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Economic Troubles in Portugal Lead to More Abandoned Animals

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Figures released by the National Veterinary Authority, Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, show that in the Lisbon area alone, a total of 5,629 stray cats and dogs were caught last year, up from the 4,442 caught in 2010.

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Free Housing in New York City

10,000 Birds

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, April 2010 Everyone knows that New York City is an extremely expensive place to live. … This post was first published in April of 2010 but a post like this is too cool to keep hidden in the archives ! ……… a. This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #34. Go check it out!

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The Blue House Dog

4 The Love Of Animals

It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. At the end, the dog catcher doesn’t come to their neighborhood anymore because there are no stray dogs there anymore. The boy was wounded by his loss, just as the homeless dog was wounded when his owner died.

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The Queens List Won’t Stop Growing

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Let’s first take a look at the predictions from July of 2010 and October of 2010 side-by-side. Though the boat departed from Nassau County we strayed into Queens for a good portion of the trip. It was a very odd bird that several of us had seen back in May of 2010. Did I do better this time? Read on to find out!

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Angel’s Miracle

4 The Love Of Animals

On May 5, 2010, I adopted a two-year-old poodle/terrier mix from our local shelter, Animal Allies. She came from another shelter as a stray, had been abused, was very skinny, and she was extremely shy and afraid of everyone. My name is Jan. I named her Angel. I fell in love with her immediately.

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The Fate of the Florida Anis

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A lone Smooth-billed Ani, dubbed the ‘Orphan Ani’ by locals, that lingered for months at Anhinga Trail in 2010. In any case, birders hoping to see Smooth-billed Ani in the ABA area now must hope for single strays to show up in the Florida Keys and along the southeast coast of Florida.

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Searching for vultures in India

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Logging into my eBird account… December 6th, 2010. The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and [stray] dog populations to grow. Oddly, I saw no rats, only a mongoose or two and a few stray dogs. Yes, some gruesome graphic content follows, but don’t blame me, you have been warned.

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