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Porky & Buddy’s Pet Health: How To Help Curb The Pet Population

November 5, 2008 Contributor
I have been reading about the statistics on the numbers of cats and dogs that have to be euthanized every year because there is no room for them in shelters and they have no place to go.  Is there anything that I can do as just one person to help solve this problem?  I love my pets and when my cat had kittens I found good homes for them and then had her spayed, but what can I do about all the others?

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Buddy & Porky’s Pet Health: Puppy Mills

October 5, 2008 Contributor
I keep hearing about puppy mills and how you shouldn’t buy puppies that come from them.  But what is a puppy mill?  Why shouldn’t you buy dogs from them?  How can you tell that a puppy came from a puppy mill?  What if I really want a specific breed, not just a mutt?

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Porky & Buddy’s Pet Health: Rescuing Abandoned Pets

September 29, 2008 Contributor
Maybe I’m just confused but I sometimes rescue cats and dogs that I find that appear to be lost or abandoned and if I can’t find the owner, I then try to find them new homes on my own.  A friend of mine told me I could be charged with larceny because they are really not my animals.  Is that true?

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