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Quantico Has No Compassion for Feral Cats

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If they are not adoptable, oh well, kill them. Frizzell explained that a large population of feral cats is ultimately detrimental to the overall environmental health of the base, its native species and ecosystems. Quantico Military Base is really behaving cruelly when it comes to the feral cats on its base.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

Animal Person

And I received confirmation of something I've known since 2004, when we adopted retired racing greyhound, Violet Rays: That there's sort of a critical period for dog-behavior acquisition, and if it's missed, the dog isn't likely to mature into the type of loving being whose behavior we've come to associate with "pet" dogs.

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Conserving the Future: Bold Bird Ideas

10,000 Birds

The results will inform a vision document to be adopted in July 2011 at a national conference to guide the NWR system for wildlife protection into the next decade and beyond. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Thanks for visiting!

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

10,000 Birds

The kiwi (note, Maori loanwords do not get an ‘s’ when made plural) were first used as logos in the 19th century, and were quickly adopted as a a national emblem before the turn of the century. Both these tours are for the Little Spotted Kiwi , the smallest species and one now one mainly confined to offshore islands.

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Orange-headed Thrush

10,000 Birds

The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Very interesting species. OpticsPlanet - Great prices on binoculars for birding , spotting scopes , telescopes , flashlights , compasses & more! Married to a Canon? That I understand! Thanks for visiting!

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

10,000 Birds

Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting.

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Redbreast Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey (12-Year)

10,000 Birds

The robin’s famous red breast really is more of a rusty orange, but the word “orange” wouldn’t enter into English from Old French as a color name until the 1510s (and it was probably even later that the Welsh adopted the cognate oren ). As for the robin’s famously ruddy plumage, Christian folklore attempts several explanations.

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