The Pet Issue 2021
It’s a literal fluff issue. Well, and scale, feather and fur issue. In this week’s cover package, we take a look at an organization that pairs service dogs with veterans, tour an exotic bird sanctuary, and find out just what the hell is going on with the practice of horse massage. We also check out the Nashville Zoo’s behavioral-training efforts, meet a couple who cares for a menagerie of reptiles, and look at how the pandemic has affected our furry friends.
- Alejandro Ramirez
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It’s a gloomy day when the Scene stops by the Exotic Avian Sanctuary of Tennessee, but the space is full of bright flashes of color, an array …
- J.R. Lind
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In 2018, 6,435 American veterans died by suicide, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. That’s roughly one every 81 minutes, and ma…
- Steven Hale
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When we meet Watson, he is walking — slowly, purposefully — through Kirk and Libby George’s large backyard in Hendersonville. His stout and sp…
- Megan Seling
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It wasn’t long into the pandemic before the jokes started rolling in — observations about how humans’ lives were turned upside-down, but our d…
- D. Patrick Rodgers
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“Since we’ve had a really cool spring this year, she’s doing it later in the year than what they normally do.”
- Erica Ciccarone
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Chelbie Engle arrives at Liberty Run Stables at 6:30 a.m. to meet her clients. They’ve just returned to Portland, Tenn., after competing in a …
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- JP Olsen
As immigration fears keep workers off job sites, Middle Tennessee’s homebuilders face a tigh…
- Betsy Phillips
Uncovering the little-known history of a 19th-century madam who built a small empire

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