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Guest post: Dog Adoption

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If you’re planning on adding a dog to your family, it’s possible you’ll find your new family member at the local animal shelter or humane society. These dogs are homeless through no fault of their own, and by rescuing one of them, you may just save their life. If you don’t like to walk, don’t choose a herding breed.

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Pet Adoption Tips from Adopt-A-Pet.com

4 The Love Of Animals

Often someone buys an expensive purebred animal and then attempts to breed that animal to recoup their money. This helps ensure that the pet is right for you and your family. Choosing a mixed breed animal can help avoid many of the genetic health problems that have developed in purebred animal due over breeding and inbreeding.

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On the Keeping of Endangered Fishes

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There are conservation efforts to save these species by individual aquarists, who are keeping and breeding them in hopes that they can someday be reintroduced into the lake. For me, part if this goes to the question of whether or not we should breed or otherwise try to restore endangered species, in general.

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