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I want to trap a mouse that lives in my house and keep it as a pet. Otherwise it takes its chances out in the field. What do you all think?

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Dad has been feeding it cheese so they're tight I think it watches aircrash investigations with him on TV. I know it's generally accepted it's a bad idea to try to make a wild animal a pet but given he's not stressed by me I think he'd prefer the cage to death if he could choose. So Reddit, what do you think?

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Weekend Adopt-a-thon for Joplin Tornado Pets

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ASPCA , Joplin Humane Society to Host Weekend Adopt-a-thon for Joplin Tornado Pets. Nearly 600 cats and dogs looking for permanent homes during major pet adoption event June 25 – 26. The mandatory 14-day holding period for animals affected by the disaster was even doubled in an effort to reunite as many people and pets as possible.

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Operation Nix-the-Petting-Zoo, Part Deux

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Coincidentally, last night was a board meeting for our homeowner's association, and though I wasn't on the agenda there's always time for homeowner comments about, say, the petting zoo and pony rides that are scheduled for the spring "BBQ" ( here 's part one of this story). And there's not much from the health angle for pony rides.

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Humane Society Exposes Petland Practices

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The Humane Society has another great investigation into the shady practices of a corporate giant. Among the investigation findings. The investigation revealed that some of Petland's brokers are also buying from puppy mills. Tags: pet stores puppy mills us. This news story slipped by in November. but that's another post.)

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ASPCA Joplin Adopt a Thon

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The ASPCA® (The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals®) and Joplin Humane Society successfully found permanent homes for 745 pets during its weekend adopt-a-thon event on June 25 and 26. It makes me so happy to know that so many pet lovers wanted to help find these animals homes!

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The predictability of Pied Oystercatchers

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These are not pet cats, but cats that have only ever lived in the wild and can survive in extreme conditions. As we explored the reef over the following hours we found our Pied Oystercatchers enjoying and investigating food options. Feral cats are a huge problem in Australia and they do take a lot of the eggs.

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University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press

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Investigative journalism by the Salt Lake Tribune, following-up on allegations levelled by PETA against the University of Utah's Comparative Medicine Center and the Cardiovascular Research & Training Institute laboratories revealed the two laboratories had used 190 dogs and cats in 2009, all obtained from shelters.

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