Animals often neglected if given as presents - advocate

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You wouldn't buy your child a sibling as a present, so don't buy a companion animal without thinking very hard. That's the message from Mini Vadke from Mama Mini's rescue in Palmerston North, who knows too well how often animals are neglected or abandoned if they're given to friends or family as Christmas presents. Shih tzu-loving reporter Jimmy Ellingham paid Mama Mini's a visit.