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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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No matter where you are in the country you can put in the address of the wildlife emergency, narrow your search to the species and problem, and contact numbers will pop up. Animal Help Now, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, was founded in Colorado in 2011. Harbor seal in Puget Sound, Seattle. Raccoon kits where they should be.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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Oil begins to wash up on the beaches throughout May and June of 2010 May 6, 2010 Oil washes ashore on the Chandeleur Islands off the Louisiana coast, an important nesting and breeding area for many bird species. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Frogs and Toads of the World: A Book Review by a Fairy Tale Junkie

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Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. Thrity-seven species are probably already extinct. A book about all the frogs and toads of the world is an ambitious undertaking.

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