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Kim V

2019-06-23
By: lhcos
On: June 23, 2019
In: Local Representatives

The Local Reps team warmly welcomes their newest member: Kim V joins the team from Indiana! Kim says: Hi! I’m Kim so glad to be here as a local rep! I’m from Northwest Indiana (chesterton, IN). I am a stay at home wife due to health issues. Animals have always been in my life from when I was a little girl to when i was a teen and we started rescuing greyhounds. Around then is when I really saw what behind the scene things happen to animals especially  their treatment. So when I got into hermit crabs 2 years ago when my husband and IRead More →

Junior Local Representative Program

2016-11-15
By: lhcos
On: November 15, 2016
In: Society

What is the role of a LHCOS Junior Local Representative? A Junior LR is someone between 13 and 18 years of age who embodies the mission of LHCOS/CSJ and will become a full Local Representative when they are old enough. We want our Junior Local Representatives to be safe above all else and will never ask you to do anything that would put you in harms way! LHCOS/CSJ requires an acknowledgement from your parents if your application is accepted. The Crab Street Journal is the flagship site for the LHCOS C.A.R.E. program. It encompasses all of the aspects of the program and all CCC memberRead More →

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New to hermit crabs? Begin with Start Here before applying care standards.

Content on this site is informed by decades of hermit crab care research and education published through Crab Street Journal.

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Educational content published by LHCOS reflects the standards, research, and care philosophy developed and maintained through Crab Street Journal.

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