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Need to rant really quickly

Reddit Animals

and i just know some of y’all understand what i mean, so i just need to talk about it Tl;DR: i hate the weather where i live because it’s making my animals fur go back and forth between winter and summer coats, and it’s bothering me bc i think it has to be annoying for them. submitted by /u/arxssi [link] [comments]

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Cavity Nesting Birds of North America and Their Babies!

10,000 Birds

Their nest is typically built with a base of bark strips and flakes with lumps of earth; with a cup of finer bark shreds, grasses and rootlets, but mainly lined with fur. These are nestlings, just a few days old, in their comfy, fur-lined nest, begging for food. Notice the chick in the upper left corner.

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On Google, HSUS and Fur

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Many bloggers who are pro-animal rights have either not used Google's AdSense or stopped because they discovered that, for instance, their anti-fur post was surrounded by ads for fur. pro creating-animals-to-skin-them-for-their-fur. Better yet, HSUS could start a campaign targeting at Google's DOG AND CAT SKIN Trade.

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Sneeze Prone? Top 5 Dogs for Allergy Suffers

4 The Love Of Animals

But as I began my search for a new family member at local shelters, I noticed that something was terribly wrong—I couldn’t hold the dogs I was considering adopting for more than 5 minutes before going into a sneezing convulsion. But dogs had never been an issue before. population has pet allergies, mainly to dogs and cats.

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Freeze-birding down the Danube

10,000 Birds

A flock of small birds at the dyke, Yellowhammers mostly… I cannot see well because of one enthusiastic hunting dog which takes pleasure in running through the snow and flushing them up whenever the birds land. Watch for the dark beaks.” Yeah, right. In this light, all beaks are dark! An hour and 20,000+ geese later, we head back.

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The Why of Ferrets

10,000 Birds

John Bachmann headed west to gather material for Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Somewhere around the Platte River one of the Audubon boys received a black-footed hide from a fur trader. Then, in Meeteese, Wyoming, the Hogg family’s ranch dog Shep found something. Second chances like this are the stuff of legend.

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

10,000 Birds

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. Brush-tailed Possums were brought from Australia to help start a fur industry. California Quail are familiar birds to West Coast birders of North America, and Kiwis too now.