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Pet Shops: Profit from Misery

References

American Veterinary Medical Association, "U.S. Pet Ownership," Market Research Statistics 2007.
Claudia Dreifus, "A Passion for Parrots and the Fight to Save Them in the Wild, The New York Times 5 Sep. 2006.
Jodi Wilgoren, "Monkeypox Casts Light on Rule Gap for Exotic Pets," The New York Times 10 Jun. 2003.
Kevin G. Hall, "Trafficking of Animals Becoming Big Business," The Virginian-Pilot 16 Aug. 2001: A1.

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Chew on this...

Many pets caught from the wild, to be sold through pet stores, die during transportation or soon after.
Pet shops treat animals as merchandise.
The beauty of the parrots has ranked them the third-most popular animal companion in the United States alone.
It is estimated that there are 10 million parrots caged as pets in the United States alone.
Parrots fly about 30 miles per day in the wild; captive birds in this species develop a lot of behavioral issues as a result of extensive confinement.
Birds scream because that is their way of calling out to their flock-mates who may be far away; when birds are sought as companions and humans cannot tolerate or understand them, they punish the birds which ends up confusing and frustrating them even more.
Animals don't understand when their humans go to work, or away on vacation. When their humans disappear they sometimes worry too much and may fall extremely sick or even die.
Whenever movies such as 101 Dalmatians and Beethoven , come out they cause an increase in popularity of that breed if dog; people become crazy about that breed and breeders mercilessly breed them to meet the demand and when the craze is gone, the people who bought them turn them over to shelters or abandon them.

Interview with
Mrs. Antequera Veterinarian, Argentina