What Shelters Owe Traumatized Animals

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What do we owe the neediest animals who arrive in our shelters looking for a second chance?

We owe them a safe harbor and time—time to abandon fear, to forget a haunted past, and most important of all, to learn that humans can be trusted after all. Indeed, with the right amount of love, kindness, compassion, positive conditioning, and, when necessary, veterinary intervention, psychologically wounded animals, like humans, have a remarkable capacity for resilience.

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