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All Three Populations of North American Trumpeter Swans Are Increasing

10,000 Birds

Although it was formerly abundant and geographically widespread, Trumpeter Swan numbers and distribution were greatly reduced during the early fur trade and European settlement of North America (1600’s to 1800’s), when it was prized for its skins and primary feathers 1.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

In December 2005 a 50-foot, 50-ton, female humpback whale got tangled in crab lines and was in danger of drowning. I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. They still remembered one another when they were inadvertently reunited. A Grateful Whale.

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