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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review

10,000 Birds

The love that Montgomery feels for the hawk and its wildness will never be reciprocated: a raptor is not a dog or a horse. It’s not clear from the book’s ending, but it sounds like she abandoned her nascent apprenticeship because of her traveling schedule, her marriage, and her own chickens who would certainly be killed if she kept a hawk.

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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

A parent bird’s instinct to feed and protect their young is very strong, and they will not willingly abandon their babies. Mites will eventually kill the bird. Bird brought in by a cat or dog. Suspect” dog or cat interactions. Unfortunately a bird’s nest location is not always perfect. Baby bird with lots of mites.

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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

10,000 Birds

Had they been able to make the jawbone talk, no doubt its first words would be, “You can’t put a baby bird back in the nest, because the parents will smell your hands and abandon it.”. That’s where I learned that dog food and applesauce is the staple diet for all nestlings!” s and “Kill me now!”s. million-year-old early human.

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Portuguese City Tries to End Killing of Strays

Critter News

The majority of these animals are unwanted dogs, removed from the streets by municipal services or dropped off by members of the public. Generally, those that have been there for a longer period are destroyed as the kennels reach maximum capacity, to accommodate new arrivals.

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Animal Shelter Portraits

4 The Love Of Animals

Photographer Mark Ross has captured some truly beautiful, and touching, photos of animals abandoned at kill shelters. From dogs to cats, kittens, and even birds and rabbits, there are all kinds of animals to be found at shelters. The photos in the book made me want to reach out and save each one of them.

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Consider the Chickadee

10,000 Birds

Not long after the move my friend and I were walking our dogs, early in the morning, when the dogs discovered something tiny lying in the middle of the sidewalk. Just to make sure, however, I shooed the dogs away and checked it out. They were very curious, but unusually gentle. It was still alive.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

This could include violence (torture, mutilation, intentional killings, etc.), ALDF points to the following examples for why a registry is needed to help animal guardians, law enforcement and shelters protect their animals: Robert Rydzewski : In 2004, the then 29-year-old upstate New Yorker shot his neighbor’s dog in the face twice.