4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2014

Imagine the heart exploding with happiness that the beautiful pet you have supported and loved, has found forever love with a great family. If appropriate, the pet would also be part of adoption events where the general public can visit the pet. The former could not be further from the truth. And the latter is selfish.

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Shelters Adoptable Rescue Pets 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2015

I strongly suspect that the rate of attrition on this Loon family is inversely proportionate to the abundance of ducklings in the bay. Every now and the the loosing Loon would disappear like it had been killed and sunk. Sometimes that one reaches adulthood, but just as often it disappears. Ducks are easier prey for the Eagle.

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Humane Eagles Investigation Research 206

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The oft-told tale of its start in 1900 as an alternative to the “side-hunt” which was itself a long tradition in many families warms many a birder’s heart. Kirtland’s Warbler wouldn’t go extinct, birders wouldn’t abandon their favorite winter activity in droves, and the birds wouldn’t even notice.

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Saudi Arabia Pakistan Abandon Abandoning 143