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Location: Kilmaloda, Cork, Ireland
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 2,228
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I haveto put a downer on it and say i don't think it is a good idea... I don't think any rescue that homes through a petshop is worth its salt really, and the majority of animals they'll be adopting out will be 'old stock' Pets at Home do nothing unless they gain out of it - and this is just the stock that they can't sell, so would have to return to the breeding mills and farms.
also, it's still them that get a lot of the money from it, and I certainly wouldn't want to support any petshop, let alone P@H.
Also, what about the other side of things, the amount of awful people who buy small animals from petshops just for a bit of a laugh.
It'll make them even cheaper than the ones they sell already, and then people will impulse buy even more, and a couple of weeks down the line get bored, or not like the pet, especially if it's that bit older, thus nippy. Then, presto, larger rescue situation.
I would either go to a well established rescue, if I was to rescue a small animal (and there are a good many of these) or I would go to a registered breeder.
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