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City of Albuquerque Being Sued for Trap-Neuter-Release Program

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From the American Bird Conservancy : The mayor of Albuquerque and the director of the city’s animal welfare department have been named in a lawsuit alleging that the officials have committed animal cruelty by allowing certain illegal and improper animal management practices to occur related to abandonment of stray cats.

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Little Big Year – Week 35: Route 66, Tucumcari and The Albuquerque area

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Our next stop was another mutually agreed upon stop, Albuquerque New Mexico. Jeanne has long desired top photograph the Albuquerque Hot Air Balloon Fiestas ( You can see her photos here )and I wanted to visit the Valle de Oro National Wildlife Refuge. eBird.org submissions – 307. US species – 234.

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Good News for the Alamagordo Chimps!

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The Albuquerque Journal reported in a copyright story Friday that the National Institutes of Health informed Gov. Good way to end 2010. Here's the story as reported in NewsWest. ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) AP) - Some 186 chimpanzees will remain at a federal facility in New Mexico for now.

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When a Ring-billed Gull is a Rarity- Tortuguero, Costa Rica

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That or Albuquerque… Yeah, we were pretty happy to see a bird often referred to as a “rat with wings” (by non-birders of course) because it doesn’t usually vacation in Costa Rica. Must have taken a wrong turn at the nearest parking lot.

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Little Big Year – Week 34: We visit Colorado and Texas

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We also are taking a couple of days to photograph the Albuquerque Balloon Festival. There are some quail I would like to track down, as well as some of these migrant warblers that seem to be just ahead of me. The numbers are as follows: Little Big Year Species – 892. eBird.org submissions – 294. species – 224.

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