{"id":1660,"date":"2013-11-11T18:22:34","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T02:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2013-11-11T18:22:34","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T02:22:34","slug":"classroom-pet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/classroom-pet\/","title":{"rendered":"Classroom Pet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/files\/2013\/11\/bc-spca.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1661 aligncenter\" alt=\"bc spca\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/files\/2013\/11\/bc-spca-300x72.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/files\/2013\/11\/bc-spca-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/files\/2013\/11\/bc-spca.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We have taken time to consider and discuss what the most appropriate classroom pet would be. We looked at and discussed the BC SPCA&#8217;s guidelines for classroom pets. In the end, our compromise was to get a hamster* from the SPCA.<\/p>\n<p>*The current classroom cage is the right size for a hamster. Any other animal would require a new cage.<\/p>\n<p>I have contacted the SPCA and they directed me to their &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/bcspcapets.shelterbuddy.com\/search\/?advanced=0&amp;t=&amp;s=adoption\" target=\"_blank\">Pet Search<\/a>&#8221; adoption web site. Here is further information on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spca.bc.ca\/pet-care\/adoption\/5-steps-to-adoption\/\" target=\"_blank\">How to Adopt an Animal<\/a>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The most important element is that this animal should be adopted by a family who is willing to take responsibility for the animal over the holidays and on weekends.Of course we will try to share the responsibility of weekend care but we need a family willing to take the animal if no one else is able.<\/p>\n<p>If you and your family are interested in adopting an animal and lending it to the classroom for the school year, please let me know! Thank you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have taken time to consider and discuss what the most appropriate classroom pet would be. We looked at and discussed the BC SPCA&#8217;s guidelines for classroom pets. In the end, our compromise was to get a hamster* from the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/classroom-pet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-1660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-virtues","tag-virtues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1662,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1660\/revisions\/1662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/mggriffiths\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}