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Spirit Animal Meanings: Wolf
After reading Identifying Your Spirit Animal , you may have found your unique Spirit Animal. Follow our series as we run through some of the more popular ones. When you uncover yours, you may find out some very powerful insights which reflect your personality, skills or situations. Spirit Animals may provide guidance on: Aspects of yourself which may already be strongly developed or need more exploration. Situations or environmental factors which may have a strong emotional impact on your daily life. Life directions which you may consider reflecting on. The Wolf Sharp, Intelligent and instinctive The insatiable appetite for freedom Strong expressive instinct Feeling threats or lacking of trust in others…
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Identifying Your Spirit Animal
What is a Spirit Animal? Also commonly known as your “Power Animal” your Spirit Animal represents much more than just a generic symbol. Your personal connection is empowered and deepened within any venture. Animals surround us in an ever-present manner, be it our beloved pet dog or the lone roaming coyote you stumble across regularly on a hiking trail. Quite often, we lack the understanding of the symbolism behind their very nature and what defines them. Traditionally, Shamans believe that Spirit Animals or “Totems” are the reveal of your protection or guide throughout your journey in this life. Relating to a specific power animal offers influential insight into our very…
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Unmistakable Happiness: A Mother Elephant And Her Calf Reunite After Three Years Apart
By The Rain Forest Site At just three and a half years old, she was taken from her mother and sold to work carrying tourists. She suffered under a training regimen meant to break her spirit and make her easier to work with. After three years of hard labor and emotional distress, she could take no more and stopped eating as a result of her depression. Fortunately, her owner decided to release her to Elephant Nature Park, a sanctuary for distressed elephants. Rescuers managed to track her mother down and reunited the pair in April 2015. They now live at the park, where Me-Bai is learning to live in the…
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The Spirit Bear Finally Has A Permanent Home Thanks To Historic Agreement
After a long fight, 85 percent of the Great Bear Rain forest, part of the world’s largest coastal temperate rain-forest, is now off-limits to loggers. A rare species of bear, sacred to First Nations peoples, now has a permanent home among huge cedar trees, complex networks of fjords, and 21 million acres of pristine forest. The landmark agreement includes a partnership between First Nations peoples and logging companies in British Columbia, Canada. Instead of a pure conservation pact, logging companies can harvest trees in certain sections of the Great Bear Rain-forest. However, these companies must do so in a sustainable, ecological way. Save the Great Bear notes the agreement incorporates…
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A Zoo Flamingo Had To Be Euthanized After A Man Allegedly Attacked Her
Pinky, a 19-year-old Chilean flamingo at Busch Gardens Tampa, in Florida, had to be euthanized on Tuesday after a park visitor allegedly picked her up and threw her to the ground. Karen Varga-Sinka, a Busch Gardens Tampa representative, told BuzzFeed News the flamingo “was immediately transported to the park’s Animal Care Center where veterinarians made the decision to humanely euthanize her based on the severity of her injuries.” The suspect was identified as Joseph Anthony Corrao, a 45-year-old from Orlando, Florida, who was visiting the park with his family. Corrao was detained by Busch Gardens’ security and arrested by Tampa police officers. He was charged with felony animal cruelty, the…
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Their Cat Brought In A Baby Squirrel – So Being The Right Thing To Do, They Helped Him Recover!
Hmm outdoor cats – some surprises may come home with them after being out hunting. After all, that’s what cats do! In reality, cats are just showing us their appreciation for the things we do and how much they truly love us, but as animal lovers, the thought alone is terrifying! Munchkin’s owners had a first hand experience when she brought them a gift – in the form of a tiny Antelope Ground Squirrel. The little guy was assumed dead when Munchkin’s owner found him in a pile of dust bunnies on the floor. Their rather large dog was towering over him staring, possibly trying to figure out what he…
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Do Animals Grieve Like Us?
Capable of expressing a vast array of emotions, you cannot deny the cat who protests to being served the wrong food or the dog who gives you the dejected stare from behind the closed door. The real question which regularly pops up however, is do animals mourn the death of others outside of the species – homo sapiens. Evidence strongly suggests that they not only grieve the loss of a loved one, but they actually express this in many ways. Zookeepers in New York’s Central Park Zoo recently reported the grieving process Gus the polar bear has gone through after Ida, his partner of 24 years was euthanized due to liver…
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