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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. This is a valuable resource you can pass along to your friends and family, wherever they live.

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Shortage of Donkeys in Africa

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But slaughtering donkeys robs rural African families of animals they rely on for farming and transportation, and their numbers have fallen by half in some countries compared to a decade ago.

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Stormbirds

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We know that Corey and his family came through the ordeal safely, but what of the warblers? Damage to New York included floods caused by the storm surge, power cuts and disruption to transport, including the loss of the railway line that crosses Jamaica Bay.

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Birding Acapulco

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The third weekend of January, I travelled to the coastal city of Acapulco to give a seminar on family finances at a church there. These goods, purchased with Mexican silver, would then be transported overland through Mexico City, and shipped from Veracruz to Spain. And my hosts, God bless them, seemed eager to make that happen.

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Lakshmi’s Owl

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Lakshmi rides an owl as her Vahana (a spirititual being or animal that transports a God) and the Spotted Owlet has been chosen to represent the family. Prayers are offered daily and at this special time of year, her many names are chanted in devotion. One of these names is Ulkavahini , the one who rides an owl.

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One Lucky Flicker

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This beautiful Northern Flicker hit the window of a Family Dollar store in Beacon, NY. She said she could take the flicker if someone could transport her, so Michelle brought the bird to Skye, and Skye and Dylan drove almost 90 minutes round trip to Brewster, where Lia works. That awful sound of a bird hitting a window.

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My Favorite Mexican Birdsongs

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It is not that close of a relative of the Northern Mockingbird , being in the same family, but a different genus. If I ever moved away from Morelia, this ringing call would instantly transport me back here. Blue Mockingbird : No one recording can truly represent the Blue Mockingbird’s song.

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