Some People Lack A Conscience

More and more these days I hear stories about people who buy pets (for themselves as well as to cater to the desires of their whining children) and don't take care of them. Im talking about not so much about domestic animals, but about animals that should not be kept in homes. Some may think its laughable that people like me (who care) exist, but ladies and gentlemen, I assure you it's true.

I just don't understand how people can take an animal from its natural environment (the ocean, jungle, swamp, desert, what-have-you) and plop it in a glass tank. For a few days they may tap on the glass and mutter lines about "Oh, how cute..." "Look, he's swimming...he's eating...but I don't know what else he's supposed to do since I didn't do any research before I bought him." Animals such as hermit crabs, lizards, turtles, frogs, rodents, etc all require a lot more care than the average person knows. Humans seem to have the mind-set that the smaller the animal, the smaller the home and that can't be further from the truth.

So maybe your thinking back to younger years when you kept these kinds of pets. They most likely died within a few months or years of purchase, but you didn't know any better. Ok, now you do, and the past is the past. But there are those people who KNOWINGLY don't care for their pets and are completely happy with themselves. They go about their tasks and could give a rats tail about this living, breathing animal they purchased from a grimpy pet store, or better yet, a kiosk in the middle of a mall. Have I had pets like this? At one point I rescued hermit crabs and let me tell you, they lived in more than a suitable environment.

So I commend those who provide for their pets and take RESPONSIBILITY. Kudos to you. And to the rest, I guess your shortcomings are justified by the fact that you are simply gods, you decide what lives and dies.

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