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The Gift of Friendship at The Donkey Sanctuary

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It’s about a donkey at The Donkey Sanctuary called Zena, and the story follows the tough times she encountered growing up and how the Donkey … Continue reading → The post The Gift of Friendship at The Donkey Sanctuary appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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Chimpanzee Sanctuary

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More than that though, we love the work this chimpanzee sanctuary is doing to help chimps that used to be part of laboratories. We love this video from Bridget and Animal Nation! Please take a moment to watch. If you want to find out more about Save the Chimps, you can visit their website at www.savethechimps.org.

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Toronto Zoo's Remaining Elephants to Go to Sanctuary

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Not only is Toronto closing its elephant exhibit, but the City Council voted to send the remaining elderly elephants to the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) sanctuary instead of another zoo. This is excellent news.

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Farm Sanctuary needs help.

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Farm Sanctuary recently came to the aid of six male Holstein calves, several just days old, who had been abandoned without food or water and left for dead. Farm Sanctuary operates the country’s largest farm animal rescue and adoption network. Farm Sanctuary needs help. Click here to learn more about joining the FAAN program.

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The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary

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Sometimes a book just grabs and pulls you in, and The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience and Recovery is one of those books! I just had to know what was going to happen as the author, Andrew Westoll, worked at this special sanctuary. Also, you can learn more about Fauna Sanctuary at faunafoundation.org.

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Orokonui Sanctuary, Dunedin

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Mainland island sanctuaries are popular in New Zealand for any number of reasons. Orokonui Sanctuary’s headquarters and reserve. I’ve written before about such projects in Taranaki and Wellington. Two weekends ago I had the chance to visit another such project, Orokonui, near the southern city of Dunedin.

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The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs

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The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs , in Cleveland, OH is a wonderful organization! The Sanctuary for Senior Dogs makes a lifelong commitment to the dogs they rescue. so even if the dog is too ill or too poorly socialized to be adopted into a loving home, that dog stays with an experienced Sanctuary foster caregiver for life.

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Dog Town: Sanctuary

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Dog Town: Sanctuary originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on January 22, 2010. “Shaggy the Survivor” – After surviving 6 years alone in the Grand Canyon, this wild and dreadlocked pup is heading to DogTown. “Puppy Puzzles” – Penny’s a little too clever for Mike and Elissa’s own good.

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Silent Auction to Benefit Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Tags: chimpanzees seattle State of Washington animal sanctuary.

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Awesome Pig Sanctuary

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Pigs Peace Sanctuary is a wonderful place. Tags: animal sanctuary pot-bellied pigs. They rescue farm pigs and pot-bellied pigs,farm animals, dogs, cats, you name it. We've visited it.

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Followup: Some Zoo Keepers Fighting to Stop Elephant Transfer to Sanctuary

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War has erupted between Toronto Zoo elephant keepers and the animal rights group helping to co-ordinate a move of three aging elephants to a California sanctuary. That’s insubordination — city staff can’t go above their managers’ head and do those kinds of things,” Woodyer said. They were trying to sabotage the process.

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Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest is New Favorite!

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Tags: chimpanzees animal research animal sanctuary.

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Sanctuary Founder Arraigned on Hit-and-Run Death

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I hope the sanctuary animals find good homes. Tags: animal sanctuary. But, again, it's a sad story for the victim and the accused. Even worse, the accused appears to have tried to cover up the hit-and-run. They shouldn't be made to suffer for all this.

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Chimpanzees in Sanctuaries Reflect Widespread Smuggling

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The chimpanzee population is decreasing in the wild, but their numbers are increasing in sanctuaries. It makes sense. There are more rescues because there is more smuggling. Research shows this is what's happening in Cameroon.

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Bob Barker Offers to Pay to Move Canadian Elephants to Sanctuary

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Legendary game show host Bob Barker says it will cost $200,000 to move three elephants from the Toronto Zoo to a California sanctuary, and he doesn't mind paying for it himself. I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement. Excerpted from CBC News.

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Sea Shepherd "Escorts" Japanese Whaling Fleet From Sanctuary

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We did not actually expect them to follow our orders to quit the Whale Sanctuary but they have indeed exited and are now running outside the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary.” Or they just decided to leave. “We Said Captain Paul Watson. They have not killed a single whale since February 5th. It's certainly been an eventful season.

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Escaped Cow Goes to Sanctuary

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A cow that escaped from a slaughter house in NY City has been allowed to go to an animal sanctuary.

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New Year’s Day Birding at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

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The best place I could come up with that was within a short drive of my in-laws’ place in Yorba Linda was the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in nearby Irvine, only a quick twenty-minute drive away. I appreciated that aspect of the sanctuary a great deal. San Joaquin was the perfect choice! Especially not like this.

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Yamnuska Wolfdog Sanctuary Alberta.

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Support Farm Sanctuary!

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Love this group! Here's a book that you can buy about rescued farm animals and their stories. It should be inspiring and it's a great way to support an extraordinary organization.

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Farm Sanctuary Wary about Tom Vilsack for USDA

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While the Humane Society was pretty happy with Vilsack as Obama's pick for the Department of Agriculture, the Farm Sanctuary is wary. Bauer is the president and co-founder of the Farm Sanctuary. This is a December 18 post from Gene Bauer's blog pointing out some concerns about Vilsack.

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Visit the Macaw Lodge in Costa Rica

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Just two hours from the capital, is situated the Macao Sanctuary, a natural reserve located in the rain forest, in the mountains of the Costa Rican Central Pacific. The birding routes are easily accessible and go through the different micro-ecosystems and different habitats of the sanctuary, finding different species in each of them.

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The Too-Friendly Scrub Jays of Cruickshank Sanctuary

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And sure, it’s really great to see the Scrub Jays at the pay station at Cape Canaveral or the Scrub Jay trail at Merritt Island, but if you want to really experience the Scrub Jays, you have to travel down the road to Rockledge and visit Cruickshank Sanctuary.

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Maple Farm Sanctuary Needs Your Help!

Animal Person

I' m concerned about Maple Farm Sanctuary , whose founders are two of the seven subjects in our new film , and I was wondering if you'd be willing to reach out through your blog to let people know that the sanctuary is in a financial tight spot right now. The sanctuary runs on a very modest budget of approximately $55,000 year.

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Rescued bears open their Christmas gifts in sanctuary

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. 9-mile route that takes you down the prairie uplands and salt marshes that make up much of the Bolivar Sanctuary.

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Emerging birding destinations: Serbia

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For 3-4 days, opt for the hills, Tresnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary and the nearby Tara Mountain National Park with 140 species (not too much, but with Hazel Grouse , Ural , Pygmy and Tengmalm’s Owls , White-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers among them). Great Bustard Sanctuary. Tresnjica Griffon Vulture Sanctuary.

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Amazing Wildlife Sanctuaries In India For Adventurous Safaris And Encounters With The Wild

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Rescue Spotlight: Best Friends Parrot Garden

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The Parrot Garden is a special spot at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. Pet birds often end up losing their homes, just like dogs and cats. Many of them have special needs, especially because of their long life spans.

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A Chance for Bliss

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This means that once an animal arrives at the sanctuary they become a permanent resident, and will remain until such time that they pass away, be that a matter of days, weeks, months or years. To date we have welcomed more than 175 animals to the sanctuary, and there have been more than 80 who have peacefully passed away while in our care.&#.

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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

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From the Farm Sanctuary. For 25 years, Farm Sanctuary has relied on the Walk to support its mission to protect farm animals from cruelty and inspire change in the way society views and treats farm animals. For more information on the Walk and how to register, please visit walkforfarmanimals.org.

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Adorable Cubs Found Packed In A Suitcase back from Ukraine Begin New Life At US Sanctuary

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Work starts on new sanctuary for captive breeding of Sumatran rhinos

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Sanctuary Tails

Animal Ethics

Here is the Farm Sanctuary blog.

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Organizations Putting Animals First

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Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. Formed in 2007, this organization seeks to promote the humane treatment of animals by promoting effective animal sanctuary management. The group offers information on everything from how to start an accredited, recognized sanctuary, to the best was to acquire necessary resources.

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Farm Sanctuary

Animal Ethics

Sponsor a sanctuary animal.

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On Betraying Your Family

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Allow me to suggest an answer: It looks like Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary or Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary or Maple Farm Sanctuary or another place where animals are rescued from certain betrayal and death, often under the guise of "love" and "family." What does that look like?

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BARE NECESSITIES: Four Rescued Bears Meet For The First Time At Sanctuary In The Swiss Alps - ViralTab

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The Lady with 700 Cats

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Narrated by actor Jane Lynch of Glee fame, the program chronicles the story of Lynea Lattanzio, who is the founder and owner of California’s largest cat sanctuary. Founder and owner of California’s largest no-cage, no-kill cat sanctuary, Lattanzio lives with more than 700 cats. Can you imagine, 700 cats?!

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary. This deal represents a major victory for farmed animals,” explains Gene Baur, president and co-founder of Farm Sanctuary. July 8, 2011 – In a groundbreaking move that should result in the greatest advancement for farmed animals in U.S.

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Pelican named Arvy survives frostbite, sent to sanctuary

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Cute of the day: Sloths

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Have you heard of the Aviarios Del Caribe sloth sanctuary in Costa Rica? You can find out more about the sanctuary, as well as tours and donations by going here: [link]. We hadn’t either until we saw it featured on The Cute Show. These vulnerable creatures jungle home is being slowly destroyed.

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Four Rescued Bears Meet For The First Time At Sanctuary In The Swiss Alps

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