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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. The boy was wounded by his loss, just as the homeless dog was wounded when his owner died. At the end, the dog catcher doesn’t come to their neighborhood anymore because there are no stray dogs there anymore.

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Searching for vultures in India

10,000 Birds

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. A vulture’s metabolism is a true “dead-end” for pathogens, but dogs and rats become carriers of the pathogens. Oh, that cover photo? Let me see, when was it?

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