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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. That's because of a little-known state law that requires government-run pounds to turn animals over to researchers if asked. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

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Rock & Rawhide , a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that aims to increase adoptions for dogs and cats in shelters by providing toys and other items that serve as a form of distraction therapy, reducing the stress and noise levels. Research has shown that if noise and stress are reduced, adoptions go up!

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To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

10,000 Birds

But its not just parrots that are doing well in their adopted city. The species is recorded in the form of a published photograph or a specimen archived in an ornithological collection. I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species.

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Peterson Reference Guide to Sparrows of North America: A Review by a Sparrow Fan

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It will be interesting to see if the proposal is adopted and this guide becomes the first to employ the new official usage, or if it sparks other bird guide authors to revolt against the system. In some species accounts, notably Song Sparrow, this text reads as a carefully researched, finely detailed ornithological/historical essay.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

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We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” A few words about the back of the book material.

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Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway

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Why should early adopters be punished for their passion? Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Ring-billed Gulls Seeking a Handout About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Sounds good, right?

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Birding By Impression: A Book Review

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Experienced birders can identify birds using GISS; all birders can identify birds if they adopt the BBI approach. It is not a handbook, though it approaches species from a collective viewpoint. So say Kevin T. The result is a different kind of book. It is not a textbook, though its aim is clearly instructional.

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