Not necessarily. A few months ago I saw a 2 year old bengal in a shelter. He was a stray who got hit by a car and had to have his hind leg amputated. There are numerous shelters that cater to specific breeds of animals

I have a Bengal that I adopted from a local rescue centre after her owners circumstances changed (fees were £40/$50). There are also breed specific associations that help rehome Bengal, Ragdolls, Siamese etc

I was given a bengal kitten by the emergency vet following the sudden death of my beloved rescue SIC (who had been rescued from living under a trailer on the property of a utility company that was about to pay someone $100/cat to kill the cats on the property). That bengal cat turned out to be the pet love of my life and that experience with her made me fall in love with the breed and its unique aspects. I will now always have one. And I will now always be judged by people who apparently feel no more breeds of cats and dogs should exist, which I find incredibly sad. I'm good with responsible breeding along with the general encouragement of adopting over shopping, but the elimination of breeds, and the demonization of people like me who paid for a breed of animal, as long as it was from a responsible breeder and is healthy, is to me an extremist and cruel position. I would have happily rescued a bengal but was unable to find one available.

Not necessarily. There are specific breed rescues, so it’s possible this kitten came from one of them.

Irresponsible breeders do dump unwanted litters at rescues. Or the one baby that does not meet standard. Three of my purebred dogs came from rescues. All were young and physically healthy. One was owner surrender to avoid abuse charges. One was owner surrender because it ran away and wasn't wanted back. The greyhound was owner surrender when the track closed. On the large animal side (llamas, alpacas,& horses) all the same things happen. I have had groups as large as 12 registered animals surrendered to me. so do not tell me a rescue does not have purebreds. Some breed specific rescues only have purebreds.

I rescued a Bluepoint Siamese cat off of the streets. You don't know anyone's story, so don't you dare throw out judgement!

Mine is part Bengal. My mom got him at the local shelter. He doesn't have as prominent of spots as this kitten, but they're there. We thought he was a tabby until he started having spots.

Pure breeds end up in shelters. Backyard breeders get shut down all the time, and those animals end up in shelters. It's certainly possible that this kitty was bought from a breeder, but it's also possible that it was adopted. My cat is a designer breed. $35 from the shelter three towns over.

They all need a loving home. This sweetheart will bring you endless joy and contentment.

Breeders are on my s--t list. Right now there are so many unwanted animals languishing at shelters. People are abandoning their pets, left and right. People can't give their dogs and cats and rabbits away for FREE. Then you look on Craigslist and see puppy after puppy after kitten after kitten after rabbit after rabbit . . . . Shame on those greedy breeding-animals-for-money bas--rds.

You don't know that

Ok, so the shelters are overflowing with animals, (true), but zero way this cat was adopted? In 1993 I brought an 8 weeks old pug home that was due to be euthanized at a pet store I worked at when I was 17 and didn't know better. I didn't buy her. That was the last day I went to work there. Figure it out. Over the years holier than thou types have accused me of perpetuating animal cruelty. Because I *must* have bought my dog. If someone says they adopted a fuzzy baby and the first thing someone does is accuse them of lying without knowing for sure, the only person certainly in the wrong is the accuser. The only thing it costs someone to wait till they know for sure is attention.

IDK, I have an absolutely gorgeous and incredibly sweet little exotic short-hair that was absolutely terrified in our parking lot before she decided she was just going to follow my partner inside. Checked for a chip, posted about her everywhere and nobody ever claimed her. Breeders charge upwards of $1000 for them...