Talk:Pet store

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[edit] Article Bias

I'm not an animal rights activist and I'm not disputing the truthfulness of this, however, it does seem a little opinionated:

There are many small, privately owned pet stores that carry puppies and kittens, maintain a superb level of care and get their animals from small, private breeders.

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This page reads like PETA propaganda, or - at best - an about.com article on shopping for a pet.

"Before purchasing a pet, potential customers should ask questions and observe the conditions and employees in the store to determine whether the establishment is reputable."

Great advice, doesn't belong in an encyclopedia entry. The whole article is shot through with this tone; and not just under the "Criticism" header. There's no useful imformation here on the history of pet shops, or any detailed information on their business practices. Wikipedia is not intended as a means of giving advice or opinions. --Levity

I did some work on this article, but I do personally maintain a high level of caution regarding pet stores due to a plethora of negative experiences with them, so I am admittedly biased. However it seems like only the section on puppies/kittens and the criticism section are biased. The rest of the stuff is straight facts, no tone in either direction.

I'll see if I can find any books about pet store history to help with that, but I don't really know anything about the topic. It also seems like the only people interested in writing about pet stores are people who are opposed to them on some level, so it might be hard to find neutral information about pet stores. --Krishva 20:19, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Being the MD of a dog training company I have to say that the information written is very accurate. Our company see many dogs that are facing posible death just because their start in life was in a cage in a shop which left them badley socialised with society. From a humane view alone this information should stand.

That said, the reference to pet shops in "Wikipedia" should not just be about the pets that they carry but the modern day explanation relating to the products they sell and the type of shops that sell them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K9capers (talk • contribs) 06:26, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

The statements made are opinions and those opinions generalize pet shops as having the the same state of business conditions in all pet shops. This by reason cannot be true. Not all pet shops can be the same all over the world. This is unreasonable and this article should be judged as very biased.

[edit] Critisism section?

Perhaps the negative stuff is best included and placed under a criticism heading.

Bleedingcherub 09:31, 15 September 2007 (UTC)