Animal Planet Is Irresponsible

I'm not a fan of Animal Planet, but some shows just display how ignorant the channel is.
On a show, they feature a older couple looking for a puppy as a surprise gift for the man's elderly mother whose husband died. The couple goes to two different backyard breeders with puppy mixes to adopt.
Problem #1: They are buying a puppy from a breeder instead of rescuing, which would be bad enough, but these puppies are mixes from a backyard breeder. Nothing says "Hey irresponsible people- why don't you mate your dog with another kind of dog for fun and then sell them?" "Legitimate" breeders - and that's a questionable statement as many sell animals to just anyone who has the money, don't bother to spay/neuter them, and if the animals are born weaker or sickly- they don't bother with care, just dispose of them- only breed animals from other licensed and registered breeders. The point of it of it is to show them in animal shows and win awards for being the most perfect example of the breed. Then when they have awards, they can have puppies/kittens with other animals with awards, and the puppies/kittens can either show or be sold for higher amounts of money as "breed standard". Which is stupid when you think of ALL the animals in the world sitting on death row in animal controls and "humane" societies, on the streets, or being poorly cared for by bad owners. All it takes is one person to dump that animal or decide to breed it for fun or to make money. Legitimate breeders spay/neuter the animals before they go, and they screen the homes before they go. Mixed dogs do not do dog shows. Mixed dogs are the product of accidents, people who were either "accidently" irresponsible, people experimenting to create "new breeds", people wanting to make cash selling puppies like a factory, and people trying to scam other people with "designer breeds". That doesn't exist. Mutts are great, but mixes are just that. Labradoodles. Mutts. Puggles. Mutts. They have no monetary value to be peddled out like toys in a factory. Just naive people that believe they do.

Problem #2: giving an animal as a gift is COMPLETELY IRRESPONSIBLE, never advised, and reputable rescues will not allow it. How do you know the person will or CAN take care of the pet physically, monetarily, and responsibility wise. Do they have the time or want to train them? Puppies and kittens destroy furniture and the house, eat everything. They need supervision and training. One eaten blanket and you are looking at a $600 and up surgery. Other people accept the gift and then realize they can't handle the needs of a puppy or kitten. The energy. The costs. And the animal is given away or dumped outside or at a animal control or "humane" society. Craigslist is full of people changing their minds about pet ownership.

Problem #3: A senior citizen should NEVER be given (see #2) or adopt a puppy or kitten. What happens in a few years when they have a stroke, need a walker, or have to move into a nursing home that doesn't allow pets? Or die? Anyone who has worked in rescue knows the answer to that. They dump them fast or the family dumps them. If seniors would only adopt senior animals...

Bottom line is that Animal Planet is irresponsibly advocating backyard breeding of mixes, buying from backyard breeders, gifting animals, and gifting baby animals to the elderly.
You would THINK they would know better having shows like My Cat From Hell, and the terrible Animal Cops that shows a tiny glimpse of just how many homeless animals are out there BUT where the death trap that is the Houston SPCA kills all pit bull type dogs and mixes they come across as policy, and instead of bothering to rehabilitate animals, they kill them if they are hit in the face with a rubber hand and dare to bite that hand. Where an animal must be "perfect" to be worthy of life.

I'm disgusted with Animal Planet and you should be too. I encourage you to write to them to tell them that this is NOT what their viewers want to see. Me? I'm no longer a viewer.