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revealing views by a keen observer.

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Meet Claire.

Claire Chamberlayne-Pierce

What's there to say about me? My counselors say I don't know how to trust anyone. Why would I? My life is all about being dumped.

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Lost Lake.

Lost Lake

I'm kind of in awe of Kate Holman, who owns this whole, huge wilderness estate. She's obviously loaded.

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Meet Dhani.

Dhani Singh Jones

There is something about this guy that makes me want to protect him, even though he confessed that he lit someone on fire.

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Thunder Falls.

Thunder Falls

I love this spot. At first, we were forbidden to climb up the trail to the top of the falls on our own. When they let us go up there…

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Meet Ray-Ray.

Ray-Ray Aubrey

There is no way this guy should ever have been sent to juvenile detention. He doesn't have a bad bone in his body.

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Night Sounds.

Saw-whet Owl

On one of our first trips into the aviary where Dhani, Ray-Ray, and I will work, all the inmates went sorta berserk over Dhani.

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Tribes.

Tribal Symbols

Jo Rondeau, the wildlife vet here, has put us in animal care teams. One day, we were swimming and Rocco came back…

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Meet Sahm.

Sahm

Dhani says Sahm told him he had to escape from Tibet because the government was planning to kidnap him.

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Beautiful Earth.

Buddha

Sahm has a meditation altar in his cabin. It’s a little table with a small blue statue on it. He told Dhani…

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Meet Steve.

Steve Tanner

I really dislike this man. Don’t care that he was in the Marines. Just because you served your country…

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Swim Free.

Baby Otter

Some of the other girls here squeal over the injured baby otters Jo and her Otter Tribe team…

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Meet Jo.

Josephe “Jo” Rondeau

I admire everything this woman has accomplished. She’s a very skilled wildlife veterinarian…

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Meet Rocco.

Rocco

I liked Rocco the first day we all got together at that park in the country...

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Lil Badass.

Blue Jay

Interesting how different people here are connecting with different animals…

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Meet Imani.

Imani

This girl acts like she’s a lot older. I mean that in a good way…

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Old Soul.

Pal

I heard Pal was saved by Jo from drowning. She's amazing. And he's such a sweet dog…

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Bear Rescue.

Bear Cub

Jo took Rocco with her and Ron one day to rescue two bear cubs…

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Meet Jalil.

Jalil

I swear this kid is speeding. All. The. Time. It’s like being around…

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Hard Knocks.

Box Turtle

We found this guy on the camp road near the path that leads…

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Meet Makayla.

Makayla

Makayla scares me because she is carrying some deep hurt…

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