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Katrina
at Sun Jul 13 12:10:32 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Katrina ]
Intestinal parasites, hmmm, well what if your reptile showed up with crypto? Some leopard geckos from Petco have showed up with it.
And, I'm not a PETA supporter, but I know they don't want pets RETURNED to the wild. They want the end of breeding pets.
I don't think that protesting the inhumane care of animals at a store is going to lead to banning of pets. Now having a wholesaler's warehouse investigated and finding hundreds of sick and dying reptiles inside, that might get pet reptiles banned. It happened recently in Silver Spring, MD. If we don't encourage stores to care for these animals properly, and that includes being responsible for where the animals come from on a wholesale level, then our hobby will be in more trouble than it is now.
Katrina
Posted by: teepee at Sun Jul 13 00:36:05 2003
Protests lead to total bans on reptiles. In my town, the town council decided to ban all reptiles within the city limits, using the same crap that Peta is using to harass the pet industry. I was the only person to fight it. I won. I got front page headlines, and the ordinance was blocked. If you don't like the pet industry, don't buy a pet.
Intestinal parasites in your pet---Oh my god---run for the hills. You'd be shocked to know that the average human carries intestinal parasites also. Maybe not all the time, but at some point in your life, you will. Worms, bacteria, flagellates etc, not to mention the head lice, body lice, crab lice, mites etc crawling on some of us. All animals including us, battle the nasty parasites at some point. Remember that PETA does not want anything captive bred. They want all animals including dogs returned to the wild. One final thought, how many more years do you think there will be a "wild".
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RE: PETCO Protest in Baltimore this Sunday - Katrina, Sun Jul 13 12:10:32 2003