 Instinct is either natural or learned behavior.
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 Instinct is not love .
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 God gave Animals Instinct to take care of their kind.  They do not have a choice in the matter.
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 Animals contain varying levels of Intelligence .  Their Intelligence enables them to learn or be trained to behave certain ways.
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Learned behavior does not constitute love .
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 Animals are incapable of love .
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 Humans can love Animals but Animals cannot love Humans .
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 Manifesting love to a an Animal is training them to respond in specific ways.  
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These ways are not love although they appear to be love.  This is because the Animal is immitating the Human acts of love.
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Now people can choose to love anything they want.  
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I love my car because it looks good, drives good and is always there for me.  Since my car is innanimate I am not tempted to think it loves me in return.
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Unfortunately, Hunans are Deceived by `love` all the time.  They think a certain person loves them the way they do only, only to find out later they were Deceived .
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With Animals, there is no Deceit .  Why? Because they never love.  They simply are conditioned to behave a certain way and continue to do so until they are conditioned otherwise.
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Remember, God never told us to Love anything in Creation other than Himself and Humans .
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Matthew 22<br><i>
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt Love the Lord thy God with all thy Heart , and with all thy Soul , and with all thy Mind . <br>
38 This is the first and Great Commandment . <br>
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt Love thy neighbour as thyself. <br>
40 On these two Commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets .</i>
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Why?  Nothing in this world is Eternal except Himself and Humans .
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So, we can waste our energies, resources, focus and love on temporal things if we want.
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Matthew 6:20<br><i>
But lay up for yourselves Treasures in Heaven , where neither moth nor rust doth Corrupt , and where thieves do not break through nor Steal :</i>
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Again, the only things that are Eternal are God and Humans .
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