Encourage impulse buys , with kittens and puppies prominently displayed and special deals on animals that are getting too large to be top-dollar cute. Keep doomed animals from being rescued. There are a limited number of people who can offer a pet a good home. Each time someone purchases a pet store puppy or kitten, a shelter animal is effectively condemned to death. Rarely screen purchasers.
Retail realities dictate that making the sale takes priority over matching the consumer and the pet.
Although a TV will work in every household, a particular dog may not. Contribute to the misery of adult breeding females who are bred twice yearly and confined for most of their lives to small kennels. Please help homeless animals by adopting one from your local shelter or animal league and by refusing to support pet stores who actively encourage puppy mills and improper breeding programs.