These two boys, Charlie on the left and Liam on the right, came to us as rescues via a Georgia shelter in late October 2020. Anything on the counter is fair game to be examined and turned into a plaything: pens, receipts, pill bottles, etc. We’ve found curious trinkets apparently dislodged from the heating vents that have now become swatting toys. They are most enjoyable when it becomes wrestling time, like now.

Scott Farley

Salem

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