Originally Posted by
bobbyrae
It isn't their fault that they're there, but at the same time it's always better to encourage people to rescue animals instead of buying them. I've always been resistant to the idea of paying for a pet when there are so many lovely animals at shelters.
At the same time, it's better for someone to buy a pet and take care of it than to take a shelter animal who has been abused and who has a hard time adjusting to its new home and then have that person abuse or abandon the animal.
It's all such a conundrum as to what is best.
And yes, i fully support the spay and neuter programme. It works in keeping the stray animal population down in my community and thus the number of animals poisoned by ruthless persons.