Nowadays, there seems to be a general consensus asserting that rather than being “bought“, a pet should be “adopted“.
This means, in other words, that a pet should not be treated as a “toy”, but rather as a child.
Throughout most countries in the world, buying and selling a pet is legal and does not require a professional Breeder’s license.
However, many have, according to numerous pet associations and charities, ”abused” the law with respect to pet trade by buying pets then reselling them very quickly, in order to make a decent profit of cash, sometimes huge.
Is it immoral for an individual to buy and resell a pet considering that professional pet breeders also make a living out of selling pets ?
The problem is that people want pet, and that push them to juge other who lives from it. If we stop breeding those species would stop existing. That is the same for livestock. It is important to bring awareness to the condition in which they operate, but not all of them are bad. Shocking video on YouTube is not the only reality.
I think world is changing and some things was tolerate in the past can't be anymore nowaday. For instance the British government has forbiden the fact to sale puppies and kittens in pet shops. The government decided to apply the law after a poll on the population which showed that 95 % support for the ban. The measure call the name Lucy's Law in honour of Cavalier King Charles who was rescued from a pet shop in Wales. I think this kind of mesure can reduce the number of dogs and cats who live in terrible welfare condition. Even the pet industry federation said puppy farms shoud be closed but it was worried about the proliferation of illegal shops where the condition could be worst.