Re:Fun fact (Score 1)

I agree that not all animal breeders are evil. And speaking as a member of the board of directors of a local animal rescue organization, that actually says something. I also agree that we shouldn't paint everyone with the same evil brush. There are plenty of evil brushes to go around. :) There was a person who refused to have any of her cats sterilized even when we offered to have it done at no cost whatsoever. We even offered to transport the cats ourselves. She was definately not in it for the money since she didn't sell a single cat. She had a permanent "Free Kittens" sign in her yard. Of course, all the cats had serious health problems and were kept in terrible conditions and were handed out to anyone who wanted them so I am sure that many became "disposable kittens", but who's counting... It sounds like this is nothing like imac_usr's wife, just a bit of my experience that tends to bias me against anyone who breeds cats. My main problem is that any cats that a breeder sends out into the world is one more cat that is not adopted from an animal rescue or humane society. And yes, I know, some people would just go without cats if it were not for breeders, but I also feel those people have some distorted priorities. In response to the statements about people who breed animals killing the ones that don't match up to their standard: Anyone who does that is stupid. You can just as effectively remove undesirable genetic traits by sterilization of the animals with those traits. That then leaves you with an animal that may not fetch the same price as a perfect one, but certainly won't be completely valueless.