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Russian President's Dogs Win It Big!!!

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Two of President Dmitry Medvedev's dogs won top prizes in the Eurasia 2009 dog show! His third dog only got 2nd place, and will probably be assisting border guards near the Republic of Georgia or some other exciting place.

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Save the Painted Bunting, y’all: Keep wonder alive

10,000 Birds

For reasons no one fully understands, much of Mississippi, Alabama, and inland Georgia lack Painted Buntings during the breeding season, a gap of several hundred miles. These two points are discussed thoroughly in Tom Schulenberg’s 2009 account for Neotropical Birds Online: Painted Bunting: Distribution. Photo by Andy Morffew.

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DOGTOWN: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption

4 The Love Of Animals

A prime example is the story of Georgia, a dog rescued from the Michael Vick dog fighting ring. DOGTOWN: Tales of Rescue, Rehabilitation, and Redemption originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 19, 2009. It’s not just a great book about dogs, it’s also educational.

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Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family–A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

10,000 Birds

Press, 2009). Dr. Whit Gibbons is a well-known herpetologist, Professor Emeritus of Ecology, University of Georgia, and former Head of the Environmental Outreach and Education program at the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL). He has written several books, including Turtles of the United States and Canada, 2nd ed. , (with Carl H.

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Dragonflies and Damselflies of the East: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Press in 2009), active participation in the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and leading dragonfly trips to Costa Rica and, hopefully this summer, Panama. The Index is much improved over the 2009 western book, with larger type and an expansion of how names are listed. This probably sounds nitpicky.