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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. Many mutts you can get from the pound or animal shelter make terrific pets. I strongly encourage people to adopt pound and shelter animals. Purebred or mixed breed?

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Fizzle’s Story

4 The Love Of Animals

He’s only about the size of a rat.”. I didn’t have high hopes for Fizzle’s survival, but I called animal control and learned that they had taken Fizzle to a shelter about ten miles away. I gave the shelter a call, expecting to hear the worst. I made a mental note to get a tetanus shot.

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