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Katie Woolf spoke with Lisa from Paws Darwin · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: We are obviously edging closer and closer to Christmas, and
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  Speaker 1: we know at this time of the year some people
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  Speaker 1: sort of start to think to themselves or should they
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  Speaker 1: maybe adopt a pet or or get an animal for
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  Speaker 1: loved ones for Christmas.
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  Speaker 2: It's not always the best.
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  Speaker 1: Idea, and I think we've all got to sort of
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  Speaker 1: remind ourselves that you've got to think very carefully before
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  Speaker 1: you get yourself a pet. Now joining us on the
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  Speaker 1: line is the wonderful Lisa from Pause Darwin.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning to you, Lisa.
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  Speaker 3: Morning Katie. How are you this morning?
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  Speaker 2: Really well, Lisa.
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  Speaker 1: I know this time of the year it can be
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  Speaker 1: a really difficult one for you guys out at Pau's
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  Speaker 1: animal shelter.
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  Speaker 2: How many animals have you got out there at the moment?
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  Speaker 3: Too many? At the moment? Too many? There's quite a few,
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  Speaker 3: probably about twenty odd animals in the shelter at the moment.
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  Speaker 2: Dogs or cats or a mix of both.
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  Speaker 3: Mix mix of both. Out the baby kittens, there's probably thirty.
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  Speaker 3: Oh yeah, so's there's a lot of there's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of animals needing faster over Christmas. Yeah, it's got space
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  Speaker 3: for them. Yeah, dogs, mostly big dogs of course, yeah, well.
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  Speaker 1: Puppy unlessa you guys are always you know, you're always
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  Speaker 1: looking for people to foster those pets and help out.
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  Speaker 1: And also I'm fine forever homes, aren't you.
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  Speaker 3: We are, Yes, we definitely are wanting to find forever homes.
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  Speaker 3: And it would be very tempting to press the whole
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  Speaker 3: adopt not shop, you know, for you Christmas, but really
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  Speaker 3: we're just looking for foster carers so that people can
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  Speaker 3: you know, make a wife decision about what they want
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  Speaker 3: for Christmas yet wise.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and that's always the really important thing, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, come Christmas time, sometimes people think to themselves, oh,
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  Speaker 1: I might go and buy a dog or a cat
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  Speaker 1: for a but we've got to make sure we're thinking
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  Speaker 1: these things through.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely. I mean there's you know, the amount of stories
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  Speaker 3: over the years that I've heard about, you know, somebody
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  Speaker 3: getting a brand new puppy for Christmas and then getting
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  Speaker 3: carbo and you know, meaning emergency after our you know,
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  Speaker 3: vet work for Christmas Day and you can imagine how
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  Speaker 3: much that costs, and you know, just different different things
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  Speaker 3: like that that can happen with pets over Christmas. It's
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  Speaker 3: not a good idea to just go and buy a
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  Speaker 3: puppy or a dog for Christmas, because you just don't
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  Speaker 3: know whether it's going to fit, whether it's going to
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  Speaker 3: be right, and you don't want to spend your whole
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  Speaker 3: Christmas day in a that clinic or worse over a
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  Speaker 3: dog that's just eating the daughter's rabbit or something else.
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  Speaker 3: So don't rush into it.
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  Speaker 1: No and such sound advice. I mean, we've got to
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  Speaker 1: make sure that we think these things through. You've got
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  Speaker 1: to be pair that, you know, especially if you get
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  Speaker 1: a puppy, be ready for that puppy to be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: doing its business in all sorts of places where they're
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  Speaker 1: not supposed to when they're not easy.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, and not only that. I mean a change of
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  Speaker 3: home for a puppy is going to give it stress.
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  Speaker 3: Stress is probably going to give it diarrhea. You know,
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  Speaker 3: it's not even going to be an easy you know
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  Speaker 3: clean up. But on the other side of it, I
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  Speaker 3: get that people you know, maybe feel yet landing over Christmas,
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  Speaker 3: may be feeling a little bit isolated and feeling like
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  Speaker 3: you know, there's you know, they just need somebody in
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  Speaker 3: their life over Christmas. Our suggestion is come and offer
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  Speaker 3: a dog that might be feeling exactly the same way,
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  Speaker 3: or a cat that might be feeling that's the same
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  Speaker 3: way over Christmas and you get to know it. And
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  Speaker 3: if after Christmas has passed and you, you know, are
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  Speaker 3: really committed to that pet, then you know you can adopt.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, Christmas, if you need a pair, come and foster.
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  Speaker 1: I reckon that is the best thing to do, Lisa,
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  Speaker 1: And I was going to say, I reckon, you know,
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  Speaker 1: if you are feeling that way and you're sort of
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  Speaker 1: wondering whether you should, you know, whether you should get
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  Speaker 1: a pet, getting a rescue a rescue animal is a
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  Speaker 1: wonderful thing to do.
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  Speaker 2: I've said it before on this show.
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  Speaker 1: We rescued our blue heeler Maggie, who spends her time
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  Speaker 1: between mine and Grandma's house, living the dream from you guys.
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  Speaker 2: And she's a beautiful dog, a wonderful dog.
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  Speaker 1: And I just think it's such a great thing to
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  Speaker 1: either foster a pet or if you're looking for you
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  Speaker 1: forever a forever pet, go out and see you guys
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  Speaker 1: at pause and actually see what animals are available out
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  Speaker 1: there for adoption.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely, and you know, I just remember that, you know,
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  Speaker 3: bringing it home the day before Christmas if you don't
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  Speaker 3: know the animal and you've got big things planned, it's
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  Speaker 3: probably not the best, you know scenario because most of
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  Speaker 3: the animals that you're going to get through through rescue
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  Speaker 3: are going to need some adjustment time, They're going to
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  Speaker 3: need some training, they're going to need, you know, just
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  Speaker 3: to learn what the basic boundaries and alls are, and
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  Speaker 3: it's very hard to teach that when you've got a
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  Speaker 3: house full of people.
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  Speaker 2: That's right.
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  Speaker 3: So you know, if you're if you've got a quiet
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  Speaker 3: Christmas plan, then you know, that's one thing. But if
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  Speaker 3: you've got you know, a multi family Christmas land and
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  Speaker 3: kids running everywhere and Christmas trees and package dealings of stuff,
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  Speaker 3: you know, that's going to be a lot of stress
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  Speaker 3: for animals come into your home. So oh exactly that
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  Speaker 3: you remember that any animal that your dog's going to
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  Speaker 3: need more than love. And we all think that they're
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  Speaker 3: going to respond to love, and they certainly do, but
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  Speaker 3: they also need all the other things.
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  Speaker 2: That go along. That's right.
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  Speaker 1: So Lisa, if anybody is listening right now and thinking,
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  Speaker 1: do you know what I'd actually really like to help
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  Speaker 1: out by fostering an animal, whether it's before Christmas or
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  Speaker 1: after Christmas.
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  Speaker 2: What's the best way that they can do that.
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  Speaker 3: Well, they can jump onto our website www dot or
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  Speaker 3: go and god or got au. There is a cross
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  Speaker 3: the sign up there. Also all of our animals are
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  Speaker 3: listed up there. And then if you have a look
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  Speaker 3: on our Facebook page, we've got a folder that says
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  Speaker 3: all the animals that need frosting at the moment. There's
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  Speaker 3: there's definitely a few nice ones there at the moment.
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  Speaker 3: Who could do with somebody over the next couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Are you guys on Legends you do such a wonderful
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  Speaker 1: job out there.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's not easy.
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  Speaker 1: Now, are you after sort of donations of dog food
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  Speaker 1: or anything like that?
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  Speaker 2: In the lead up to Christmas? As well?
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  Speaker 3: I have to say that Christmas is a very very
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  Speaker 3: expensive time of year for somewhere like us. There's so
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  Speaker 3: many public holidays and days we can't really be open
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  Speaker 3: to the public and you should have to page start,
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  Speaker 3: you know. Not that I'm not complaining about paying anybody. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: don't get me wrong, but you know it's expensive to
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  Speaker 3: cover your staff to have to go to have to
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  Speaker 3: you know, they want to go, but go and you know,
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  Speaker 3: do all the work that they need to do on
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  Speaker 3: Christmas Day and Boxing Day and so yeah, so any
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  Speaker 3: donations of the help that we can get, you know,
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  Speaker 3: any volunteers who may go and help, you know, look
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  Speaker 3: after the animals during during your public holidays and things
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  Speaker 3: our most welcome. Would love to hear from you.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Lisa, always good to talk to you all the
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  Speaker 1: best over Christmas and through the New year period. I
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  Speaker 1: hope that that you're able to get some of those
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  Speaker 1: gorgeous animals fostered out and also forever homes.
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  Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, Thanks so much for your time today.
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  Speaker 3: Thank you Katie. Christmas to you guys all.
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  Speaker 2: Too, you too. We'll talk to you again soon.
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  Speaker 1: And yeah, like Lisa said, you know, it is something
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  Speaker 1: that you've got to take really seriously. I know that
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  Speaker 1: sometimes over the Christmas break, people get a bit excited
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  Speaker 1: and think, oh, I'm going to go and I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to go and buy a dog or you know, or
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  Speaker 1: buy a cat, and they don't always you don't, you know,
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  Speaker 1: some of us don't always think it through as well
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  Speaker 1: as we could. But certainly, you know, make sure you
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  Speaker 1: have a really good think about it before you go
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  Speaker 1: and get an animal, because it is something that lasts
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  Speaker 1: for a very long time, and you're looking after him
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  Speaker 1: for a very long time. Now. I am just on
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  Speaker 1: the Pause Darwin website and they have got quite a
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  Speaker 1: few animals up for adoption as well. But as Lisa said,
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  Speaker 1: they do the fostering too, So if you may be
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  Speaker 1: thinking about fostering an animal, well now's a great time
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  Speaker 1: to do it, or even over the New Year's break
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  Speaker 1: and you can head on to Pause Darwin and have
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  Speaker 1: a look at their website and see all of those
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  Speaker 1: those wonderful animals that are needing both temporary and also
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  Speaker 1: full time homes. If you're really serious and you've thought
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  Speaker 1: it through about getting an animal,