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MJ's Animals Won't Flock Back to Neverland

Posted Jun 30th 2009 3:16PM by TMZ Staff

If Neverland Ranch is turned into a memorial site for Michael Jackson, don't expect MJ's once beloved animals to make a triumphant return.

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We spoke to Tippi Hedren -- who runs the Shambala Preserve in California where MJ's former tigers (Thriller and Sabu) live -- and she said, "The animals will not be going back ... they're staying with me at the sanctuary."

We also talked to Freddie Hancock -- the owner of the Voices of the Wild Foundation in Arizona which houses MJ's giraffes, birds and reptiles -- and she told us, "These animals have become a part of our lives as they were a part of Michael's ... [the return to Neverland] would depend on a variety of circumstances."

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46. If you don't have ANYTHING nice to say about someone be they alive or died then shut up & quit bitchin. Will someone say something nice about you if you die, think about it.

Too much evil and hate in this world.

Posted at 6:10PM on Jun 30th 2009 by pinkronin67

47. OK, #13, I got a hearty laugh out of that one. Good work. (Also actually sounds like something Flynt would do.)

Posted at 6:15PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Gigantus Erectus

48. NOT TRUE!!!!!!! I will be there in my tie and suit to greet all the fans! Just bring me my damn banana's!

WHOOP WHOOP!! WHOOPY DOOPY DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 7:24PM on Jun 30th 2009 by BUBBLES

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Posted at 7:37PM on Jun 30th 2009 by AMansLife

50. É fácil criticar, é fácil apontar os defeitos, fácil também é Dar as costas e renegar pessoas que precisam de ajuda . Bom sou dessa geração jovem, que só sabia de suas musicas ou de sua história pelo intermédio da midia , que o massacrava constantemente .” Um elogio e um soco”. O sucesso, é sedutor é gratificante Mas o sucesso é tenebroso para quem não o sabe usar ;É como aquele ditado que meu pai diz “de um pouco de poder ao homem e veja até onde ele vai”. Michael Jackson, precisou de ajuda precisou de alguém que dissesse um basta as suas sandices. E a platéia de fora ficou assistindo o circo pegar fogo de camarote, Se divertindo com, o Menino negro que quis se tornar Branco. Quantos de nós mudamos o nosso visual, independente da cor , atirem a 1° pedra quem de nós mulheres nunca alisamos nossos cabelos quem de nós homens nunca fizemos algo de diferente em nós , tanto esteticamente quanto consumista. Aprendam a não serem donos da verdade. MORREU O REI DO POP. Ele fez aparte dele façam a sua também

Posted at 7:43PM on Jun 30th 2009 by cassia rocha

51. Good for her! Keep the animals in a safe place..good for her!

Posted at 8:24PM on Jun 30th 2009 by jane@thebeach

52. Hey, cassia rocha, post in ENGLISH or or everyone on this American website is gonna scroll right past your comment. The very least you could have done was to use Babel or one of the other translation sites, as cruddy as they may be.

Posted at 9:39PM on Jun 30th 2009 by LearnEnglishFromALiberal

53. Bubbles is NOT dead. He's in Florida.
http://www.centerforgreatapes.org/residents-details.aspx?id=6

Now, I do think MJ shares a lot of the blame with making Chimps look like acceptable pets. Bubbles certainly isn't so cute and cuddly now.

Posted at 10:39PM on Jun 30th 2009 by kade

54. Bubbles is not dead he is here: http://www.centerforgreatapes.org/. Check it out!

Posted at 11:24PM on Jun 30th 2009 by whereisbubbles

55. R I P MJ....
I just wanted to say HOW CRUEl ...take away the home he loved with all his heart...NOW they wanna give it back as a remembrance for him ... how cruel! just cruel!

Posted at 12:00PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Nicole

56. AND YOU ALL SHOULD BE ASHAME OF STATING WETHER OR NOT MICHAEL WAS THE "BIOLOGICAL" FATHER WHO CARES !!!!!!!!!!!! HE WAS THEIR ONLY DADDY AND ALWAYS WILL BE!!!!!
ITS 2009 WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE NOW A DAYS BIOLOGICAL OR NOT!!!!!!! THEY WERE LOVED AND CARED FOR AND KNEW ONLY MICHAEL AS THEIR DADDY AND IT SHOULD ALWAYS REMAIN THAT WAY!!!!

HIS OLDEST SON HAS HIS FEATURES ALL THE WAY (just an FYI )

Posted at 11:34PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Nicole

57. AND GEE WHAT A NICE GESTURE TOO GIVE HIM HIS HOME BACK AFTER THEY TOOK IT AWAY FROM HIM ( NOT NICE )
THEIR SHOULD BE A Memorial place and im sure there will be lots of them all around the world but to do it where he lost everything when he was alive (and that place meant so much to him ...when he lost it he was devastated) and now that hes passed on they wanna give it back thats cruel!!

Nicole
R I P
michael Jackson

Posted at 11:39PM on Jun 30th 2009 by Nicole

58. I think the animals should not be sent back to nverland. If anything they should go to the public zoo where children will enjoy seeing them. I believe Michael would've love that very much.

Posted at 12:26AM on Jul 1st 2009 by BajanSweetz

59. The Center for Great Apes is an amazing animal sanctuary. Most of its residents are apes from the entertainment industry whom the trainers (and, in MJ's case, owners) could no longer control simply because of their sizes and personalities.

Bubbles has been there since 2005, when he became too much for his original trainer to handle.

There was a story about this sanctuary in the Southwest Airlines magazine, "Sprit" awhile back.

for those who missed it the first 2 or 3 times, here is the link to Bubbles' page: http://www.centerforgreatapes.org/residents-details.aspx?id=6

Posted at 1:00AM on Jul 1st 2009 by guinevere

60. WHATS WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU DON'T YOU HAVE ANY DESECENCY

Posted at 3:48PM on Jul 4th 2009 by cherklin

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