Music to their fuzzy ears: shelter animals soothed by the sound of strings

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A girl holding a cello looks at a dog in a shelter cage as the dog stands up on its hind legs.
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Paloma Masching, a high school student from Lakewood, played her cello for the dogs at the Denver Animal Shelter in July.

A girl plays a cello at an animal shelter.
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A close up picture of an orangutan as the animal listens to a violin, seen out of focus in the foreground.
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A woman kneels down near a white dog with a black and gray face.
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