I love all the answers people gave. Honestly, some people are not animal people. I have people looking at me very strangely when we "acquire" another animal around here. Between the horses and dogs, there's constant change. My hubby has rescued probably about 10 horses in the past 6 years. Most have been adopted out, but it's traumatic every time one leaves. We've had a total of 9 dogs in the past 20 years... right now with 3 in the house, people think I'm insane. But gosh, my kids love animals as much as Mike and I do, and they are learning alot about life through our losses too. And about nurturing etc. People just don't know what they're missing out on!
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