Nobody Expected This to Happen When Pet Store Secretly Replaced All Its Animals With Rescues
Not everyone wants a puppy that has been abused or abandoned. Not everyone wants a dog if there is any history of aggression or some odd behavior. However, what truly matters and influences the preference is knowing the truth.
Many people don’t like rescues simply because they have been rescued. There is no other reason. Many people want purebreds or hybrids born and raised in captivity because they have no history and will have their first family. When you don’t disclose the difference, people don’t realize.
Animal shelters in Brazil have always been overcrowded and underfunded. Rescues are not adopted as quickly and widely as newborn puppies. One Brazilian rescue organization replaced all its dogs with rescues and installed cameras to observe what people think. The people walking in were not told at first but were informed later. While some people were taken aback and did lose a degree or two of interest, most people had already fallen in love with the rescues to think or choose otherwise.