Would you "rescue" a pet from the pet store?

Same here. I see no reason to rescue a pet from a pet store. If they are mistreating the pets, the proper procedure would be to report them to the authorities and let the authorities do the rescuing. If anyone is interested in doing any rescuing, I would strongly recommend going to the nearest animal shelter. There are plenty of pets waiting to be rescued there. In many cases, the rescue is a very real thing because if the pets in the animal shelter are not adopted, they will be put down.