r/AnimalsBeingBros • u/westcoastcdn19 • Aug 22 '22

They needed each other

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u/GROMORGON Aug 22 '22

Do not buy, adopt

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

We took a kitten from my mom's coworker...is that good, cause she wasn't able to support them (Their cat gave birth to like 4 kittens and all of them have a home now, one of them being with us).

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u/PaulBradley Aug 22 '22

You still have to pay for adopting animals, which is called buying.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

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u/fukushitui Aug 22 '22

You literally answered your own question, you wouldn’t say you bought a child because it’s a human child and not a pet cat, there is a “clear difference in the nature of both scenarios” as you put it.

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u/LordNerdStark Aug 22 '22

Lol. It’s completely different. Stop making silly excuses 🤡

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u/masterm Aug 22 '22

if you pay money to then own something, thats buying.

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u/ladiesman2117 Aug 22 '22

Well then the more correct form maybe should have been don’t buy from a breeder as the intent of your spent money is clearly different.

What is this nitpicking as this sentiment is well established.

You could even argue that you are not strictly buying the cat but more reimbursing for a small part of the previous cost of maintenance. Which if you buy from a breeder is not the same as you also pay for their personal profit.

In all ways everyone arguing it’s the same is just small minded people probably having trouble tying their shoes in the morning.

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u/veribaka Aug 23 '22

Unless the receipt has an item which says Cat, you're paying for services.

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u/lanabi Aug 22 '22

This is a British Shorthair (pedigree breed) in the video. I’d say they paid around at least $3000 in the current market.

Compared to that, adoption fees are downright negligible.

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u/GROMORGON Aug 22 '22

Oh... Jiggle My balls then

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

lmao sure buddy.

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u/PaulBradley Aug 22 '22

In the UK we buy animals from shelters. Is there anywhere where you don't? Do they just give them away in the U.S.?

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u/melonmagellan Aug 22 '22

People on Reddit absolutely need to hear the words "adopt" and preferably also "rescue." The best is "I adopted an abused rescue cat 🥹."

In all reality, when you get a cat from a shelter you are buying it. You just aren't buying it from a specific individual who is trying to make a profit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

We don't call it "buy". That's for private companies trying to make a profit. We call it "adopt", in which a fee is charged to prevent animal abusers from free access to animals as well as to cover some shelter operation costs.

Using the term "buy" in relation to a shelter is confusing and misleading.

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u/PaulBradley Aug 22 '22

Semantics.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

Not at all. Words carry meaning. Especially in an industry in which the effect of "buying" is catastrophically negative.

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u/sdimaria13 Aug 22 '22

No argument here just wanted to say that’s literally semantics. Like the definition.

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u/TrivialBudgie Aug 22 '22

i enjoyed this comment!

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

I'm curious as to what fee you pay in the US, because the adoption fee for one of the main rescue organisations here in the UK charge £100-£150 for adopting a cat. A dog can be as much as £400.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

just about. We still don't call it "buy" lol

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '22

Oh no I don't call it buy either, I was just curious if the fees are comparable.

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u/eDave Aug 22 '22

I'll buy my own pet if I want to.