--- Paige McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>First of all, I think the people trying to "ban" all shipping is
>really just unfair.
-->I agree that banning all forms of shipping would be unfair, but that's not what's
happening. Only certain forms of shipping are actually "banned" at this time. If
enough people got together, things could change.<--
>I don't ship unless I'm at a space risk, but
>unfortunately there are few respectible gerbil breeders in my
>area.
-->I'm a firm believer in "If you can't keep 'em, don't breed 'em". I think breeders
should put a little more thought into it before acquiring umpteen dozen breeding
pairs. Make sure you've got homes lined up or can pretty much guarantee homes BEFORE
you breed! I never understood breeding animals before seeing about homes for them and
I don't think I ever will. It just doesn't make sense to me.<--
>Second, also banning shipping completely leads to other problems.
>If someone has 5+ breeding pairs and has always done shipping to
>find all their pups homes, and suddenly they can't, that could
>lead to 50+ gerbils fast which would then usually end up in more
>pet store gerbils. So if we're not careful, we'll create more,
>and potentially worse problems.
-->See above comment.<--
>I personally think shipping is not as bad as everyone seems to
>make it. Like I've said, I've always seen it to be more the
>person behind the shipping than the shipping itself.
-->Shipping could be better. We can all take steps to get policies changed and make
shipping a safer, more humane event. The person behind the shipping usually isn't the
problem. The people getting the critters from point A to point B are generally the
problem. Accidents do happen.<--
Someone on
>the list had a gerbil in the mail for 3 or more days on accident,
>and she wasn't very popular around here.
-->I'd imagine not... As I said before, accidents happen. Breeders should be a
little more responsible when it comes to shipping.<--
>So, if we could ease up
>a bit and lower this down to simply making suggestions and
>stating our opinion, I think it would be a lot easier to deal
>with.
-->With this, I concur.<--
Sending graphic and explicit stories about shipping
>problems to the list is not going to help, I will guarantee it.
-->Once again, I concur. Scare tactics don't work, especially if you can't back it up
with actual evidence. If you have a horror story to share, back it up with a source
or something of that nature. It makes it more believable than just spitting it out.
I'm not saying anyone's lying; it's just that sources help to authenticate whatever it
is you have to say.<--
>
>Paige
==
-Kris
"Just when you think you've won the rat
race, along come faster rats."
--Unknown
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