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Speaking Out for Pit Bulls
Pit bulls have a bad reputation, but is it deserved? A group of pit bull owners and advocates in Vancouver, Canada, says the breed has been misrepresented.
HugABull Advocacy & Rescue Society works to help not only individual dogs, but the entire breed’s image. It also strives to build a community of responsible owners for dogs who often attract the wrong kind.
Many of us have the idea that pit bulls have been bred to be aggressive – and, though they can’t help it, they’re not the kind of dog you’d want to have around. News reports and breed-specific legislation, like...
Why Pets Get into Foster Care
People who foster homeless animals have their own reasons for doing it, but why do the animals end up in foster care? We tend to think of them as strays or unwanted pets who turned up at a shelter that didn’t have room for them. And this is very common. However, there are lots of different reasons a pet may need a foster home:
- Some animal rescue groups don’t have shelters anymore, or may never have had them. With enough foster homes, it isn’t always necessary to go to the trouble and expense of maintaining a shelter.
- Some pets are...
- Some animal rescue groups don’t have shelters anymore, or may never have had them. With enough foster homes, it isn’t always necessary to go to the trouble and expense of maintaining a shelter.
- Some pets are...