Specific Campbell breeders?

[olga]

Wouldn't a start be to gather info on a specific thread on this forum and then people could use it as a pro forma and write to the big pet stores? Surely the big stores are the place to start but we would need concrete info on what hybrid dwarfs can suffer and I do not know of facts that we would need to put our points across.
If more of us clubbed together and targetted the head office of a big chain of pet shops then somebody somewhere might just start to listen. But we need facts. I know we all quote the problems that hybrids can have but we need facts.
There are enough of us on this forum who feel strongly about this issue and all of us could spend a few minutes writing an email or letter to one place. The wording could be very similar and it would not take forum members much time to email.
It might prick someone's conscience? Or they may be more inclined to listen if lots of us contacted them?

[Silver]

The big pet chains are only interested in profit.

They sell a hamster they replace the hamster with another one as quickly as possible.

They won't stop using rodent mills because they are the only way to keep the hams coming to make money.

If we could get rodent mills banned from breeding "russians, Campbell's & WW's" which we know to be hybrids & only by law be able to breed Syrian, Robo's & Chinese hams that are pure because they won't inter breed then that would be a good start.

Then you would need to look at the welfare of the other animals bred by rodent mills I.E only two litters per female that kind of thing to bring the standards up

Silver xxx

[Queen Of The High Teas]

It's a nice idea but its fantasy unfortunately. It's a shame but most people still see hamsters as pocket money pets to shut the kids up, so they won't be bothered what their buying. Lets face it, they won't stop puppy mills and interbreeding all sorts of dogs without health checks. Even the pedigree breeds are full of murky terrible health and ethics issues, if they won't stop with 'mans best friend' they sure as hell won't with hamsters.