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Pet Foster Care Helps To Smooth Adoption Process

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Serving as a pet foster parent is an excellent way to welcome a new animal companion into your home and help an animal in need. In fact, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 5 to 7 million pets are taken into animal shelters in the U.S. who need homes. every year.

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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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This was illegal, because according to FWC regulations, if you already own a pet that has been deemed invasive or illegal, you are allowed to keep it until its natural death, and it will not be confiscated or euthanized. Reptiles that are not treated ethically simply do not make good pets.

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Hal Herzog's "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat"

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Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy. Many of us have difficulty with the idea of keeping “pets.” At least his research on pit bull-types of dogs demonstrates the injustice they face. . page 6).

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