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If your cat or dog is having a litter, is it ok to keep most or a considerable part of the puppies if you have the conditions, or is there risk of inbreeding in the future?

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I tried to search the internet for that and for people who raise pets in farms, ranchs, etc, could never find a good answer about how it goes if you keep your pet's entire group of children together with the parent(s) and don't give them away. submitted by /u/StrongAndPowerful [link] [comments]

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Bunny Love

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Predators that rely on lemmings, like the Snowy Owl , took advantage of the bounty and had great breeding success, raising large broods which, after the lemming population crashes, dispersed far and wide. And while I haven’t made it over their yet I hope to before they disperse into breeding territories.

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Disaster Preparedness Plan May Save Your Pet’s Life

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With June 1 marking the first day of the 2011 Atlantic Hurricane Season, it’s crucial to raise awareness about the importance of planning for pets’ safety before it’s too late. Doggy bags (can also be used for cat litter clean-up). Make sure you ask if they have any limitations on the number, size, species or breeds they allow.

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Picathartes – Africa’s strangest birds

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Here local hunters who had known about the colony and for generations had been harvesting the birds by simply picking the adults off their nests during the breeding season. Gray-necked Picathartes foraging in leaf-litter on the forest floor in Korup National Park, Cameroon. They also occur in Liberia, Ivory Coast and Guinea.

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Thank a lemming

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They breed up here, and spend their winters (usually) in the lower reaches of the Arctic and near polynyas (year round ice free waters) such as the North Water Polynya between Ellesmere Island and Groenland. Lemmings can have four or five litters a year of as many eight young. So this was a good summer for lemmings, a very good year.

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Manx Shearwaters

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Each year 120,000 birds visit the island to breed from March through August in burrows that riddle the landscape. Shearwater remains litter the island with the carcasses picked clean, leaving just the wings, breastbone and girdle. While one bird sits, its mate feeds out at sea for a week or so.