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Pets, youth bond through Lake Co. Health Dept. program

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Have you wrestled an alligator? Do you get rabbits? Have you picked up horses? The questions Lake County Animal Care and Control Warden Renee Wright fields from a group of teenage girls are not unusual, but they just touch the surface of what the visits are about at Allendale Association. The 100-plus acre Allendale Association campus near Lake Villa is home to boys and girls, ages 7 to 21, who have experienced emotional trauma.