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Human-Animal Bond Deep, Mysterious


Animals  (tags: animals, humans, bond, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, pets, wildlife )

Cher
- 287 days ago - enidnews.com
It is difficult to feel sorry for the Connecticut woman whose pet chimpanzee attacked her friend earlier this week, putting her in the hospital in critical condition. Then again, it's hard not to.
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Kit B. (177)
Friday February 20, 2009, 9:16 am
I suppose it is easy to forget these guys are not human, we have close biological bonds. However, people are constantly warned about possible - almost all unexpected - consequences of expecting the chimps to think and react as humans. They have their own internal measures of right and wrong and human standards do not necessarily apply. Cats and dogs have been domestic partners with humans for thousands of years now, and still may react in unexpected ways, fortunately less often then creatures that are not and most probably should not be domesticated - rather protected in their own environment.
 
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