You obviously have some very strong animal rights notions - which of course is your right.
You say that these "homes could have gone to other dogs". Sorry, but you are wrong. I could personally take you to three homes which have pups from our previous litter that will
point blank tell you that they would have
NEVER risked having a dog from a rehoming shelter. They only wanted a pup so that it could grow with their family.
As I have also said, two different animal shelters in the past have told us that because we had small children, they could not and would not risk us rehoming
ANY of the dogs they had incase they were to unexpectedly turn on the children.
THIS IS A FACT.
I DO strongly agree that it's awful how many dogs end up in rehoming. However, the people I have sold to would never have had one from a shelter - so it hasn't increased or decreased the number of homeless dogs.
I don't intend to get into any further debate about this, as I clearly said "I genuinely do not want to offend anyone", but it seems you are very easily offended on this topic.
You have strong feelings - that's your right. I love eating chickens. I love eating their eggs. I like a bit of beef. So does the majority of the country - whether it's right or wrong it's the way it's been for hundreds of years.... and that's my right.
I'm also terminating my contributions to this thread at this point. Not because I feel threatened by being challenged or anything else like that - I've had my say, and so have others. 3 "likes" of my initial response to the "irresponsibility" topic is good enough for me. I think it's just better to agree to disagree and leave it there, as these things can spiral too easily.
Nuff said, and no hard feelings