4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 30, 2011

By Dr. Tim Hunt, DVM. I got my first pets, mice and guinea pigs, when I was 8. Start with easier pets – Many people don’t want to start with the responsibility of a dog or cat. For these folks, I recommend a nontraditional pet like a rat or a guinea pig. Choosing the right pet for your child is key.

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Compassion Guinea Pigs Purebred Animal 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Keep cats outdoors? Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Fly in airplanes? Drink coffee?

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Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. Feral cats have been able to adapt very well in Australia and have grown larger over the years and can survive in areas that you would not expect. Feral cat predation on Pied Oystercatcher eggs.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research. Hunters shoot down animals in cold blood for mere sport.

Michael Vick 100

Michael Vick Guinea Pigs Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2014

The truly lucky might see Bornean Clouded Leopards or the endemic Flat-faced Cat at night. Make sure your itinerary drops you here in the afternoon and evening, because the sight of a million Wrinkle-lipped Bats leaving for the night and being hunted by Bat Hawks is a damn impressive sight, for birder and non-birder alike.

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Birds Bats Elephants Family 186

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

This says it all: "[T]he vision of sustainable farms that give animals a good life (a life as good as we give our dogs or cats) and an easy death (as easy as a death we give our suffering and terminally ill companion animals) has moved me" (242). But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100