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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Eventually everyone made it to their computer, and created the Summer of 2013 Rehabber’s Wish List: Money. Hidden by camera angle is hitch on back for wildlife trailer.). Summer is high season.

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The Duck Stamp and Lack of National Wildlife Refuge Funding

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The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. According to the latest (2013) report by the U.S. Funds for National Wildlife Refuge land acquisition come from several sources. In Fiscal Year 2011: 46.5 million people visited refuges.

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Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

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Sales of duck stamps have funded the preservation of wetlands and other wildlife habitat, which in turn has supported an increase in waterfowl populations. Eventually, the pigeons, as it were, may come home to roost and the waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunters and bird watchers, will be sitting ducks.

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Cats and chicks

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in the USA, a 2013 article states , the number reaches 3.7 If you have made the commitment to your local wildlife and plan to keep your cat indoors, try this link for some useful advice to help your cat adjust. Keep the feeders above 6 feet where possible and away from any raised surfaces which the cats may use as a launch pad.

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Is my Rhino Still Alive?

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The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said the figures showed a 21% increase in poaching from 2013, topping that year’s total by 195. The sky was becoming orange-pink; its reflections were colouring the water, while the rhino raised its head, water sipping through his half-open snout, itself shining from the last sun rays of the day.

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Whooping Crane Ancestry

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Over a decade from 1993 to 2004, conservationists released 289 captive-raised Whooping Cranes into Osceola, Lake and Polk counties in Central Florida. In late January of 2013 I spent some time with a pair of Whooping Cranes just off Canoe Creek Road in Osceola County, Florida. Today only 19 members of this dwindling flock remain.

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Be the next Pambassador!

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The three Chengdu Pambassadors will participate in the “Global Panda Conservation Tour” in 2013, where the Pambassadors will travel the globe visiting pandas in 11 countries and initiate local activities to raise awareness for endangered animal protection. Isn’t that exciting?

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