Two senseless figures on the rise: The number of animals in shelters And the amount of money paid to breeders Why don't people want to adopt a mongrel? Why are they so fixated on the makeand the model? Does it matter to you if a dog's brand new? Has a second-hand animal dismished in value? But a rescue dog is not a car with Mileage, it's an abandoned lifewith nowhere to go It's a beating heart crying out for a home They are the most desperatebut they Are viewed as the least desiderable For every thousand-pound puppy There's a thousand homeless dogs in need What good reason is there to not adopt? Who is behind designer dogs? Bred in a way that cannot breathe? You're forsaking it's health for the sake of the breed When are we going to stop playing god? When are we going to save what we've got?