Pet Stores Vs Animal Shelters

Animal Shelters vs. Pet Stores While many families choose to purchase an animal from a chain pet store or a breeder, adopting an animal from a shelter is much more rewarding, and beneficial. Animal shelters are organizations that provide care and treatment for animals that need protection, all while trying to find homes for said animals (“Animal”). In comparison, pet stores are organizations that buy and sell animals to make a profit, with much less care for their animals compared to shelters. Many people may not realize that there is a large difference between animal shelters and pet stores and that while they are buying animals from pet stores, they could be saving money, and lives by finding animals at shelters. When shopping for a pet, most people's first instinct is to go to a pet store because they are much more well-known and more popular, but they usually do not know that they could instead find an
The terrible part of pet stores is that they are usually in it to make a profit, which means that the animals in pet stores are usually not kept in as favorable conditions as the animals in shelters. One of the ways that this is shown is because the animals are usually kept in unfavorable conditions and not provided with veterinary care to cut costs (“Ten”). Another way that it is shown is through an undercover investigation in 2005 by the API, this investigation showed that nearly half of the pet shops that they visited displayed animals that showed signs of illness, injury, or neglect (“Ten”). This shows that animals in pet stores are not treated as well as the animals kept in animal shelters and this can make them act worse after purchased, which can lead to the animals being taken to shelters. While many people may question the ethics of animal shelters, the ethics of pet stores need to be taken into much more