Animal cruelty

The thought of animal cruelty suddenly flashes. I cannot imagine how the future would be if there are more and more demands like this in the future.

I was at a pet shop. Well, it's always my favorite place when I drop by PJ. They have loaded the cages with more pedigree dogs, which include Cocker Spaniel, Golden Retriever, Silky Terrier, Boxer and few others. The main attraction was a 2-month-old Boxer that made his business in his cage. Then, he turned to his pile of 'gold' and licked it up again. Ewww.... we were all flabbergasted!

Anyway, there was this family that came to look for a dog. I do not know if the lady was planning to become a breeder or she wanted to show off how mighty her 'money-power' was. She asked the sales representative whether if there are any other colours available for the cute Silky Terrier puppy that we (my family and I) were all admiring. There were three pups there- one black and another two was tan-coloured. This lady then asked whether is there any silver terriers available and when would it come. She said she would not be interested in other colours.

I was dumbstruck. What??!! Are you playing god here? How do they know if there would be any silver, or black or tan-coloured pups coming? Oh, hang on, M'dm. Are you really in the heart of rearing a dog/life, giving it as a gift to your child or are you in the mood of actually planning to venture into pups business? Or, are you in the mood of showing off to some naive-minded people on how special your puppy's coat colour and how exotic it is and how hard to get one? If you're so kind hearted or kind enough to save a life, please, for heaven's sake- don't be so choosy!

If there is a demand for some coat colours, I believe that there would definitely be suppliers too.
Suddenly, this thought of future biotechnology applications with pets' genes came into my mind. They would probably clone some dogs, get some genes, alter it according to a choosy (i******) customer and then have it ready in few months'- just like when you're ordering some customized laptops or pizzas. Haih... ever wonder what would happen to those pups that turned out deformed from gene-altering sections? Would they be put to death immediately? Or left by the roadside and let some other predators have a feast on them?

It's a really sad scene. Why the mentality of these people is so narrow-minded? Is there any differences between rearing a tan-coloured dog and a grey-coated dog? Would it make the tan-coloured dog less acceptable, embarrassing or less obedient?

Even now, with good rules of animal cruelty is around (and, unfortunately, a lack of enforcement), the cruelty of animals is still an ongoing process. What would lie in the future then?

Sob sob....