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Dog Collars

4 The Love Of Animals

Middle class adoption of dog ownership required affordable collars, just like today’s mass marketed collar industry. Choke collars– These collars serve a training function. Training collars should always be used with an observant human present to prevent accidental harm.

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Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, Second Edition: A Field Guide Review

10,000 Birds

I like field guides based on taxonomic systems, probably because I’ve been trained to work with obscure classificatory systems. When you review the system, it makes perfect sense: falcons are placed with hawks, nightjars are next to owls, and grebes are close to ducks, rather than separated from them by quail and grouse.

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

4 The Love Of Animals

Animals in the tri-state area are euthanized daily, rescue groups are unable to save as many lives as they wish, and animals spend years in boarding kennels while awaiting adopters to fall in love with them. One thing they all have in common is the dangerous waiting game. For an adopter, it makes the process a little easier.

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

10,000 Birds

Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? This slow reproduction rate is unlike any other avian game species currently hunted. Why should “the biologist&# be able to unilaterally bestow game bird status on a crane? Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name?

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