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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

Start with easier pets – Many people don’t want to start with the responsibility of a dog or cat. Pick a pet that fits your family’s lifestyle – Look at the purpose the pet will serve in your family. Purebred or mixed breed? It is not necessary to pick a purebred dog for your first pet.

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Deconstructing Slate's "Pepper" Series

Animal Person

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. By the end of my time as researcher, I was performing behavioral experiments on humans.