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Good News for Greyhounds

Animal Person

You may recall that Massachusetts voters let their opinions about dog racing be heard when they voted to ban racing in their state. Some get adopted into great homes. But for me, the number of adopted dogs doesn't make up for the fact that we have no right to breed dogs to use them as gambling chips.

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

4 The Love Of Animals

She has a new book out (which I am reading right now) called One Good Dog. Sasha, adopted at approximately nine months old, has taken roughly thirteen years to trust humans enough to be stroked while she’s standing on the floor. I think that’s true of most adopted animals, we take them in, and they teach us something about ourselves.

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

10,000 Birds

The story is that an HM editor was also president of Massachusetts Audubon. The Accounts present text on the left and images on the right. –but birders will get more comprehensive information in other field guides, particularly National Geographic and Stokes. The text pages have a lively look.