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Heifer International

4 The Love Of Animals

Not only do we love our pets as part of the family, but many times our pets become guides and even therapy aids. However, for millions of families across the globe, a pet is more than just a trusted companion – an animal in their life can be their lifeline to food, sustenance, owning a business and providing for their family.

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Untamed Americas

4 The Love Of Animals

Then travel to the Rockies, for a ringside seat as male bighorn sheep go head-to-head in a bloody battle for breeding rights. Clip – Big Horn Bash: A young male big horned sheep challenges an older male to a fight. Then go to the Atacama Desert where Humboldt penguins raise families in the driest place on earth.

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Urban birding at its best

10,000 Birds

One raft of 20+ Mallards swims by the bank, right in front of jackals, careless like if they were just two sheep! After the Common Starling , my second bird of the morning becomes the largest eagle of Europe, the White-tailed Eagle , this one with a fairly white tail, yet still dark beak, that I estimate to be in its 3rd calendar year.

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Taking Care of your Furry Friends While You’re Away

4 The Love Of Animals

Sites like these will help you find a good kennel, but a good recommendation from a family member or friend is really the best way to go. If you live in or near a more rural area, many farms will also take dogs at an affordable rate, providing both boarding and a host of opportunities for playing outside and interacting with farm animals.

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Dog Collars

4 The Love Of Animals

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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A Stick! A Bird! A Tree!–Books on Nature for Parents & Kids

10,000 Birds

And, if you have family and friends in Los Angeles County who aren’t birders, then you know that many of them have no idea what riches surround them, except maybe P-22, the well-known urban mountain lion. It’s an excellent resource for family and child-learning adventures. The book’s goal is to change all that.

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Sirocco the Kakapo

10,000 Birds

They are rock stars in their family (or group of families, depending on what taxonomists have been smoking lately), a family that includes Scarlet Macaws , Crimson Shining-parrots , Golden Parakeets and Rainbow Lorikeets , and that is no mean feat. Kakapo are bird rock stars.