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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. They were brought separately to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. After a waterfall display the performer may sit on a rock, his eyes following the falling water.

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Comebackers

10,000 Birds

However, these islands that were predator-free sanctuaries eventually turned into ecological sinks. In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. They were secure in their isolated home here until humanity came to Laysan in the 1890s.

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