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White_Elephant
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| furiousmilksheikali wrote: |
I take it the country is Thailand.
Even here in Japan some of the conditions that animals are kept in at pet shops are a disgrace. Giving money to these people only encourages this behaviour. I am strongly against buying animals from such people even if the motive behind it is to "rescue" the animal from its conditions. Any animal bought from these places only frees up a space for another animal to be filled with. |
No I'm not in Thailand.
I've been to the pet stores in Japan and they aren't much better than where I live. I agree with you about the pet stores but I really wanted a dog, especially a Japanese Chin. There was one I was about to adopt from my "friend." well she decided to give it to a perfect stranger. My "friend" thought it would be good for the cat and dog to stay together. Nevermind the fact that I took care of my "friend's" dog for over two months while she went back home for the holidays.
Well, I've had two-three heartbreaks this week. I was looking for a good companion. I checked into want ads for dogs and nothing. I even checked "adoption" places too and nothing. They don't have "shelters" where I live because they make dog soup and boil the cats for "medicine." I've seen the butchers in person in the street markets with fresh bloody dog meat so it's not all talk. |
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gaijinalways
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Yes, even the breeders in Japan can be a problem. My wife wanted a semi-long haired or long haired white cat. She eventually bought a pure breed Chinchilla through a breeder, but the cat had a kidney disease inherited from the parents, which the breeder should have obviously known about. The cat probably should have lived longer, but a botched vet surgery (the surgeon later 'donated' to our new cat fund) ended little Monet's life prematurely (another experienced vet had stated the cat could have lived 4-5 years even with the kidney problem).
Our current cat Fluffy is hell raiser  (male versus the previous cat which was a female) and strong as a horse. He is a semi-long haired Turkish Angorra/Scottish Fold (only looks like his mother, the Angorra) and only cost a trip to Fujimino, a 350 yen trip.
So definately a case of buyer beware.  |
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red dog
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| Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:54 am Post subject: |
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| White_Elephant wrote: |
| furiousmilksheikali wrote: |
I take it the country is Thailand.
Even here in Japan some of the conditions that animals are kept in at pet shops are a disgrace. Giving money to these people only encourages this behaviour. I am strongly against buying animals from such people even if the motive behind it is to "rescue" the animal from its conditions. Any animal bought from these places only frees up a space for another animal to be filled with. |
No I'm not in Thailand.
I've been to the pet stores in Japan and they aren't much better than where I live. I agree with you about the pet stores but I really wanted a dog, especially a Japanese Chin. There was one I was about to adopt from my "friend." well she decided to give it to a perfect stranger. My "friend" thought it would be good for the cat and dog to stay together. Nevermind the fact that I took care of my "friend's" dog for over two months while she went back home for the holidays.
Well, I've had two-three heartbreaks this week. I was looking for a good companion. I checked into want ads for dogs and nothing. I even checked "adoption" places too and nothing. They don't have "shelters" where I live because they make dog soup and boil the cats for "medicine." I've seen the butchers in person in the street markets with fresh bloody dog meat so it's not all talk. |
Furiousmilksheikali is absolutely right. And if you're talking about Korea, there are shelters and rescue groups around. Please check out these links:
www.withanimal.net
www.koreananimals.org
www.karama.or.kr
This isn't a complete list ... if you go over to the Korea board and PM a guy named Davyteacher, he can help you find more. There's also a rescue group run by a couple named Dave and Cindy, I think ... I suggest doing a search for them too. Please don't go to a pet store or a breeder.
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nomadder
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| It was my impression that Japanese cats weren't the same as we have at home. I rarely met a friendly one and people said they threw stones at them. |
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red dog
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| nomadder wrote: |
| It was my impression that Japanese cats weren't the same as we have at home. I rarely met a friendly one and people said they threw stones at them. |
I've met two super-friendly strays so far ... and the shelter where I volunteered a few years ago near Osaka had many, many friendly animals in need of homes. Right now I'm taking care of a kitten I can't possibly keep long-term, but I had to take her or she would have gone straight to the "doubutsu aigo center." There's another friendly stray living at one of my schools, and I don't know how he's going to survive the winter. He tolerates incredibly rough treatment from the kids without scratching or biting. The kids I work with all like animals, but they're too young to know how to behave towards them.  |
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