i have to do an argumentive essay on how much humane society is better then pet shops.?

Question

how many have you bought a pet from the humane society? what are the benefits of buying from the humane society?

Answer 1

I cant believe you are even asking this question. It is so obvious.

First off.....when you adopt from the humane society, you are adopting an animals that maybe no one else would want, an animal who has been abused, an animal who has special needs, or an animal who would otherwise die.


The humane society is not for profit...pet shops are.

Pets shops sometimes do not take very good care of their pets for sale.

Plus...pet shots are EXPENSIVE!

Answer 2

For the most part, humane societys will be better because their goal is to find good homes for the pets. Petshops are there to make money.

One of the most important factors in being happy with your new pet is how well its personality matches yours. Humane societies know this and will ask you questions about your lifestyle. For example, if you live in a small apartment, work all day, and spend your free time watching TV on the couch they will refuse to send you home with a large dog that hates to be alone and needs hours of exercise per day. Most petshops will send you home with whatever you want, whether it's a good idea or not, as long as you have the money to pay for it.

Also, pets need to be well-behaved in order to be enjoyable family members. Most humane societies will help you after the adoption if you are struggling by giving you tips and advice from their own experience. Some even offer free training classes. The only thing you will probably get for free from a petshop is them telling you to ask someone else for help. If things don't work out, humane societies will often take your pet back from you and find a new home for it. Petshops don't.

You don't have a guarantee that your new dog will be healthy from either place, but again, the humane society will normally take the dog back if you are unwilling or unable to deal with a problem. Also, since you can get older puppies and adult dogs at humane societies, any health problems will probably already have been discovered and won't come as a surprise to you.

The cost of a pet is much more reasonable at a humane society and usually includes preliminary vetting, such as shots and neutering, which can cost several hundred dollars if you have to have them done yourself.

These are some of the more measurable reasons why the humane societies are better. Personally, I also do enjoy the feeling of having saved a pet which was previously unloved rather than buying a pet that was mass-produced just to line somebody's pocket.

Answer 3

Usually when you get a dog (or cat) from the humane society it is spayed or neutered with all shots up to date. It is also usually screened for behavior issues (dogs). At a pet shop, a lot of the dogs come from inhumane puppy mills and are very over priced. They usually charge 2-3 times more than a reliable breeder. As far as other animals like mice or rabbits or cats, a humane society would be better for the simple fact that these animals are mostly throw away animals that need a good home. I think pet shops are the biggest contributors to animal abuse and neglect followed by people not spaying and neutering their pets. It's too easy to get a pet from them and then get rid of it. The humane society will in most cases do some kind of background check before allowing you to adopt. It can be a pain in the behind, but they care about what happens to the animal. The pet shop only cares about the sale.

Answer 4

All the animals I've ever had came from the humane society. 4 cats and 2 dogs over the past 20 years. Why would I pay a breeder/pet store a ridiculous amount of money for a dog that they "made" for me, when there are thousands of homeless animals that need loving homes? Besides, a lot of top dollar dogs you buy from pet shops are just products of puppy mills and have lots of problems later. By adopting an animal from a humane society you actually save a life. I just got a pure bred Am. Bulldog in July that would've cost $1200 at a pet store. She was there 14 days and they were about to euthanize her. She's the sweetest dog you'd want to meet and she was already completely trained!

Answer 5

Heres a paragraph for you to consider the benifits of buying throught the humane society is pretty odvious to me the humane society treats and cares for their animals in a humane way the people in that orginazation are qualified and sincere with their work they have a true love for animals as for pet shops profit is involved and some pet shops are only concerned with how many animals they can sell being a fairly new dog owner myself i have seen how my local pet shops operate and it disturbes me i often visit the same pet shop where i bought my dog to buy supplies and food and noticed that where the keep the puppies it was cold i looked at the large windows in the front of the store and i noticed all the silicone to seal the windows was gone i told the manager about it and he could care less and three weeks later he still has done nothing about it when the aspca stops by then he will do it

Answer 6

Our local humane society provides shots and also spays and neuters them. There is no cost to adopt but you do have to pay a small amount of the spay and neuter fee, or sign an agreement to get them fixed.. Local petshops offer no guarantees on the health of the animals, and also only sell puppies and kittens so after the cute wears off the dogs end up at the humane society anyway! You may want to include that in your essay that the pet shop is the origin of most humane society pets

Answer 7

the pets arrive there as 'orphans' and if not adopted, are euthanized. purchasing via pet store leaves a vacancy which can only be filled by breeding, adding to problem of too many animals too few homes. as well, pet shops may purchase pets through what we know as 'puppy mills' and may not even know it, thus enabling these breeders to stay in business. Humane society is there to prevent cruelty and abuse to any and all animals, when you purchase a pet from them, you generate income for them which they can use to continue the great work they do. The more funds they receive, the more animals they can house or at least extend the time they can keep an animal before it's adopted.

Answer 8

I adopted my 6 month old puppy from the Humane Society. They make sure that you have a proper home and area for the dog to live. Pet shops don't even ask you for your address.
The other benefit to owning a adopted dog is that you know that you are helping get this unwanted dog into a loving home. Puppies are cute and will get adopted, its dogs that really need to be adopted.
My little girl was given up by her previous owners for being destructive, duh, its a puppy. That's OK because their loss is my gain.
Plus, when you adopt from the Humane Society, they get them fixed and UTD on all their shots. It only cost me $250 (cnd) for a purebred Walker Hound. I didn't really care about the breed, all I cared about was getting the sweet little girl out of there.

Answer 9

Definitely the humane society, for all of the reasons mentioned here already. I have a 17-year-old cat (who just meowed at me, by the way) that I got from the Mississauga, Ontario SPCA in May 1989. I've never regretted it since. While you may get a healthy cat from a petstore, you never know. Shelters make sure their cats are healthy before putting them up for adoption, and many shelters will have the animal spayed or neutered first, as well. And you can bet that the adoption fee at a shelter will be much lower than the price of a kitten at a petstore!!

Answer 10

look up on yahoo "puppy mills" and you will get thousands of websites about how cruel they are. Almost 100% of pet store puppies come from puppy mills. I work at a ER vet hospital and we get tons of puppies in from pet stores that are sick with pneumonia or other diseases and owners have to pay thousands of dollars to treat when they just spent about a thousand at the pet store. Rescue a dog. It is so much more rewarding and you are saving animals lives.

If you really want a purebred dog and dont want to rescue from a shelter, get one from a REPUTABLE breeder, not a backyard breeder which is pretty much the same as a puppy mill.