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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. Many mutts you can get from the pound or animal shelter make terrific pets. I strongly encourage people to adopt pound and shelter animals. I believe between ages 4 and 8 is ideal, although older kids can also benefit. Purebred or mixed breed?

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A Trip to an Animal Lab

Critter News

but did experiment on mice and guinea pigs. It reminded me of an adoption poster at the animal shelter. Then, heading out, I noticed three little knitted mice. It certainly doesn't fill me with confidence in these people's skills in compassion and humane care. They did not experiment on primates (I asked!),