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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

Choosing the right pet for your child is key. By Dr. Tim Hunt, DVM. Children can learn so many valuable lessons by caring for a pet. Having pets at a young age instills kids with a sense of confidence that they can take care of an animal and help it to live a thriving life.

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Birding Tabin, Sabah, Borneo

10,000 Birds

Apparently , since the release of the Harry Potter series in Indonesia in the early 2000s the popularity of owls such as the Buffy Fish Owl as pets has increased, leading to more birds being caught in the wild and then sold at local bird markets. The only explanation I have for this unequal treatment is that it must be a witch hunt.