Many pet stores in the area I live in have been going out of business lately. Hopefully, someday, there just won't be any left.
I have only seen 1 basenji in a petstore & that was last summer. That petstore is actually now closed. They wanted $1200 for him!!! Oh & that was a "discounted" price since he was already 4 months old. I played with him just to get him out of his tiny cage. But, honestly, I could tell by his build & personality that he had come from a puppy mill. He looked…different. He didn't look pure-bred to me if that makes sense. His build was off. It's hard to explain how different this red/white boy was but I just knew he was "off" in some way from the pure breds I have been around.
Anyway, enough of a rant. Petstores suck. It's sad to see any dogs, but specifically basenjis, in the window.