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Baby goat cuddling aka goat yoga is animal exploitation

Baby goat petting sessions ‘goat yoga’ are an exploitation of animals

PETA have referred to goat petting as “goat yoga”. When they coined that phrase, they were referring to an Australian petting zoo which provided goat yoga sessions and which was facing 10 animal cruelty charges due to poor husbandry. The PETA report was published on April 16, 2018 on their website. On this occasion in …

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Perry with Atlas

U.S. Federal jury unanimously decides disabled veteran can take his service dog to work

A ruling by the U.S. District Court in Little Rock, Arkansas was made after a five-day trial by jury concerning whether or not a disabled American veteran should be allowed to take his service dog to work. Army veteran Perry Hopman and his service dog Atlas are a ‘team.’ Perry, 45, was diagnosed with PTSD …

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Graig is a prison inmate cat handler for which he is paid 55 US dollars per month

Craig is a prison inmate earning $55 pm to look after a cat

This is a video about prison inmates looking after cats and it is great. It is a win-win; both parties gain from it. When prison inmates look after cats they learn how to be empathetic towards others and to think of someone else other than themselves. Most prisoners spend all them time thinking of themselves. …

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