I've noticed a lot of debating recently on rescuing tortoises from pet stores. While I completely understand why some people think you shouldn't buy them, I disagree. It is true that buying them causes the market to go up and more will take its place, but I personally think people should follow their heart in those situations, which sometimes means buying the animal.
One thing I haven't seen anyone discuss is the power of the pen. There are a lot of people on this forum. What if, when someone comes across a tortoise that wasn't cared for well at a pet store, we wrote to the store. If they bought the tortoise or not, either way we could still write to the company that was selling it. We could make a general template for people to use, attach pictures, and kindly but firmly tell them what they did wrong.
Its just an idea, and maybe it wouldn't even do anything, but I think they would notice if even 20 or 25 people contacted them about the same animal. Multiply that by every time someone comes across one and we may have something.
I'm terrible at debating and really dislike it so if you disagree I won't fight back but I really just wanted to throw the idea out there! Thanks for reading
One thing I haven't seen anyone discuss is the power of the pen. There are a lot of people on this forum. What if, when someone comes across a tortoise that wasn't cared for well at a pet store, we wrote to the store. If they bought the tortoise or not, either way we could still write to the company that was selling it. We could make a general template for people to use, attach pictures, and kindly but firmly tell them what they did wrong.
Its just an idea, and maybe it wouldn't even do anything, but I think they would notice if even 20 or 25 people contacted them about the same animal. Multiply that by every time someone comes across one and we may have something.
I'm terrible at debating and really dislike it so if you disagree I won't fight back but I really just wanted to throw the idea out there! Thanks for reading