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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

I got my first pets, mice and guinea pigs, when I was 8. I strongly encourage people to adopt pound and shelter animals. Here are some pointers for choosing your child’s first pet: When to get a pet – People often ask me what the best age is for children to have a pet. Today I own 40 outdoor dogs and two more who live indoors!

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Quantico Has No Compassion for Feral Cats

Critter News

If they are not adoptable, oh well, kill them. The raptors feed on these things (mice, rats), snakes feed on these things, it’s in the wild food chain and the cat interrupts that because it’s not part of the natural setting.” Quantico Military Base is really behaving cruelly when it comes to the feral cats on its base.

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A Trip to an Animal Lab

Critter News

but did experiment on mice and guinea pigs. It reminded me of an adoption poster at the animal shelter. Then, heading out, I noticed three little knitted mice. It certainly doesn't fill me with confidence in these people's skills in compassion and humane care. They did not experiment on primates (I asked!),