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If we ever do get a small pets pack, I remember them saying they didn't want to do Pet stores because everything that is happening with The puppy mill thing, Do not Quote me, It is not word for word. ...
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"Godleyjeans;c-16153611" wrote:
Frankly and I’m speaking in terms to the game, I don’t understand how a puppy mill would even be a thought to simmers whilst playing a pet store in sims 4. I can understand the rumored hesitance but then as Developers why can’t they simple have a pet supply store and have an adoption section instead of something that suggested private breeders.
This has a lot to do with real-life, unfortunately.
You may have missed the Sims 3 battle over pet stores, which was back when the campaign against puppy mills in real life was beginning to gain traction. There was entrenched opposition to the idea of having a pet store in the game, to the point I sometimes wonder if the developers did not cut content from that expansion pack in reaction to the heavy forum opposition. Even then, in the minds of some players, the idea of a pet store had been so tainted by the concept of puppy mills that they could not tolerate it in-game.
This heavy opposition, combined with the real-life campaign against puppy mills, is why there hasn't been a pet store since Sims 2.
And, with Sims 4, I think they had a choice: Either do a form of in-Sim adoption, or add the vet career. I'm personally happy with the choice they made.
I do like your other ideas, though.
