#7 We Should Change the System of Petshops

Panel Disucussion 6

Topic : We Should Change the System of Petshops🐾

Discussion members

・Nancy Berry / buyer in fashion industry

・Ghosn Zoo / toilet cleaner

・Erinn Gray / fruiterer

・Sophia Harris / announcer

・Maggie Levitt / bank clerk（Moderator）

・Kaitlyn McFly Kim / car designer

Contents

〈Ghosn Zoo〉

He agrees with this idea because it's a problem that they sell animals as a product and has the problem of overproduction. 

〈Kaitlyn〉

She agrees with this idea. She had worked in a pet shop and saw animals in a small shed and an unqualified clerk giving them medicine. So she wants to change the system.

〈Errin〉

She also agrees with this idea because living in a small gauge is stressful for them. She believes that animal life is ignored.

〈Nancy〉

She disagrees with this idea because we will use the place we can get any other pets, loke goldfish if pet shops are gone.

〈Sophia〉

She disagrees with this idea because there are many people in the profession involved in pet shops, and the demand for pets is very high.

Questions between members

1. You said you were worried about unqualified clerk giving the medicine to the animal, but maybe the owner will do it too?（Sophia)

→ It’s okay because the owner has responsibility to take care pets, but the clerk like part-time job can't take responsibility. (Kaitlyn)

2. We should reduce overproduction. (Ghosn）

→ It is true but I don't have any idea to solve the problem. (Sophia)

→ We need judge about treatment of pet. (Ghosn)

3. Gauges are also needed to protect animals from humans and vice versa. (Nancy)

→ Small gauges are stressful for animals. We should give priority to animals. (Erin)

→ How about setting up a place like a dog run next to a pet shop? Then I think it will be no free. (Ghosn)

→ It's good idea. (Nancy)

4. People who want to chose pet want to see closely. How about making a rule such as putting them in a gauge when they are sleeping? (Nancy)

→ It's good idea. If we do that, we can have the opportunity to see them closely. (Ghosn)

Questions from the audience

1.  I don't know the details. How many puppies are produced? (Lucy)

→ I don't know too but so many. (Ghosn)

→ There are also many abandoned dogs. (Kaitlyn)

2. What is the system you want to change in the first place? Do you want to improve the environment of pet shops or abolish them? (Heather)

→ We want to improve the environment of it for every animals. (Eririn)

3. If the pet shop closes, what happens to the animals left in the shop?（Peter)

→ I think we should build a shelter and try to find a foster parent for animals. (Kaitlyn)

4. Overproduction isn't a problem of pet shops. What we should reduce is not the number of pet stores, but the number of overproductions. (Ella)

→ That's right. I don't think it can be solved without the cooperation of the pet shop and the breeder. (Sophia)

5. How many pet shops do we have in Apollon? It's a small country, so isn't it a problem? (Kevin)

→ We shold think this topic for future and when we open new pet shops.（Nancy）

6. There are many kinds of pet besides dogs and cats, how about other animals? (Lilly,C)

→ Dogs and cats are the most important on this agenda. (Nancy)

7. I want to know why Nancy changed her mind. (Rose)

→ I couldn't hear this answer.

8. Who will run the shelters? (Peter)

→ It will run by government. (Ghosn) 

→ The government doesn't have the money, so why not build a facility? (Peter)

9. How many pet shops are there in Apollo and how bad are they? If there are few stores that have a bad environment for pets, it doesn't make much sense to change the system. (Robert)

→ We want to improve the environment of pet shops not only on the surface but also fundamentally. (Errin)

→ If the owner finds a bad pet store, he declares he will never come to the store and advises his friends not to go to the store. This will force the store to close or improve. We should think about what we can do, not the government.（Robert）

Result

They can't reach the consensus.

My Opinion

 Some have touched on issues such as overproduction and neglect of animal life. I thought they were against the existence of the pet shop itself, but they said they wanted to improve the environment of the pet shop. I was confused.