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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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If you’ve had an encounter with a wild animal – a bird stunned by hitting a window, a fox hit by a car, or a family of raccoons unexpectedly found residing in your attic – you know how hard it can be to find help. Animal Help Now is the first nationwide response system for wildlife emergencies.

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Elton’s Egret

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He found it in Gay Frazee , a skilled wildlife rehabber who runs Wildlife ER on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. On a sunny day in early April Gay transported the egret to Chincoteague Island, joined Elton in his boat, and motored out to where the group had gathered. He kept her supplied with minnows as he searched for help.

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Delhi’s Birds Need Help!

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Through the internet, they have forged bonds with other wildlife rehabililators throughout the world. In March, rehabbers in the United States will gather at the annual National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association conference to make contacts, swap information, and learn new techniques. Conservation India wildlife rehabilitators'

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Should Puerto Rico be Part of the ABA Area?

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The Department of Transportation has helped to reopen airports and the Department of Energy has assisted with getting power plants back online. To the extent there is one, the primary animating principle appears to be that the ABA Area includes all of the United States and Canada.

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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

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And you’ve posted a link to a petition to an airline to ask them to stop transporting trophies. Tell me, what happens if we rip away hunting when hunting protects more wildlife land in Africa than national parks? Animal rights is concerned with individual animals, and their suffering and welfare. I’m sorry.

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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools

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Although the class focused “on birds, students also pick up some botany, geology, hydrology, forestry, fisheries, meteorology, and wildlife management,” students also learned “the names, habits, and importance of local animals and plants.” And many become birders. They would know the local streams, lakes, and marshes.

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The Ole’ Bucket List

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Well, this time next week I’ll be winging my way to Cape Town via Auckland and Singapore (air transport is weird sometimes), so this is my last beat post of the year. My animal bucket list hasn’t changed much either, for similar reasons. I need to see some of these before I can replace them with other animals.

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