[Reija]

I know what you mean....I can't go to that kind of pet stores at all because I hate to see all the poor puppies etc waiting for someone to buy them. I was shocked to see that you can sell all kinds of animals like that at the pet stores here in the US. In Finland (where I'm from) you can only sell "little" animals that truly will live survive/live in a cage like bunnies, rats, birds. You can only buy dogs and cats from breeders or someone privately not from the pet stores. I'm not even an animal activist, I mean I don't really pay attention that much but it doesn't mean I don't care. At our house a dog is a family member and therefore belongs in the house not outside and I wouldn't have it any other way. I can't imagine those poor dogs at the pet stores who will never know what it's like to live in a family and be part of the pack. Lately I've thought of the poor treatment of animals that are slaughtered every day...The do***ent endorsed by Pamela Anderson was horrifying. I can't believe the stuff they do to the chickens. I'm reading a book called "The dark side of all American meal" and it talks about the slaughter houses and everything that evolves the fast food industry. It's really bad. I'm glad our family has been eating all organic foods the past several years and we continue to due so besides the times when we eat out occasionally. I'll really think twice about eating fast food after this book.