People name their pets, of course. But in recent years, we’ve been getting to know a lot of wild animals on a first-name basis through national and international news stories.
When did they start getting names? And why? Here & Now‘s Robin Young and Peter O’Dowd find out what’s in a name from Vicki Croke (@TheWildLifeWBUR), host of WBUR’s The Wild Life blog.
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