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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fuzzball79" data-source="post: 82002" data-attributes="member: 3190">I know it's so hard, but it's one of those cases where you have to let your heads rule you hearts. It's supply and demand and because you buy those spiders from those shops (probably at full price) they make a business out of it so it's not really a rescue, as harsh as that sounds.Most people these days (I'd hope) wouldn't buy a puppy from a puppy mill, because even so that one pup might have the chance of a good life, you inadvertently condemning hundreds of other puppies and their parents to misery (the *****es usually get "bred" to death). I think the better solution would be as Zaiaku wrote. The more people making aware of the issue, the more chance there is for it to be changed. It worked around here with the care of rats being sold at the bigger chains. People complained and they're now in big spacious cages with lots of toys and hiding spots (still wouldn't buy a rat from a pet store).</blockquote>