4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

“They bear the battle scars consistent with those of fighting dogs,&# Rickey said. “Being chained 24/7 is no way to live—they have lived miserable lives, and are just starved for human contact.&#. 26 Dogs saved by the ASPCA originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on February 23, 2010.

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ASPCA Pit Bulls Dogs Animal Abuse 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 15, 2010

The culprit for this surge in animal homelessness is a testimonial to these trying times: human homelessness. And limited public funding means that shelters have to rely on public donations to bear the brunt of rising costs for care and housing of these animals. And this all leads to the most unfortunate outcome, euthanasia.

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Pets Homelessness Shelters Unwanted Animals 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Sloth Bear in tall, dry grass, barely 50 metres from us, but all we can see is a dark, shape-shifting shadow that eventually becomes all but invisible. It is a success, despite the heavy burden of poaching and a human-tiger conflict. The Telia Lake. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 243

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

This book is the story of his search for his grail and what he does with it and why, a quest that took place from 2005 to 2010 in the Russian province of Primorye. There is a survival lesson here to, for both owls and humans, and I’ll leave that vague, so you won’t be ‘spoiled.’ I just need to get me to Japan.

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Owls Russia Fish Research 134

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

And sun bears. The books work best when the birding is coupled with the human element. WILDGuides, 2010 (UK), 424p. If it were just the birds, I’d grab my bins and be on the next plane to Asia or Africa. But, there are other things out there in the jungle, things like leeches. And mosquitos. And leeches. And pit vipers.

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