When they then gave the animals a compound that blocked substance P, they found that it also blocked the distress response.

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Under a program sponsored by FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, veterinary teams from around the country tended to animals' wounds, gave them food and water, vaccinated them against rabies and tried to reunite them with their owners or send them off to shelters for possible adoption.

NPR: FEMA's Efforts to Help Pets Draw Criticism

In fact, he was even heckled by one or two audience members and approached by at least one after the show, who gave him a lecture on the mistreatment of animals.

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Our interactions also gave Mr. Gut a chance to pair students with animals, assigning timid dogs to timid people.

WSJ: Learning to Dog Sled in Bavaria, Germany

Gaia, Greek Goddess of Earth, was worshipped on the island of Crete as the ancient mistress of all the animals, and the many cults that grew up in her name gave rise to modern geography, the now accepted biochemical Gaia Hypothesis, and what the ancient Greeks considered the most sacred of all oaths: our indebtedness to Earth.

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While many owners gave their pets to zoos or put them down rumours started that some people released their animals into the wild where their offspring still roam to this day.

BBC: Essex lion: Charting the big cats of Britain

While many owners gave their pets to zoos or put them down, some people are believed to have released their animals into the wild where - according to rumours - their offspring still roam.

BBC: Drop in big cat reports to Devon and Cornwall Police