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Getting a Kitten from Kansas

Critter News

I think there are many disreputable breeders, I think they are increasing a bloated supply of pets, and I think there are many purebreds already available from shelters. Sure, but I just don't think it helps the problem of pet overpopulation. My division director loves Norwegian Forest Cats. Here's a story from the demand side.

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

10,000 Birds

Decades of trapping for the pet industry drove them to the brink of extinction, and their survival into the future was seriously in doubt. In the year 2000, the world held their breath as ornithologists from the Smithsonian and the University of Kansas led an expedition into the southern Rupununi region.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

Such registries would help protect animals, pet guardians and communities by preventing repeat offenses from anyone with an established history of abusing animals. Shon Rahrig : While living in Ohio in 1999, Rahrig allegedly adopted several cats and a puppy from local shelters and tortured them sadistically.