BSA Pets Merit Badge

Pets Merit Badge

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Merit_Badge Pets

Worksheets Pets

Requirements for the Pets merit badge:

1. Present evidence that you have cared for a pet for four months. Get approval before you start.
   • Work done for other merit badges cannot be used for this requirement.
2. Write in 200 words of more about the care, feeding, and housing of your pet. Tell some interesting facts about it. Tell why you have this kind of pet. Give local laws, if any, relating to the pet you keep.
3. Show that you have read a book or pamphlet, approved by your counselor, about your kind of pet. Discuss with your counselor what you have learned from what you read.
4. Do ONE of the following:
1. Show your pet in some pet show.
2. Start a friend raising a pet like yours. Help your friend get a good start.
3. Train a pet in three or more tricks or special abilities.

Suggested Websites

American Cat Fanciers Association

http://www.acfacat.com/

American Humane Association

http://www.americanhumane.org/

American Kennel Club

https://www.akc.org/

The Humane Society of the United States

https://www.humanesociety.org/

SPAY/USA

https://www.animalleague.org/get-involved/spay-usa/