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Visiting Bird Service: Avian “Pet Therapy” Cheers Seniors

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The bird was such a hit with residents that Kasia, who went on to found the rescue organization Kasia’s Ark Bird Rescue , continued the effort once she returned to New Orleans. Scooter is now getting on in years and has suffered health setbacks. But that’s a whole ’nother rant.) Sounds like a win-win. (Or

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Farm Sanctuary needs help.

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Farm Sanctuary recently came to the aid of six male Holstein calves, several just days old, who had been abandoned without food or water and left for dead. Farm Sanctuary operates the country’s largest farm animal rescue and adoption network. Tags: adoptable people helping animals rescues. Farm Sanctuary needs help.

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Consider the Chickadee

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I know about the common mistakes people make when they find young birds, assuming that because they’re on the ground with no other birds in sight they must be abandoned or in need of rescue. The chickadee that I discovered on the sidewalk was suffering from dehydration and hypothermia.

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Make sure you look after your pet with insurance

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According to the RSPCA, in 2008 there was a 57% increase in the number of animals abandoned by their owners in the UK. Sheila Stewart, of Capricom Animal Rescue centre in Mold, United Kingdom, said that she believes that this can be overcome by the animal’s owners taking out pet insurance. The importance of pet insurance.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. We were told that Marco, one of the rescued chimpanzees, does a dance during thunderstorms during which he looks like he’s in a trance. to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry.

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