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The Brown and Peruvian Pelicans

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The species reached pre-pesticide numbers by the late 1990s and was fully delisted in 2009. Abandoned fishing line also threatens pelicans along with many marine animals. The Brown Pelican is Louisiana’s state bird. They had to be reintroduced to that state in 1968. Pelicans are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.

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Emmylou Harris on Dogtown tonight!

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Theresa, an abandoned pit bull, has a mysterious mass in her belly. Friday, April 17, 2009 at 10 PM ET/PT. Music star Emmylou Harris calls for help with a vicious shepherd mix named Gunnar, leaving animal behavior specialist Sherry Woodard only a few days to come up with a plan to overcome his aggression. DOGTOWN: A FIGHTING CHANCE.

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Rescue Ink Unleashed

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Check out this video from the premier episode: RESCUE INK UNLEASHED is a new weekly series that documents this unlikely group of animal activists on their crusade to save helpless, abandoned and abused animals. Rescue Ink Unleashed originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 27, 2009. Photo Credit: © NGT/Andrew Baxt).

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A Bird Sings in Camden

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In 2004, 2005, and 2009, it was ranked as the most dangerous city in the United States and in 2008 there were 2,333 violent crimes per 100,000 residents. Camden is the poster child for the post industrial collapse of American urban areas. It was once a beautiful city but it has fallen on the hardest of hard times.

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There’s a bear! There’s a bear!

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Like many others, this village was totally abandoned and only recently repopulated, with a current population of only 18 people. By the last year of the war, the US increased its military aid to the Greek Government and introduced a new weapon: the first napalm attack after World War II took place right here!

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Race for the Rescues

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The event will be held on Sunday, October 4th, 2009. Each year these groups combined, rescue and find homes for over 2,000 abandoned Southland dogs and cats, animals that most likely would otherwise have lost their lives. Race for the Rescues originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on September 14, 2009.

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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

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And, given the unstable political situation (slightly improved since the unified government of 2009), paucity of fuel, high crime-rate and dire poverty, it is probably last on the list of many traveling birders. Zimbabwe is last in the alphabetical atlas of countries of the world.

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