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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a shelter dog and a shelter cat and I think it is not immoral for people to buy purebreds  from a reputable breeder.

A potential pet owner has no moral obligation to save the life of a homeless pet.  That moral duty fell squarely on the owner of the pet who either turned it over to the shelter or who failed to spay/neuter the parent of the unwanted pet.

A pet owner's only moral duty is to take care of the pet appropriately once s/he takes it in.

If a potential pet owner chooses to take in a shelter pet, that is a good thing, but not doing so is not immoral.

[b]For example, do you judge people who don't own pets but who are in a position to do so negatively for not saving the life of a pet?  Should my brother, whose dog died two years ago, who has a nice house with a fenced in backyard, time on his hands, and no issues that would prevent him from owning a pet, be considered a bad person because he has not adopted a shelter pet?  [/b]

Has anyone even remotely suggested this?  Why are you setting up straw men to battle?

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NP here but the pp is not saying someone suggested it but is taking your argument to the next logical level.  Why is it a potential pet owner's moral duty to take a shelter dog any more than it is any able person's moral duty to do so?  In other words why should someone shopping for a pet have the moral duty to save a shelter pet and not the moral duty of a person who is currently not shopping for a pet?  I get what she's saying.[/quote]

Exactly, thank you.  I suspect you have a strong liberal arts education...
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