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Adams with some of his seven animals (not counting his fish) at his home in Grays Ferry. He is holding Buster, 11. Seated with him are Jasmine, 7 (left), a Rottweiler-Husky mix; and Polo, 7 (center), a Pomeranian. Photo: TNS

Brent Adams understands people. That’s why he likes animals better.

“You get to know how bad people are as you get older,” said Adams, 48, who lives with seven cats and dogs in Grays Ferry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the United States. “But animals improve any day.”