Pet Store Supports Puppy Mills

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Originally Posted by tencats

Popcorn was rescued, not by a pet store, but by an animal rescue group. The pet store helps us adopt out animals. It would be nice if we had our own facilities to adopt them out from, but we do not, and we'd rather spend what money we have on the direct care of the animals. Our rescue has been in operation for over 10 years, and will continue to operate with, or without, the pet store. If one of our animals lands itself at the SPCA, it is returned to us, not the pet store. The pet store is simply acting as an adoption center for us.

There are a few pet shops (bigger named ones) that do work with rescue organizations to help adopt out animals. Usually if a dog goes to one of these stores they are in a large X-pen or metal crate/cage. They are brought there on a Sat or Sun (near the start of the day) by their foster family and are picked up that same day. The cats sometimes will stay longer. At these stores it is clearly advertised that the animal is from such and such organization and their adoptions fees and application process applies (which is usually 2 pages long, like the ones you see at the spca) and is subject to approval from the rescue organization. Each of these animals usually have a clipboard (like the ones you see in the spca) with the animals name and information on it. Also (as far as I'm aware) most dogs/cats from legit rescue organizations adoption fees should be about $200-$350 not like the "window" dogs you see being sold for $1000 and more.