philotherian, n. and adj.
A person concerned with or interested in wild animals.


Such a man as scorned the cow
Walks with bison even now.
Than the neighbour's silken kitten
He with lynx cub was more smitten;
Emptied he the kennel bowl,
Lending lung to lupine howl;
Paused he not to cut a crow
If it helped him ravens know;
Pink and black pigs he despised,
Scent of boar he higher prized;
With two bison he now walks,
Grateful neither is an ox;
May he meet his comely ape,
Be their issue out of shape.

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