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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

I got my first pets, mice and guinea pigs, when I was 8. For these folks, I recommend a nontraditional pet like a rat or a guinea pig. Guinea pigs also do not bite, unlike hamsters and gerbils which can tend to be nippy. I believe between ages 4 and 8 is ideal, although older kids can also benefit.

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A Trip to an Animal Lab

Critter News

but did experiment on mice and guinea pigs. It certainly doesn't fill me with confidence in these people's skills in compassion and humane care. Tags: animal experimentation mice Guinea Pigs medical research biotech. I can't really talk about what I do except that I work in government. Weird, weird, weird.