I know what you mean - I don't understand how some people I know who seem reasonably intelligent are so bloody stupid when it comes to pets. I volunteer at a Horse rescue every Sunday and one of the women who works there has just bought a kitten!!! She actually works in a rescue centre - how could she be so stupid!
I gave her a right earful when she told me. And it was only 4 weeks old!! Her excuse was that the RSPCA wouldn't give her a kitten because she has two kids aged 4 & 6. But she hadn't bothered to check any other rescues. SHe had the same old 'we want the kitten to grow up with the kids'. I can't explain how furious I was - I did spend the whole day telling her I was really disappointed and didn't she realise that she was perpetuating the breeding cycle. STUPID, JUST REALLY STUPID!