4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Sarah Atlas is a search-and-rescue dog handler, one of many civilian volunteers who serve with New Jersey Task Force 1. They were to be deployed to Ground Zero with 200 other members of New Jersey Task Force 1, including structural engineers and medical workers, as well as other search-and-rescue people.

New Jersey 100

New Jersey Rescue Medical Dogs 100

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JULY 27, 2012

Instead I called my friend Cathy at the famous Raptor Trust in New Jersey, where they have a fully equipped hospital and full-time veterinary technicians on staff. Finally, the decision was made to release her in the summer of 2011. She was rescued, put back into her crate, and returned to the Raptor Trust.

Rabbits 233

Rabbits New Jersey Neglecting North America 233

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MAY 4, 2021

The theme of the frailty of life and the importance of placing people before birding had been foreshadowed in an earlier chapter when Marybeth and Lynn stop birding to help rescue a man being pulled out to sea at Grande Isle (their binoculars enable rescuers to locate the man). Louisiana is a magical place to bird.

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Louisiana Species Mississippi Alabama 264

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NOVEMBER 4, 2014

There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. Struik, 2011). I’m sure there are states that I missed, but you get the idea.

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South Africa Africa Leopards Penguins 252