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adoption 1. of alien young. Individual dams of all species may adopt strange neonates, and some ewes will even attempt to poach from others, but special measures have to be taken in most cases to foster alien young. Sows are probably the easiest to deceive. Queens will accept foster kittens if they are within about 2 weeks of the age of their own kittens. Reluctant ewes may accept strange lambs only if they are rubbed with secretions from their own. 2. also used in reference to the placing of stray or otherwise unwanted dogs and cats into ownership, as stray animals obtained from an animal shelter. |
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| ) as the reason not to adopt
domestically--that children of color from other countries aren't
actually children of color and can "pass" and be treated as
white, which sure is easier for the white adopting parents. Adopting parents can use the tax credit up to five years after the
adoption is finalized. " They promised
that "the child have the intelligence and the physical and mental
background to meet the reasonable expectations of the adopting parents. |
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