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4 Things to Consider Before Adopting a Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

Choosing to adopt a dog rather than get one at the pet store (or what some like to refer to as “puppy mill”) is a beautiful thing—essentially you are saving a poor pup from euthanasia and you’re providing a an animal with a good home. But adopting a pet is a huge responsibility and is very similar to adopting a child.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

sexual abuse, and animal fighting as well as neglect (such as hoarding). Shon Rahrig : While living in Ohio in 1999, Rahrig allegedly adopted several cats and a puppy from local shelters and tortured them sadistically. Time and again, she has been caught housing dozens of sick, neglected animals in squalid conditions.