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Getting a Kitten from Kansas

Critter News

I think there are many disreputable breeders, I think they are increasing a bloated supply of pets, and I think there are many purebreds already available from shelters. It's a two-week old kitten from Kansas. But I can't help wishing she'd go to a shelter and save a cat that needs a family and a home.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

ALDF points to the following examples for why a registry is needed to help animal guardians, law enforcement and shelters protect their animals: Robert Rydzewski : In 2004, the then 29-year-old upstate New Yorker shot his neighbor’s dog in the face twice. Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax.