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Junior Guinea Pig
My friend gave 4 piggies to Animal Lifeline rescue as he was immigrating to Spain and could not take them with him. He (and I) were very upset and angry that the rehoming woman, Christine, did not leave them with their given names but instead gave them new (stupid) ones! They are used to being called those names so I don't understand why a rescue would do such a thing?
Is this a normal thing with animals given to rescues? I understand they are the rescue's pets now but it's quite insensitive considering my friend really loved them and cried when he gave them away there, only to now see on their webpage that they have been given (stupid) new names! There was actually stories behind why some of them were given names, such as Beli (beautiful) because she was born with one eye that appeared deformed (but cleared up) so my friend chose to keep her as he felt sorry for her and called her that.
I said she might have forgotten their names but he said she rang him another time to ask their ages and recalled their names perfectly.
I have been told she changed the names from:
Kali (meaning black in Hindi) to Black Beauty (How cheesy!)
Snowy to The Milky Bar Kid (How stupid!)
Ginger to Barney (sounds dumb - how stupid!)
I can't remember what Beli was changed to but it was also something stupid lol
Surely places like Battersea and others don't change the names of their dogs/cats from what they were already called?
Is this a normal thing with animals given to rescues? I understand they are the rescue's pets now but it's quite insensitive considering my friend really loved them and cried when he gave them away there, only to now see on their webpage that they have been given (stupid) new names! There was actually stories behind why some of them were given names, such as Beli (beautiful) because she was born with one eye that appeared deformed (but cleared up) so my friend chose to keep her as he felt sorry for her and called her that.
I said she might have forgotten their names but he said she rang him another time to ask their ages and recalled their names perfectly.
I have been told she changed the names from:
Kali (meaning black in Hindi) to Black Beauty (How cheesy!)
Snowy to The Milky Bar Kid (How stupid!)
Ginger to Barney (sounds dumb - how stupid!)
I can't remember what Beli was changed to but it was also something stupid lol
Surely places like Battersea and others don't change the names of their dogs/cats from what they were already called?
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