There is now an extreme animosity against Ethical Animal Breeders. The public has become very confused as to what the difference is in these types of pet providers. Ethical Animal Breeders are finding themselves having to defend their right to make a profit from all their hard work. Ethical animal breeders must defend themselves against a  constant barrage of accusations. One disgruntled customer can essentially ruin an ethical breeder by crying “pet mill.” Even the most ethical of animal breeders will eventually have a disgruntled customer. This will generally be someone who purchased an animal and had to move and could not keep the pet in the new circumstances and now expects a full refund of the price they paid. Possibly they expect the breeder to pay the shipping cost to return it. This is usually something that the ethical animal breeder should not be held responsible for. The pet owner now becomes angry because they did not get what they wanted and decides to get revenge. This ethical animal breeder is now a target. The disgruntled customer now spreads the word that this ethical animal breeder is a pet mill, a hoarder or abuses their animals. They may report them to authorities and the Better Business Bureau. There are trouble makers from all walks of life who for some unknown reason must destroy the reputations of others. Because of all the attention the media has given to pet mills, hoarders and abuse cases without being clear about the description of each of these categories, the ethical breeder has become the target of the extremists and are being essentially crushed by the media.

It is fantastic that the media is giving attention to these horrific cases.  They should be careful to define the differences between these heartless profiteers and the ethical animal breeder.

 

My final comment is that people should be careful from whom they purchase a pet. There are many wonderful ethical breeders that will happily help you to get the perfect animal you are searching for.