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I love animals and feel very strongly that people should not be allowed to buy a pet if they are not able to look after it.

A pet store is a celebration of dogs' existence and an explosion of options. About cats, a pet store seems to say, 'Here, we couldn't think of anything else.' Cats are the Hanukkah of the animal world in this way. They are feted quietly and happily by a minority, but there's only so much hoopla applicable to them.

Every time someone buys a cat or a dog from a breeder or a pet shop, a cat on the streets or in an animal shelter loses his or her chance at finding a good home.

People really do spend a lot of money on their pets - sometimes more then themselves.

Using animals for entertainment is big business, plain and simple.

When you see the horrible conditions that these animals live in, you wonder why operators of puppy mills have gone undetected for so long.

It's difficult to understand why people don't realize that pets are gifts to mankind.

Millions of animals are euthanized every year because shelters can't find homes for them. Buying animals from pet stores also tends to support puppy and cat mills, many of which have deplorable conditions for animals, which shouldn't be tolerated.

Pets are supposedly a great way to meet people.