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Washington Man Sentenced for Gall Bladder Trafficking

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This man is a meat-cutter from our home state of Washington. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says Wednesday that William A. Investigators say Page admitted buying 35 gall bladders in 2007 and 2008, including 17 from undercover officers. Tags: wildlife trafficking State of Washington bears.

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Physicians Committee Accuses University of Washington of Cruelty to Ferrets

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A national physicians group has filed a federal complaint against the University of Washington, saying its use of ferrets to train medical residents in emergency procedures on babies and children violates a federal animal-welfare law. The complaining group, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, based in Washington, D.C.,

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Beats the Beltway: a review of Bruce Beehler’s book “Natural Encounters”

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The travels in his most recent book Natural Encounters: Biking, Hiking, and Birding Through the Seasons are more limited — to the eastern part of the United States, mostly Washington, D.C. and environs, where he lives and works, and where access to nature is, he shows, surprisingly easy. In addition to his D.C.

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Birding Lake Junaluska

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Elisa and I had been college roommates, meeting the very first day of classes back in 2008. We had stayed close since graduation, regularly visiting each other at her home-base in New York City and mine in Washington, DC, then North Carolina, and now Florida. View of a swimming Mute Swan.

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Masked Trogon as Inspiration: The Art of Luisa Elena Betencourt

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Luisa Elena Betencourt is an artist with a MFA from Washington State University which she got through the Fulbright program in 1992. The Masked Trogon was present in some of the work at this “Huellas de Vida Show” (Traces of Life), but it wasn’t until 2008 that he started to become the theme of the show.

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Finally, A Yellow-throated Warbler in Queens!

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Nonetheless, when work was done I decided to make an attempt, and made my way from New Jersey across the George Washington Bridge, which was at a near standstill; the Cross Bronx Expressway, which was also slow; the Whitestone Bridge, which was actually relatively traffic-free; and down the Cross Island Expressway, which was packed with traffic.

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Evil Twin Brewing Falco India Pale Ale

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The blend itself has nothing to do with falcons, but was named in memory of Oregon brewer Glen Hay Falconer, who met an untimely death in 2002.

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