When I decided to adopt a guinea pig, I researched heavily on any info on the net. After I discovered the minimum size cage and realised that my cousin's piggy was in a small pet shop cage a third of minimum size, I built a new enclosure for her. Every piece of material I found in regards to welfare of guinea pig, I passed to her. I'm still persuading her to get a friend for her lone piggy.
I adopted my piggies from Australian
Cavy Sanctuary, a guinea pig rescue and shelter in Brisbane, Australia. As soon as I got updated with all the mistreatment and horrible cases in Australia, I volunteered at ACS. We do displays about guinea pig awareness at different places. I have donated money, time, blood, sweat and tears since then for guinea pigs welfare. I've helped rescues missions. I still couldn't believed that I have been involved not a while ago (March this year) but I feel like this is a part of my mission in life and my passion for animal welfare is getting stronger each day.
I'm a strong advocate of adopting instead of buying for people looking for a pet and also against backyard breeding. I donated to different rescues (cats, dogs, rats, etc).
There is no stopping me now.