While the Ramona Junior Fair typically brings to mind images of youngsters showing beef steers, pigs and other large animals, small pets also have a place in the competition. The smaller animals, such ...

It's the time of year when some parents may be thinking about getting a first pet for a child. Guinea pigs are a great way to introduce kids to the joys and responsibilities of animal ownership. And ...

In the course of one weekend, we went from a no-pet home to a three pet home. It wasn't supposed to be this way. We were only supposed to babysit my neighbor's two guinea pigs for the week of spring ...

New York schoolkids will be used as “guinea pigs” in upcoming tests that don’t count but take up valuable classroom time, parent leaders say. Over the next three weeks, nearly 250,000 students in ...

Kids with autism spectrum disorder could have a new ally in the classroom: animals. Autistic children who played with guinea pigs rather than toys were more talkative, made more eye contact and ...

The Administration for Children’s Services allowed more than 100 HIV-positive foster kids to be used as guinea pigs in medical experiments over the past 12 years, The Post has learned. The preliminary ...

Dear Amy: My close friend from childhood recently bought two guinea pigs for her children. The kids enjoy them but seem a little afraid of them. Now the parents have decided that the guinea pigs smell ...

When kids saw “101 Dalmatians” and “Beverly Hills Chihuahua,” they sat up and begged for a title character of their very own. And so it goes with the guinea pigs of “G-Force,” the Disney flick that ...

Guinea pigs come with a few must-haves in the home. GAHS recommends: Greater Androscoggin Humane Society is located at 55 ...

Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, wherever you are. "The first wave of the pandemic brought many small pet or 'pocket pet' adopters,'' spcaLA President Madeline Bernstein said in a statement.