To celebrate the dog days of summer and everything animal-related in July, we welcomed, for the first time, the Any Rat Rescue. This non-profit organization specializes in rescuing, fostering and finding homes for affectionate rats that can sometimes be ignored due to a negative stigma about them. Domestic rats are actually much different than wild rats and most people don’t really know that information. It’s like comparing dogs to wolves! The volunteers from Any Rat Rescue shared with us that cats, dogs and children can generally come to get along with rats and they are fairly easy to tend to, much like a ferret actually. We snapped a picture (blurry, but the best we could get) of one of the foster rats, Travis, whose lovely white coat and unusual dumbo ears made him a Bookmans favorite! You can catch the Any Rat Rescue again at our Animal Fair this upcoming Saturday on July 24 where they’ll be set up for more rat meet and greets and information about what they do. Check out the Flickr pictures.