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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

4 The Love Of Animals

Sasha, adopted at approximately nine months old, has taken roughly thirteen years to trust humans enough to be stroked while she’s standing on the floor. My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts. Be the person your dog thinks you are.

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My Favorite Release

10,000 Birds

We let a one-eyed Bald Eagle go after a year of battling state officials in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky. Biologists are trying to get them to adopt nest boxes, but no luck with the CA birds so far. “Long story made some what short,” wrote Heather Merritt, with Birds in Flight Sanctuary in Warren, Ohio. “We

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

10,000 Birds

Most of my family lives in Indiana, but thanks to social media we can easily keep in touch. “Why can’t the kittens be adopted,” I asked in her comments section. I took my furlough due to the government shut down as a chance to go down to Indiana and visit my family. “They don’t want to be inside.