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The return of the Old Man

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Many have been shot since the project started, despite a great deal of publicity raising awareness of the birds. As long as the birds remain within the confines of the Laguna they are safe, but they are very vulnerable once they wander outside, and especially so when migrating to and from Austria.

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What’s Up with the ABA?  Part III (Finances)

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From 2003-2010, the ABA averaged about $1.9M In 2014 , the accountants seem to have first raised the issue of “substantial doubt” about the ABA’s ability “to continue as a going concern.”. The end result is an organization in debt and with substantially less revenue than it had in the 2000s. The details are below. # # #.

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Do Birds Feel Love?

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Wild birds I’ve raised from tiny, featherless orphans demonstrate attachment to me, as would be expected for any young creature with a surrogate mother, even a weird, long-limbed primate mother. Needless to say, this makes them quite pleasant to raise. I chalked it up to the fact that the three had been hand-raised from a young age.

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Mad Cow Disease Appears in California

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But the disease has dealt a crippling blow to the industry in the past, especially when foreign countries refused to import American beef when mad cow was first uncovered in 2003. Beef cattle are raised in nearly every California county. Department of Agriculturetests about 40,000 cows a year in its effort to catch the disease.

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Why Is the Federal Government Awarding Contracts to a Company That Was Involved in Smuggling Primates?

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They were denied contracts by HHS back in 2003 due to what the government said was an insufficient response for their RFP. Biggest contracts: $232,500 with Army for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. 49,620 with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for Live Animals, Not Raised for Food. Signed on 2005-08-12.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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When Nadeem and Mohammed first began in 2003, few veterinarians would suture the wounds of birds, saying they were too small. In a sequence of events to which every wildlife rehabilitator can relate, stories of the brothers who cared for injured birds circulated, their telephone began to ring, and their quest for medical knowledge escalated.

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“Condors over Cologne” – Rogue Ales & Spirits: Condor Kolsch

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After a slow start, enough chicks had been hatched and raised by 1991 to allow for the release of captive-bred condors in the wild in California. Reintroduction efforts expanded to Arizona in 1996, and later, to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. A portion of all draft and bottle sales of Condor Kolsch will be donated to these programs.