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Birding the Ndumo area, South Africa

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In three cases of adoption the common factor was that the adopting individual was sexually attracted to one of the real parents of the young. On the other hand, their preferred food is blood, and they also feed on it directly, pecking at a mammal’s wounds to keep them open ( source ).

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Urgent Appeal for Flex, the Greyhound

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Owen County Friends of Animals (KY) is a non-profit organization that fosters and seeks adoptions for the dogs picked up by their local dog warden. Dogs they can not place in foster care or find adoptive homes for are euthanized after 14 days by county ordinance. He came to OCFA totally flea infested and with a few open wounds.

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Bird vs. Reptile in Key West

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The snake had no puncture wounds, and was released 24 hours later. KWWC captures injured, sick or orphaned wild chickens, then adopts them out to homes on the mainland. “He probably decided to make a meal out of the snake, but the snake had other ideas.”. KWWC is located within the eight-acre Sonny McCoy Indigenous Park in Key West.

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European Call to End Bird Trapping

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The concluding tone of the conference was also on a very positive note, with Cyprus pledging to adopt a “Zero-tolerance&# policy against illegal trapping activities. It took out the power plant which supplies 60% of the Republic’s power grid, killed 13 people, wounded some 60 more, and pretty much destroyed two villages.

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Birding Eastern Zimbabwe

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End result – precious birding time lost and 43 adopted African kids. We stopped, wound down the window and started making squeaking sounds by rubbing our fingers over our teeth. And, if you plan to bird the Mozambique side beware of old landmines, souvenirs from the brutal civil wars.

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