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Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

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The history of Tembe Elephant Park in South Africa is a slightly unusual one. But it wasn’t founded to serve as a refuge for human refugees, but animal ones, specifically elephants. The park did have a pack of African Wild Dogs, or Painted Wolves, the species I had gone to Africa to see. The days were demanding.

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10 Reasons Street Dogs Deserve to be Defended

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After all, dogs have the longest history of co-habitation with humans of any animal. Yup, I was rescued in Africa. You prevent that dog from producing puppies, and those puppies from producing puppies, and on and on for centuries maybe. dogs guest post people helping animals' Get a street dog.

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Falakhe’s Story

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Early starts are the rule when monitoring endagered species in Mkuze Game Reserve, in South Africa, but there’s a particular urgency to this morning’s start. It was, based on a quick glance, a puppy, around 6 to 7 months old. Pippa called the park ranger in charge of animals. It was not a pretty sight.

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Busch Gardens’ Baby Cheetah Gets a New Puppy Pal

4 The Love Of Animals

Just a month after Busch Gardens took in a cheetah cub whose mother wasn’t caring for it, the park’s animal care team has identified the perfect four-legged friend for the 8-week-old cat: a 16-week old female yellow Labrador puppy. This social bond will be a very similar relationship, and they will be together for life.”.

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Awkward Fostering

4 The Love Of Animals

It turns out that people are not the only ones, who can adopt children – animals are good at this as well. Although, it is not for the first time when inter-species adoption occurs, but every single case is getting more and more exciting – animals can not only be friends, but parents and brothers as well.

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