Reply #100: Very true, with very limited exceptions

[Daemonaquila]

I totally agree for the most part, with some limited exceptions. I think there is room for a very LIMITED about of breeding to maintain the good qualities of certain kinds of animals. However, the way breeding is practiced now it's often about the money while allowing certain negative traits to be reinforced. Not good at all. Some of the best breeding I've seen done is by people who don't worry about papers and other such nonsense, and who give the animals away or charge minimally to people they know/trust. There's no profit involved, period.

I've got quite the menagerie of cats. While I would love a couple to be from certain breeds, that probably will never happen. I have more than I'd like, thanks to our way of getting them... hurt kittens from feral litters, dumped cats left along the creek, abused animals left behind when nearby tenants leave, etc. I wouldn't trade any of them, though. I kind of laugh at the idea of going to a shelter, though, to get an animal. If only! There are too many animals in need who just wander up to the back porch...