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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

I’d been volunteering at rescues through my young adulthood, and I was training as a cat socializer, teaching terrified felines — the unlucky victims of cruel people — to trust humans again. day, I had come home to a scraggy, skittish stray of my own. All of these afflictions are human-caused and largely preventable.

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The Hummingbird that Answered My Heart’s Calling by Noelle M. Meade-Izzi

10,000 Birds

From Owls in the Family to Wesley the Owl , the narrative in which a human interacts with another species and learns a bit about life along the way has long been a popular and affecting one. This is a pretty good model of the modern environmental ethic of self-restraint and respectful watching.

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

4 The Love Of Animals

Imagine the heart exploding with happiness that the beautiful pet you have supported and loved, has found forever love with a great family. But perhaps their human passed away, or maybe they fell on hard times and just couldn’t afford pet care any longer. Fostering is a wonderful experience. Look at tail wag.

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