Firefighters rescue guinea pig from burning home -- Fires, Arli...

[Resident of burned apt]

I truly understand that some may find humor in this. However I have two teenage children that are having a hard time with this loss. The guinea's name was pumpkin. She was less than a year old. She looked more like a rabbit than a rat. The parakeets were sky and sunshine. We will be having a memorial service on Saturday to say our last goodbyes.

[Lulu]

jan wrote:

Pets are a multi-billion dollar business in this country. People love their pets. That's a good thing.
I work with young children. They often have hamsters or guinea pigs as their first pets. It's how they learn to take care of something or someone other than themselves. That's a good thing too.
The firemen did a great job. Congratulations to them.

Some of us are in our 30s and have guinea pigs too. I got mine from a local rescue who receives too many guinea pig give-ups from parents of children trying to show them how to take care of a pet, then everyone loses interest and no one takes care of the animal. I am appreciative for firemen no matter what and especially pleased to hear they made the effort to rescue the guinea pig.

[Billy Bob]

Ann wrote:

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If you don't care then why did you read the article?

Excellent point Ann.

Kudos to those firefighters.

[Flo]

Thanks to the Palatine Firefighters! It's nice to see that people care and I'm sure the owners appreciated the effort!!

[Lala11_7]

It would seem that the fire department were doing their job...which is to save ALL living things...

Hey, let's get happy about the "FEEL GOOD STORY"!!!

Shall we??!!!

[retatd]

my guenea pig died from having babies today