Re: Sigh...

[PEC2851]

In a message dated 11/29/05 6:48:48 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: would that really stop the people who keep breeding them? Unfortunately, I don't ever see an end to breeding. You have these high profile dog/cat shows....... The "reputable"  (choke, choke - ) breeders, only "in it" for the "betterment" of the breed. All the $$$'s involved. Very sad. Then....you have the BYB's and the millers.... Very sad. No, it's not going to end in my lifetime. (I hate to be such a pessimist, BUT......I've seen too much, and what I've seen, I hate)   Gosh, I wish I'd known you 2 years ago, MC. Actually, it's only a few days past the 2 year mark since our shelter acquired a total of 34 persians...... One breeder busted for neglect, 21 cats seized. One person, presumed to have been a "chickensh*t" breeder, dumped 13 persians in the woods surrounding a shelter volunteers' house! (Yeah, those cats did real well in snow covered woods with temperatures below freezing!!) Never knew too much about the breed til then. Poor things, we lost 4 immediately, and later lost 6 more. Serious health issues that had never been addressed.  Females, geriatric, that had been used as "baby machines" their entire lives!! What a mess.....   These breeders/BYBs/Millers look at this as a means of making $$$s off the flesh & blood of poor, innocent creatures. With the way most laws are written, they get a "slap on the hand", pay a measly fine and then proceed to set up shop somewhere again....... I know only too well.  I am right next door to Lancaster, Pa. and the "blood-sucking" Amish and their puppy mills. Grrrrrr.................. (It's no surprise I feel totally burnt out after all these years, yes, and a "wee bit" bitter )   Patti