatedly on end and then dumped at the shelters or on the streets. I have rescued some of these ten yr old females and they are incredibly sad. Like lifeless dolls who have almost no reaction to anything, cannot play.
I have a new female here now from that kind of situation. She is terrified of being picked up or humans getting too close to her.
Good for you.
Not the ones around here. They're spoiled rotten.
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