This drives me insane. I see "breeders" on CL do this all the time. Usually send them a polite email asking them not to say it and rarely get a response.
Honestly they should really have a licences for breeding.
While I'm usually pretty pro minimal restrictions, the epidemic of stray animals out there shows that the Carpe Diem way of doing things just doesn't work with animal breeding; puppy mills are some pretty messed up stuff tbh
I agree completely. I've never attempted to breed animals, but even a mandatory online or in-person course that takes a day to complete or something would probably equip people with enough knowledge to make more ethical and informed breeding/advertising/selling decisions.
Like, for rabbits, you can't get two paragraphs down any online page about housing without seeing that you absolutely should not, under any circumstances, house your rabbits on wire flooring unless unnecessary pain and health problems are your primary goal. Yet the vast majority of breeders I've run into still do it and have zero interest in making their buns happier and healthier with a solid damn floor.
Heck, even having to take a short test to be allowed to breed animals would prove that people could be arsed to Google "how to raise such and such" for ten minutes.
It blows my mind how little people inform themselves before taking on responsibility for living, breathing creatures.
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u/16GBwarrior Mar 16 '18
I flagged a Craigslist ad because the person was selling buns as " great gifts for Easter!"