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Unique Sea Horse Species Threatened

Critter News

A species of seahorse unique to the waters of the Gulf Coast could face extinction because of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, warns marine conservation organization Project Seahorse. Tags: sea horses oceans marine animals 2010 oil spill environment Gulf of Mexico. We’re very worried,” says Assoc.

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Critically Endangered: Sociable Lapwing

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Gujarat, December 2010. The official definition of CR status says the species could be gone within ten years, or could lose 80 per cent of its population within three generations – whichever comes first. Trips endangered species India lapwings Sociable Lapwing' Sociable Lapwing photos by Chirag Solanki.

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Protecting Your Pets from Pests and Disease

4 The Love Of Animals

Mosquitoes bite humans and animals with no regard to species, and they bring along a number of illnesses. This illness is particularly dangerous since it can infect both humans and horses, causing damage to the central nervous system. This illness is another strain of encephalitis that affects horses alone.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

When I agreed to read and review Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson's THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING (Harper 2010), the regal Charles Hobson Booger, III was still with us. This includes horses, cats and cows. She's not capable of the kind of love that dogs and humans are capable of for one another--across species. And he details why.

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Gulls Simplified: A Gull Book Review

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The hope and claim is that transferring this process to gull identification works more easily and just as accurately (at least for species) as an examination of plumage and molt patterns. Species Accounts. Gulls Simplified covers 25 species. From the Laughing Gull species account.