4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 25, 2012

If you’re on Aimee’s blog, odds are you’re either already an animal lover or en route to becoming one, so it probably should not come as any surprise that I, myself, am also slightly obsessed with our four legged friends. It was the first time I really wouldn’t see my pups on a regular basis or even be able to adopt one (or a few) of my own.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The Great Elephant Census found that populations of Savanna Elephants Loxodonta africana have fallen by 30% between 2007 and 2014 (around 144,000 animals poached or population shrunk at a rate of 8% a year, a level higher than their reproduction rate; source https://peerj.com/articles/2354.pdf That was my first Savanna Elephant in the wild.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 29, 2012

Archaeology has demonstrated that humans were crafting collars for their animals at least 7000 years ago and the possibility that this is a conservative estimate is large. In situations where dogs were primarily guarding domestic animals, collars tended to have studs or spikes to frustrate the jaws of a marauding wolf.

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Dogs Stud Houston Pets 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2013

They are all wonderful people and they are all animal lovers. But I’ve learned we love animals in very different ways. “Why can’t the kittens be adopted,” I asked in her comments section. Don’t just dismiss them as some crazy cat lady who slept through her biology classes in school.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Family 183