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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Many animals also display wide-ranging emotions, including joy, happiness, empathy, compassion, grief, and even resentment and embarrassment. It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions.

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Sneeze Prone? Top 5 Dogs for Allergy Suffers

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In fact, it has nothing to do with a dog’s fur. What happens is that the dander is released via fluids or gets embedded in the dog’s fur which is then spread in the air and attached on multi-surfaces when a dog urinates, salivates or sheds. It’s actually the dog’s dander (skin flakes).

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Each fly has a name and a ‘recipe’ to follow for its creation, a complicated procedure utilizing a hook, sometimes fur, sometimes wool, but always brightly colored feathers from rare birds. The Flame Bowerbird, for example. Kelson, published in 1895. Mostly adult males.

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Make This the Year You Do Right by Animals

Animal Ethics

For example: 1. Second, many of the things you can do to stop supporting animal cruelty—like not buying or wearing fur or fur trim—require minimal effort and no expense! Obviously, since not buying and not wearing fur requires minimal effort and no expense, that's a good place to start. Where should you begin?

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