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12 Tips for new dog owners.

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This is a great article, and while it is geared towards the new dog at the White House, the tips are important for anyone who is getting ready to welcome a new furry friend into the family. 12 Tips for the Obama Family and Their New Adopted Dog, Bo. Anyone can follow these quick and easy tips, which are also easily adapted for puppies.

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Brooklyn Woman Assaults Two ASPCA Agents

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Responding to an anonymous tip about a neglected cat, the Humane Law Enforcement agents arrived at Stewart’s residence to find a seven-week-old, one-pound orange tabby with his whiskers cut off and a serious injury to his right front paw. “As As of now, he might lose his paw and is suffering from a rib fracture as well.”

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Tales for the Pet Lover’s Heart

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Together Purina and the Kroger family of stores will donate $150,000 to animal welfare organizations in 2009 and will recognize six exceptional pet lovers’ tales via a national television special this fall. Nestlé Purina is committed to promoting responsible pet care, humane education and community involvement.

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Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve: the Tiger Afternoon

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He has earned his tip. In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months. It is a success, despite the heavy burden of poaching and a human-tiger conflict.

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A fit Fido

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Philadelphia, PA—April 2, 2009— According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, approximately 35 percent of the total pet population is overweight or obese. Loreen Playford, maker of K9 Pet Chef All Natural Dog Food, offers some helpful hints on keeping man’s best friend in tip top shape and adding years to his life.

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The New Neotropical Companion: A Book Review by a Lover of the Neotropics

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In 2009, I traveled from New York City to the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. and Kricher’s Top 10 Tips of Trail Etiquette (“etiquette demands some measure of sharing… try to resist one-upmanship”). It was my first trip to the Neotropics, and I had no idea what I was getting into.

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Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo: A Book Review

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Kinabalu (at 13,455 feet the highest peak in southeast Asia), and human development that has resulted in freshwater rice fields, secondary forest, and oil palm plantations, this means that Borneo offers an incredibly high degree of biodiversity.

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