Purebred Rats Welfare 
4 The Love Of Animals
AUGUST 30, 2011
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. Purebred or mixed breed? It is not necessary to pick a purebred dog for your first pet. Today I own 40 outdoor dogs and two more who live indoors!
Animal Person
JUNE 8, 2009
But there is a significant contingent who is not as enamored with the Laboratory Animal Welfare Act as he is. Engber mentions that in 1972, the USDA put into place "a special exemption for rats, mice, and birds, allowing scientists to treat them however they saw fit—in cages of any size, in experiments with any degree of pain and suffering.
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