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Bring Home a Best Friend
AARP Magazine : Putting the Fun in Refund
http://www.aarpmagazine.org/money/Articles...mag-refund.html
The May-June issue of AARP-The Magazine, included an article entitled
"Putting the Fun in Refund". The author of the article suggested that,
rather then getting a "free" puppy at an animal shelter, readers
should use their income tax refund to purchase a registered,
pedigreed puppy. By so doing, they would know for sure what kind of
dog they were getting and they could later breed the dog for stud
fees or sell the puppies for a nice financial reward.
This is one of the most irresponsible bits of advice I have ever
seen. We don't need more inexperienced backyard breeders filling the
community with poor quality "pure" bred dogs. The breeding of
quality, single breed dogs should be left to xperienced,knowledgeable
people, not to those whose only qualification is that they got an
income tax refund. It is the kind of thinking expressed in the AARP
article that has filled animal shelter across the country and leads
to the euthanasia of millions of animals every year.
Don't let them get away with this kind of ill conceived advice. Right
now,while you are thinking about it, send an email to
[email protected] and let them know how you feel. Maybe if enough
of us write they will publish a "correction" or at least not write
this kind of stuff again. Thanks.
See the paragraph at the bottom of the article....
Bring Home a Best Friend
AARP Magazine : Putting the Fun in Refund
http://www.aarpmagazine.org/money/Articles...mag-refund.html
The May-June issue of AARP-The Magazine, included an article entitled
"Putting the Fun in Refund". The author of the article suggested that,
rather then getting a "free" puppy at an animal shelter, readers
should use their income tax refund to purchase a registered,
pedigreed puppy. By so doing, they would know for sure what kind of
dog they were getting and they could later breed the dog for stud
fees or sell the puppies for a nice financial reward.
This is one of the most irresponsible bits of advice I have ever
seen. We don't need more inexperienced backyard breeders filling the
community with poor quality "pure" bred dogs. The breeding of
quality, single breed dogs should be left to xperienced,knowledgeable
people, not to those whose only qualification is that they got an
income tax refund. It is the kind of thinking expressed in the AARP
article that has filled animal shelter across the country and leads
to the euthanasia of millions of animals every year.
Don't let them get away with this kind of ill conceived advice. Right
now,while you are thinking about it, send an email to
[email protected] and let them know how you feel. Maybe if enough
of us write they will publish a "correction" or at least not write
this kind of stuff again. Thanks.