dragon14
Aquarium Advice Addict
Agree. Have you ever been in a lake or waterway in south Florida? You wouldn't believe what I've seen there.
I have not. I shudder to imagine though.... :/
Agree. Have you ever been in a lake or waterway in south Florida? You wouldn't believe what I've seen there.
I agree with original poster. No animal should be killed just because it has become inconvenient for the owner. I also do not like the culling of dogs or other pets because they do not fit a breed stander A women close to me flushed several expensive fish after only having them for a few months. She got bored and even though she knew I kept fish and often rescue animals she choose to flush them down the toilet. I see too many people around me who dump or flush animals when they no longer feel like caring for them. My local pet store often takes in unwanted animals and rehomes them if a customer decides they no longer want them. My pets live to very old age. My cats have lived to be 20. My oldest dog was 22 when she died and my other lab mix just died at 20. I currently care for around 30 feral and abandoned cats, 6 dogs 3 tanks of fish, and one corn snake. Not to mention helping people with injured wildlife.
As for feeder animals It is part of nature. Every creature eats something. My snake eats frozen mice. Her precious owner fed her live animals and I do not agree with that. I have seen cat and dog owners who feed their animals vegan food and insist it is all right for them and they are healthy and happy without eating meat. Not what nature designed. If you take in an animal you should be willing to feed it what nature designed ti to eat.
My wife is one of the people who would dump animals or not learn anything about how to care for them. Until she lived with me she thought fish in aquaiums only lived for about six months because thats all hers ever lived for. She has taken in a cat and a dog then got rid of both of them when she didn't want them anymore and told me about how she let her kid's mice then hampsters go when they were at school and told them they must have escaped. All of these things have come up at different times and have lead to several arguments as I told her those things were wrong.