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Article: Think twice about film-inspired pet.(Daily Break)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2009
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By Sue Manning
The Associated Press
THE DISNEY MOVIE "G-Force" shows a squad of specially trained, computer-generated guinea pig spies coming to the world's rescue. Now that the movie has opened in theaters this weekend, though, animal activists say it will be real-life guinea pigs who need rescuing.
Some guinea pig rescue groups have already posted pleas to those who might rush out to buy the furry little rodents.
"I can tell you, every single rescue in the United States and abroad took a look at that movie trailer and said, 'Oh God, here we go,'\" said Whitney Potsus, vice president of The Critter Connection Inc. in Durham, Conn.
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