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Last Update: January 20, 2011
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I really love penguins. They're so cute and sweet. I decided that I really want one as a pet. I know they would take a lot of care and I would have to buy a lot of fish to feed one but I think I can do it. My mom just laughed when I asked here where I can buy one so I don't think she believes I'm serious. So, like, where can you get a pet penguin at? Obviously not traditional pet stores or shops but, like, is there a place where animals like this are available to people to buy? Like an exotic animal shop maybe? (link)
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ok dear. penguins live in places like the north pole and antarctica. (maybe, i think that's where they live) so in order to have one as a pet, you would need it to live in like a walk in freezer, if that would be cold enough. and also i think penguins like to live in giant packs and in large groups, so you would need like 20
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I have a very good friend who lives at home with his mother, his 18 year old sister,and his 35 year old sister and her daughter. This woman (the 35 year old) is crazy. Among other problems she causes for this family, she has 15+ cats and two very aggressive dogs living in their garage.
Personally, I've only been in their garage once- they don't like me in there. The conditions are horrible. It's filthy, there's garbage everywhere, and the litterboxes go uncleaned. The woman puts out a few dishes of food, but it's hardly enough for all the cats, and that's assuming that the given food is divided equally between all of them. (obviously not happening.)
Only a few of the male cats are neutered, and none of the females are spayed. I am sure that none of them are up to date on their vaccines. My friend had told me that many of the cats have eye infections that have been going untreated for a while now.
My problem is, what can I do? I know I am capable of helping. I have a lot of experience with animals, particularly cats, and I am a student of vet medicine. But I can't get involved personally, because the woman would not allow me. She truly believes she's taking care of the cats properly, and gets very violent if you try to tell her otherwise. My friend knows that there are problems, and has tried to talk to her himself, but to no avail.
I am thinking about calling someone to go look at the situation, like a local shelter or animal control. My problem with this is that I am very close with everyone else in the house, and I feel that an experience like that could really distress them. One of my concerns, is that the family also has 4 house cats (properly taken care of) that they love dearly. Would animal control take them away too?
The whole situation bothers me deeply. I feel I really need to protect the cats being neglected, but I can't bear to cause disturbance in my friend's home.. Besides that, his sister will hold a personal grudge against me. I know it's the right thing to do, but it's a tricky situation. Can anyone help? (link)
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i think that you should find a no kill shelter right away and inform them. i work at my local spca in pennsylvania and its a no kill shelter. i understand your situation, my mom and i go through it a lot. but you need to think about the cats. if the woman that owns the cats gets mad at you and all your friends get mad, then you shouldn't be friends with them. i consider a form of animal abuse as seeing animals being abused and neglected and not saying anything about it. it just takes one call to your local animal shelter to possibly give those cats and the woman that owns them, a better, and more healthy lifestyle. even if you must take them to a kill shelter, they would at least be in a better place. i can imagine that at least 10 of those cats must be suffering every day from hunger, sickness, and neglection.
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