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Guest Post: Foreclosures Threaten Pets As Well As People

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In the last year alone, foreclosure rates have risen 15% in the United States (a total of about 300,000 properties), while almost three million homes were threatened with foreclosure. And with the economy continuing in a state of recession, these numbers will continue to go up over the coming years.

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It’s Time to Move Mothers Day

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At least in the eastern half of the United States and, generally speaking, in the northern 2/3 of the northern hemisphere. Nor is it fair to the birder who might end up with great looks at a lifer but will be wracked by guilt for abandoning a mother on her special day. *Or, Yes, birders, it is time that we moved Mothers Day. *At