When there are millions of pets out there that need homes, are we doing everything that we can to help people adopt? Pet stores that sell commercially bred animals support abusive puppy mills, but some are turning to them anyway because they are easier to buy from than animal shelters. Shelters and rescues have the best interest of their animals at heart, but are the rules governing animal adoptions so strict that they deny the animals good homes in favor of euthanasia?
(PUPPY MILL/PET STORE) Last year, the Macerich mall company went “cruelty-free,” passing a ban on leasing and renewing leases to stores that sell non-rescue pets. Activist Jennifer Peterson worked to get them to do it and is now trying to get the mall company Westfield to do the same. Most pet stores that sell non-rescue dogs, cats and bunnies get them from mills, where pets are mass-produced to maximize profit. Can getting malls to ban pet-sellers help alleviate the problem of pet overpopulation? — Global Animal
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