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African Pythons Targeted for Removal

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Given the possibility for expansion onto the Florida Everglades and potential hybridization with the Burmese Python, local and State stakeholders organized search and capture campaigns. Pythons have become skittish and take to the water upon noticing the presence of humans. The best chance to catch a Python is during a cold front.

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Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs

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FSD) for their second annual philanthropic campaign. FSD’s custom trained service dogs assist their partners in day-to-day activities providing their human companions with a greater degree of independence. Service Members Get a Second Chance with Service Dogs originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 10, 2010.

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

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I also wanted you to know about the Who’s Your Good Dog Campaign. Post a picture on Susan Wilson’s Facebook page and explanation of how your dog (or turtle, or human, etc!) She goes to the door, rejects the notion of going out, turns toward her dinner; goes back to the door, because clearly this human is not listening.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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Through its campaign, www.ExposeAnimalAbusers.org , the animal protection organization is promoting model legislation that state legislatures could enact. But it’s not just about how animal abusers end up also hurting or killing humans,” said Wells. “It Visit www.aldf.org.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# One important reason is the wide discrepancy in mid-winter count survey numbers—in Tennessee those figures were 44,000 counted in 2010 versus only 12,000 counted in 2011.

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

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The books work best when the birding is coupled with the human element. There go my plans for a 10,000 Birds write-in campaign. WILDGuides, 2010 (UK), 424p. Now that I’m a little further down the birding road, Big Year books are my “good read” of choice. edition of the book in the fall. (At Softcover, ISBN 978-1-903657-16-4.

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Flight to Freedom

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About Animal Defenders International (ADI): With offices in Los Angeles, London and Bogota, Animal Defenders International (ADI) campaigns to protect animals in entertainment; replacement of animals in experiments; worldwide traffic in endangered species; vegetarianism; factory farming; pollution and conservation.

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