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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

When I agreed to read and review Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson's THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING (Harper 2010), the regal Charles Hobson Booger, III was still with us. This includes horses, cats and cows. When it arrived, the day after Charles died, I'll admit to wanting to burn it. And the crying would never stop. And he details why.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. It gives one to wonder why this designation was made. He and his mate were one of the few successful pairs in the whole eastern flock!

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