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Trauma bonding in Animals

Reddit Animals

I read about the leopard and a cow being an adoptive family because of trauma bond (Media here ). I just knew about this and it's the most endearing thing ever!! I love how living things are connected and emotional. ah, life does have pretty things :) submitted by /u/No-Quail1037 [link] [comments]

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12 Tips for new dog owners.

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This is a great article, and while it is geared towards the new dog at the White House, the tips are important for anyone who is getting ready to welcome a new furry friend into the family. 12 Tips for the Obama Family and Their New Adopted Dog, Bo. But first, if adopted, determine what the dog was previously used to.

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

10,000 Birds

In spite of this New Zealand does have an iconic family of birds that has served as an emblem for the country for over a century, the kiwi. Tags: features , kiwi , national bird , new zealand • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Please click here to see the archive of actual national bird posts.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

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The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. Tags: national wildlife refuge , north america , parks • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Thanks for visiting!

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

And I received confirmation of something I've known since 2004, when we adopted retired racing greyhound, Violet Rays: That there's sort of a critical period for dog-behavior acquisition, and if it's missed, the dog isn't likely to mature into the type of loving being whose behavior we've come to associate with "pet" dogs. And he details why.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds.

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An Affront to the Idea of Family

Animal Person

I'm not one of those people who thinks family is composed of only humans or humans who are biologically related. That's one of the reasons adopting wasn't a stretch for me at all mentally. The idea of family is currently being used by the dairy industry in a series of commercials with the tag line: "99% of dairy farms are family owned."

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