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Adopt-a-Pet.com Guest Post

4 The Love Of Animals

We are like an ad agency for shelters and shelter pets. Sadly there are 4 million healthy adoptable companion animals killed in shelters each year due to overcrowding. We do our best to relieve that problem and put pets from shelters in the homes of pet seekers all over the country.

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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

Guinea pigs also do not bite, unlike hamsters and gerbils which can tend to be nippy. Many mutts you can get from the pound or animal shelter make terrific pets. I strongly encourage people to adopt pound and shelter animals. For these folks, I recommend a nontraditional pet like a rat or a guinea pig.