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How compassionate choices can create safety dilemmas

I adopted a rescue dog to teach my kids about compassion but the dog has severe behavioral issues and bit my neighbor's child yesterday, and now I don't know if keeping him is stubborn love or dangerous denial.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Acts of rescue and care can become complicated when the recipient poses genuine risks to others' wellbeing.

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