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Can Birds Be Safe? If Only.

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Created by Nancy Brennan, Birdsbesafe looks like a stiff, brightly-colored Elizabethan collar – not the long plastic post-surgical cones that pets occasionally have to wear, but a small donut that fits around the cat’s neck without getting in the way. Her product could have a large impact on pet cat-caused bird mortality rates.

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The Devil Is In The D-Con

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This was more than 30 years after these types of anti-coagulants had first been implicated in the deaths of protected wildlife and pets, as well as the sickening of children. In April 2014, a 4-year-old boy in the Bronx, New York, died after eating rat poison. It was a great victory. There are no tests to diagnose it, either.

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What Impact Will Drones Have on Birds?

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Conservationists at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) have been using remote controlled drones to watch the nests of endangered breeds and monitor the progress of reintroduced species. But how can we protect animals from drones in the hands of irresponsible pilots ?

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 1)

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On a side note, the bird is also kind of ugly, so maybe the chicks never seeing their father has a certain protective function. Though I usually do not mention this in public presentations, as kids (or fathers) might be present in the audience.

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The Parakeet of City Streets, the Monk Parakeet

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But it is most probable that the birds are released or escaped pets. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. ProQuest Historical Newspapers, viewed July 17, 2014. Not many survive, and very few flourish.

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Fancy Feasts (For Fabulous Floors)

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And because I adopted him as a 6-week-old kitten when I was 15 and he turns 17 in 2014, I have lived with him longer than I lived without him. Check out how I put together Cy’s custom placemat and maybe it will help spark some ideas for creating one of your own for the beloved pet in your life. DIY Laminated Pet Placemat.

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