4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 6, 2010

An entire lion pride battles a large buffalo to down the beast. A blood feud erupts when scavenging hyenas move in on the kill. Beyond the blood and gore lies a stark reality: Big cats kill to live and live to kill. Leopards creep from the bushes to hunt and retreat into the trees before falling prey to larger killers.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Most likely orphaned by poachers who killed her mother for profit, the one-year-old baby is believed to have been subsequently attacked by local Maasai tribesmen who were angry about losing their traditional grazing land to the park. Sheldrick is fourth-generation Kenya-born and has spent the better part of her life tending wild animals.

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Elephants Kenya Wounded Rhinos 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?

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