DutchNews, February 17, 2016
A children’s farm in Duiven is offering
guinea pigs, mice or ‘tame’ rats for hire to prevent impulse buying.
Kinderboerderij Horstenpark is offering a six-week lease (including a cage) for
€15 plus a €35 deposit.
According to the Gelderlander, the farm has been
offered so many unwanted pets in recent years that its pens and cages are full.
It is also trying to stop parents bringing in animals simply because children
have become bored with them.
Stress
The leases can be extended for another six
or 12 weeks, and if parents decide their child has truly fallen in love with
the pet, they can buy it for €10.
But Renate Bartels, from the petting zoo,
told the Gelderlander that rabbits would not be available: ‘These animals get
easily stressed. You should not haul them from place to place. For rats, guinea
pigs and mice, this isn’t an issue.’
The Telegraaf says that animals are only
hired out after a few months at the farm so they have acclimatised and don’t
find it too stressful.
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