“Only for true dog-lovers, not breed-conscious people”, says Aparna Bhatt, when she looks for a home for her rescues. Aparna and her husband founded KARMA (Kulture for Animal Rehabilitation & Mass Awareness), a grassroots organisation that fosters homeless Indian puppies until a family adopts them. Her way of working is a stark contrast to that of the breeder community. Due to a demand for ‘pure’ breeds, pedigree females are treated like machinery, housed in cramped cages and made to reproduce repeatedly. Pugs often have to give birth through c-sections, risking the lives of both mother and pups. Breeders frequently mate those of the same family (known as inbreeding), resulting in serious genetic defects that reduce the animals’ health and life span.

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By Jeremiah Stettler

Hundreds of cats owe their lives to dogs in Salt Lake County, where an innovative adoption program is giving those furballs a better chance than ever at finding homes.
The county saved the lives of an unprecedented 1,600 cats last year, more than double the nearly 800 that typically avoid euthanasia. And those rescues couldn’t have been done without a little help from the county’s canines.
By putting a higher price tag on some dogs, the county’s shelter has done away with its $65 adoption fee for adult cats and now offers those felines for free. Kittens still cost, but cats six months and older get a free ride to a new home.

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What a beauty of a bird!!!

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“Nofin like tasting friends before playing with them”?

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- Do you have a good reason to disturb me while I was enjoying doing nothing?
- I am a pawpawrazzo, can’t help taking picture of extreme cuteness;)

- Even so, I disapprove….