In honor of #NationalPetDay we’re answering the often asked question around pets in camp! Japanese Americans were expressly banned from taking pets along with them to camp, but pets nonetheless found their way in. Most pets were found at camp, or were later shipped by friends.
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Many incarcerees made pets out of the local fauna. For instance, Minidoka Reports Officer John Bigelow noted that many inmates there trapped jackrabbits they made into pets, and others kept lambs, chickens, geese, and pigeons.