Talk:Marc Morrone
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The section entitled ==Pets which have appeared on Petkeeping== should be removed as unverifiable vanity information. Not making the changes myself at this time pending discussion of this active article. --Frondelet 16:35, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Controversy section
I don't really like the addition of the controversy section, mostly because it's uncited. Please provide proper references or it may be deleted. --Jtalledo (talk) 22:17, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
- Moving the section to talk for further discussion, see WP:BLP for more information. --Jtalledo (talk) 01:17, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Controversy
Morrone is notorious among animal advocates for what they see as encouraging worst-practice pet ownership. He tells his viewers to purchase pets from breeders rather than adopting from a Humane Society or other reputable rescue group. Morrone has rescue groups as guests on his shows from time to time, but does not permit them to discuss pet ownership practices that would reduce the burden on such organizations.
Despite his prominent media position, he is accused of steadfastly refusing to advocate spaying and neutering of companion animals to reduce pet overpopulation and limit the millions of unwanted pets who are euthanized each year.
It is not known how many of the hundreds of animals sold by Morrone's businesses are later turned into shelters and euthanized by irresponsible and poorly educated pet purchasers.
[edit] References
"Pet-store owner Marc Morrone, who appears on the pet segments of “Martha Stewart Living” and has been vilified by animal rights groups for selling puppies in his Long Island shop, maintains there’s another side to the story.
“Nobody talks about the people who bought dogs from a pet shop 13 years ago and have loving, wonderful pets,” he said. “The truth is, the demand for puppies is insatiable, and it’s not illegal to sell them. It’s pointless to tell people to stay out of pet stores when it’s the only real avenue open to them.”
Humane Groups Offer Other Options
Humane groups insist there are other options. They urge dog lovers to consider adopting from local shelters, contacting rescue groups for purebreds, or buying from small-scale breeders."
Breen, V. The Battle Against 'Puppy Mills' —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.214.74.22 (talk • contribs) .
- The provided reference claims that Morrone isn't against buying puppies from pet shops but doesn't say anything about him advocating buying from breeders and doesn't mentioning his views on spaying and neutering. It also doesn't say anything about how he handles having rescue group members on his show either. The source is also quite dated being from 2002, Morrone's views may have changed since then (although that doesn't seem very likely) and the source doesn't look very reliable.
- Please provide reliable sources for these claims, or they'll get removed again. As per WP:BLP: "Be very firm about high quality references, particularly about details of personal lives." --Jtalledo (talk) 21:22, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
