Top 5 Reasons Not to Buy from an Animal Rescue

4. They say their Exotic Gremlin was Imported, but the Breeder is Local.

Okay, so everybody knows that Gremlins come from China, where they are called mogwai, 魔怪, which is really just a Cantonese word meaning “monster.” Your local rescue will tell you that illegal importing of animals is the cause of the availability of your Gremlin, but that the sadistic smugglers need to be punished, while your Gremlin gets a new home. Oh, and by the way, the rescue needs one thousand dollars to recoup the costs of battling the evil importer who tore this innocent baby Gremlin from its mother’s breast. But did you know that this batch of Gremlins was not imported at all? Did you know we have been breeding them in the US ever since they were brought into San Francisco in the 19th century? Do you feel foolish now? Oh, and about those special care instructions, the real owner would have told you what happens if you get them wet!