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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion

4 The Love Of Animals

For these folks, I recommend a nontraditional pet like a rat or a guinea pig. Rats are extremely cuddly, they don’t bite and they only live two years. Pick a pet that fits your family’s lifestyle – Look at the purpose the pet will serve in your family. Today I own 40 outdoor dogs and two more who live indoors!

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Fancy Pigeon Blues

10,000 Birds

As I have pointed out before , we owe the much-maligned sky rat a debt of gratitude. Do much birding in the city, and your thoughts will turn again and again to feral pigeons. Like everything else that humans choose to domesticate, though, fancy pigeons sometimes get loose into the environment and then matters take on a less cheerful air.

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