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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

Pick a pet that fits your family’s lifestyle – Look at the purpose the pet will serve in your family. Purebred or mixed breed? I strongly encourage people to adopt pound and shelter animals. Try to find out what breeds are in your dogs background to help you better understand your dog’s behavior.

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Male Ruddy Ducks Oxyura jamaicensis in Basic Plumage

10,000 Birds

The variety of plumages that they show and the way different individuals molt at different times is interesting to me and I have stopped being surprised at seeing a small flock of ruddies with some nearly in full breeding, or alternate plumage, while others are still in their basic, or non-breeding plumage.

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