Many Americans have a pet dog, cat, horse, bird, fish, hamster, or other animal. The most popular pet is a dog. Almost one out of three American households have a dog as a pet. One out of four have a cat as a pet.
Pets are fun, but they are also a big responsibility. Pets need food, water, shelter, and exercise to stay healthy. When you look after a pet, whether it belongs to you or a neighbor, you learn a lot about love, loyalty, and caring. Learning to look after pets — and having fun with them — is what this Adventure is all about.
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Identify an animal that would be good pet for your family.
Choose two animals that are allowed as pets in your community. Compare and contrast why these pets may be a good choice for you.
Based on your choice in requirement 1, investigate how to properly care for your chosen animal.
Discover three ways a pet can help people.
Identify an animal that would be good pet for your family.
Cub Scouts describe their pet or the pet they would like to have.
Visit a local animal shelter and identify an animal that could make for a good family pet.
Cub Scouts explore what animal would make for a good family pet.
Choose two animals that are allowed as pets in your community. Compare and contrast why these pets may be a good choice for you.
Cub Scouts compare and contrast two animals that are allowed in their community.
Cub Scouts will choose two pets that are allowed in their community and create a compare and contrast chart.
Cub Scouts choose an animal that is allowed in their community and present a charades-act of that animal.
Based on your choice in requirement 1, investigate how to properly care for your chosen animal.
Cub Scouts describe the responsibilities, care, and activities that are required for the family pet or an animal that would make for a good family pet.
Cub Scouts investigate how to properly care for pets by visiting with an animal shelter.
Cub Scouts investigate how to properly care for pets by visiting with an animal trainer.
Cub Scouts investigate how to properly care for pets by visiting with a veterinarian.
Discover three ways a pet can help people.
Cub Scouts create a PowerPoint presentation showing three ways a pet can help people.
Invite a professional who has an animal as a partner to discuss their partnership and roles.
Cub Scouts explore why service animals are important.
Director, Global Security Innovative
Strategies
Bray Barnes is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award, Silver
Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Learning for Life Distinguished
Service Award. He received the Messengers of Peace Hero award from
the royal family of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he’s a life member of
the 101st Airborne Association and Vietnam Veterans Association. Barnes
serves as a senior fellow for the Global Federation of Competitiveness
Councils, a nonpartisan network of corporate CEOs, university presidents, and
national laboratory directors. He has also served as a senior executive for the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, leading the first-responder program
and has two U.S. presidential appointments
Managing Member Calje
David Alexander is a Baden-Powell Fellow, Summit Bechtel Reserve philanthropist, and recipient of the Silver Buffalo and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the founder of Caljet, one of the largest independent motor fuels terminals in the U.S. He has served the Arizona Petroleum Marketers Association, Teen Lifeline, and American Heart Association. A triathlete who has completed hundreds of races, Alexander has also mentored the women’s triathlon team at Arizona State University.
President, CEO & Managing Director
Stonetex Oil Corp.
Glenn Adams is a recipient of the Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, Silver Buffalo, and Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. He is the former president of the National Eagle Scout Association and established the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. He has more than 40 years of experience in the oil, gas, and energy fields, including serving as a president, owner, and CEO. Adams has also received multiple service awards from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers.
