4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2010

I recently got a chance to read a charming new book called The Dog Who Healed a Family: And Other True Animal Stories That Warm the Heart & Touch the Soul. Anyone who has ever loved a pet will relate to the power that animals can have on a person. It was a fun read, and reminded me of so many of our own stories with our pets.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 21, 2010

So in celebration, here is a fun list of Five Famous First Pets. Macaroni the pony. First Pet, 1963): John F. Kennedy’s family owned many pets, including a horse, which was a present to 5 year-old Caroline Kennedy. First Pet, 1789-1791): In addition to horses and hound dogs, George Washington owned a parrot.

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MARCH 15, 2021

And Giant Otters are still common in the rivers around Karanambu Ranch, home of the late “otter lady”, Diane McTurck, who used to rehabilitate orphaned otters and whose family still runs the lodge. Decades of trapping for the pet industry drove them to the brink of extinction, and their survival into the future was seriously in doubt.

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