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Isla Isabel – Mexico’s Galapagos

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These mangroves function as a sanctuary for fish and other animals that then make their way as adults across the channel to the coral reefs that surround the island. Swimming with a whale shark on the boat-trip to Isla Isabel. It is a wonderful spot to watch the humpback whales breach in the crystal-clear waters.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Sea lion mothers wail when watching their babies being eaten by killer whales. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences? In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. by Marc Bekoff.

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Where to See Kiwi (and other birds) During the Rugby World Cup

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At sea there are also New Zealand Sea Lions and Southern Right Whales. North of Dunedin is Orokonui , a wildlife Sanctuary modeled on Karori with a fence to keep introduced mammals out. For a limited time during late September and early October the sanctuary will also be hosting Sirocco, the ambassadorial Kakapo !