I am not going to get into an argument over this, but I have not made myself look stupid in any way. I have tried to explain the reality of the business and how and why things are done the way they are.
If animals are dead then they should be removed and disposed of properly. If an animal is missing a leg, someone might still buy that animal for whatever reason and that could include being a feeder. If an animal is sick and they are trying to help the animal themselves, that is fine, they are still trying to help it. If they do absolutly nothing then that is wrong. From a business point of view, a business cannot spend $50.00 an a $1.00 animal, they just can't. Maybe that is wrong, but it just isn't practicle. Yes it is a life, but it is also a business that is trying to make money.
From a business point of view, the value of the animal is what determines the extent of medical treatment, if any. Now in my opinion a $2000.00 animal should get some medical attention if something is wrong with it. Saving an animal like that could still be profitable. Spending $50.00 on an iguana is not profitable.
I have said that I don't like to see animals die. I have never said that it is o.k. for animals to die. What I have said is how a things are looked at from a business point of view.
I have also said that I am not defending Global.
There are hobbiest and there are businesses that buy, sell, and breed animals. A hobbiest does it because it is something they enjoy and maybe make a few bucks at. A business has to run things in an effeciant way so they make a profit because that is their livelyhood. No business can profit if they spend more money then they bring in.
I have been in several importers facilities, and have seen something dead just about every time I have gone. Maybe Global was way out of line, could very well be, I wasn't there. I have seen pics, I even posted one of the links to pics in this thread so people could see them. From the pictures that I saw, things did not look good for Global. There were excessive dead animals, I have never been in a place of business that had that many dead animals.
Global should still get their animals back. Good people learn from their mistakes, and bad people go on making the same mistakes. This could have made Global an industry role model if they were given the chance. People diserve second chances, because it can make them better people and it can make them do the right thing.
The reality of something may not be a warm and cozy feeling. As long as animals are imported, some of them will die and it is not necessarily the fault of the importer. Many times animals are under weight and sick before they even get packaged up for shipment. The shipping process can stress animals out and make them even worse. It's not american businesses that in general don't care, it's the people in the third world countries that ship the animals over here. Animal care in some of the other countries is very bad, then the businesses over here get stuck with animals that might not even be able to be saved. Just because a vet isn't called doesn't mean they aren't trying to save the animal.
If someone doesn't like something, then they should do what they can to make it better. That doesn't mean stop it, but find better ways to do it.
This would go a long way in stopping PETA in its tracks when we can visably PROVE (with receipts, bills, etc) that we are giving adequate care to our animals according to accepted/documented needs/care. That's how the rest of the animal industry usually fights back.
