Breeding animals for money.

vegansrock

Sheep. Cows, pigs, chickens all bred for money and many kept , transported and slaughtered in appalling conditions. But oops they aren’t puppies or kittens so don’t count unless they are dead on a plastic tray in the supermarket.

So try vegansrock. I suppose this thread is really about breeding pets for money. The others are just livestock, endlessly replenishable and replaceable, no one cares.

true not try

Vegansrock a lot of people who eat meat do care about how the animals have been reared but unfortunately it's a luxury that not everyone can afford. I'm a meat eater but I buy from local farms, I have the sheep grazing in my own paddocks and get payment not in money but in joints for the freezer. I walk on the common where the dexter cows are used firstly for conservation purposes and then are butchered at a small local abattoir, the meat is delicious but expensive. My chicken, eggs and pork come from a local small holding, again expensive but I know how they are kept as the small holder is a friend. I'm not going to debate whether we should be eating animals or not, I'm content with my own decision but poor husbandry is the price we pay for cheap food and many people need to be able to buy as cheaply as possible.

Very true. I would rather not eat meat than buy other than from my local butcher, whose meat comes from known local farms and a small local abattoir. I also buy only local free range eggs. The products of intensive animal farming are not essential to our diets.

valdavi

Cabowich - prices for a pedigree kitten have gone up disproportionately in the last 8-10 years, so if you were doing it now you might well get a holiday out of it!

Ha, ha - I doubt it. I did consider it but when I looked into the logistics of it, everything has gone up - cat food, inoculations, registration fees, vet fees should things not go to plan, cat litter and other accessories. Long gone are the days when I could buy 48 cat food sachets for a fiver! It's all relative - I'd still end up holiday-less . No, I'll just carry on with my cats as pets only.

My old neighbour's daughter decided to breed ragdolls. It was a very expensive process by the time vets bills etc were paid. There was one litter of lovely kittens but no one wanted to buy them and my neighbour ended up taking two. The daughter ended up £2000 out of pocket.

I love rag doll cats.

So do I but, locally anyway, the market is saturated. My friend got two from a Ragdoll rescue centre. They'd also been an unsaleable litter.