10 Spirit Animals From Around The World (GALLERY)

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Majestic animals across the world have earned status in many cultures as sacred, with Native American “spirit” or “totem” animals at the forefront of recent discussion. Sparked by recent news of the slaying of an albino moose by hunters in Nova Scotia last week, the Halloween spirit has taken a different twist.

In the Cape Breton Highlands of Nova Scotia, three hunters recently shot and killed a rare albino moose. Their actions, along with posts of the awful deed on social media websites, elicited an outraged response from the indigenous Mi’kmaq community.

Mi’kmaq hunter Danny Paul said to the Canadian Broadcasting Association:

“We know the significance and we’ve been teaching that to the non-native population for almost 500 years — about the importance that this and other white animals played in our lives.

We are not to harm them in any way, shape, or form because they could be one of our ancestors coming to remind us of something significant that’s going to happen within our communities.”

http://www.globalanimal.org/2013/10/15/10-spirit-animals-from-around-the-world-gallery/