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	<title>Healthy and Green Living &#187; Less Common Pets</title>
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		<title>Ducks, Donkeys, and Rats in Holiday Spirit (Your Cute Pets)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 23:40:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Healthy &#38; Green Living Editors</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hanukkah]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humor &amp; Inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Less Common Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Photos (Cute Pet Pics!)]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[holiday pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[unusual pets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve seen Care2 members&#8217; pets dressed as reindeer, with Santa, and playing inside Christmas trees. Today, we&#8217;re featuring unconventional pets celebrating the holidays in their own unique ways. We have photos of ducks, donkeys, and even hairless rats. But first, meet Genghis Gone the ferret:

Ghenghis Gone loves playing in the Christmas Tree along with his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rats as Heroes?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Megan, selected from Ode magazine</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Communication]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humor &amp; Inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Less Common Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[News &amp; Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[APOPO]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[landmine detection]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rats]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a child, Bart Weetjens, from Belgium, bred rodents to sell to pet shops. Now he’s the founder and director of APOPO, an NGO operating from Tanzania that trains rats to detect landmines. APOPO’s team of mine-sleuthing rats is active in Mozambique, and will begin mine-detection operations in Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pig Wisdom</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/pig-wisdom.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/pig-wisdom.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Susan Wagner</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Communication]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Blogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Susan Wagner]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health &amp; Wellness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humor &amp; Inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Less Common Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[animals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[farm animals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[human-animal bond]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[pigs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I noticed the scar as soon as she sat down - it stood out like a red beacon over her heart. It quickly faded out of my sight as I talked with the person whose life revolved around this seemingly insignificant concentration of tissue.
Sarah is trained in veterinary nursing, and is also a gifted energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want a Ferret?</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/want-a-ferret.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/want-a-ferret.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Breyer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption &amp; Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Less Common Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[cats]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ferrets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[shelter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to learn recently that ferrets are considered domestic animals. I mean, I knew that people kept them as pets, but I didn&#8217;t realize that ferrets (unlike their cousins: otters, weasels, badgers and skunk) are not considered wild animals since they have lost all of their wild instincts as well as the ability [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First Aid for Butterflies</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/first-aid-for-butterflies.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/first-aid-for-butterflies.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Breyer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Family Life]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Less Common Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Nature Activities]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[butterflies]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[butterfly food]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[First aid]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[torn wing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Call me a wimp, but it breaks my heart to see a butterfly lethargic and struggling, on its last wings, so to speak. It makes me feel helpless. So I was surprised to learn recently that there are things one can actually do to help out a butterfly in distress. Who knew? I have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adopt a Rescued Rabbit</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/adopt-a-rescued-rabbit.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/adopt-a-rescued-rabbit.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Breyer</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Adoption &amp; Services]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Less Common Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Pets]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ASPCA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[HRS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rabbits]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[rescue]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;d think that &#8220;Adopt A Rescued Rabbit Month&#8221; would be in the spring when people have bunnies on the brain&#8211;like in April.  But no, July is the month that holds the honor. Why? Because it takes a few months for all of the people who bought those cute baby bunnies for Easter gifts to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Right Food for Your Green Iguana</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-right-food-for-your-green-iguana.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/the-right-food-for-your-green-iguana.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2001 01:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cait Johnson</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Less Common Pets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago, one of my son’s grade school friends had a series of iguanas that lived less than a few months each. My son told me this boy fed his iguanas iceberg lettuce and mealworms. Dietary misconceptions like this cost many iguanas their lives.]]></description>
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		<title>Guinea Pig Health</title>
		<link>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/guinea-pig-health.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.care2.com/greenliving/guinea-pig-health.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2001 06:01:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Annie B. Bond</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Less Common Pets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the most popular pocket-sized pets--especially with small children--is the guinea pig, or cavy. These pets are relatively easy to care for and are very small. They generally live to be between five and eight years old.]]></description>
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