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Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bob White

10,000 Birds

Neither do they seem as painfully out-of-place in the wild as an escaped “exotic” cage-bird or farm animal like the Budgerigar or Red Junglefowl – and they’re generally more likely to fare well on their own. Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bob White. The post Zero Gravity Brewing Company: Bob White appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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Polar Bear Supporters Lose Court Case

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A federal appeals court made a final decision Wednesday on whether Fish and Wildlife could allow oil companies to interfere with polar bears. The complaint is that the government isn't doing enough to protect marine animals from the effects of oil and gas development. Tags: oil drilling polar bear arctic.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

10,000 Birds

It takes a lot of nerve—or something that can’t be printed here—to name your rat poison after the animals that so effectively and efficiently control rodents but that are also being poisoned—as “non target” animals—by your product. I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands.

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Have You Considered Keeping Goats as Pets?

4 The Love Of Animals

Goats are intelligent and inquisitive animals with lots of character and energy. They are also social animals, so as well as enjoying your company, it’s important to keep at least two together so they have company all the time. Yes, you can’t keep them inside, but they do make truly great pets.

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A Tale of Three Magnificent Frigatebirds (Two I help, one tries to kill me)

10,000 Birds

In an aviary, a recovering bird will spend all of her time perching; so caring for her feet, which are not evolved to a lifetime of bearing weight, is a top priority. It had taken the company this long to get a team out to rescue any impacted wild animals. As mentioned, frigatebirds spend a lot of time aloft. Oil was everywhere.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: Re “ Bearing Up ” (Op-Ed, Jan. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the scientific literature is very clear that polar bear survival is highly threatened in the wild. Because polar bears are at the top of the marine food chain, their bodies accumulate persistent organic pollutants that disrupt their reproductive systems.

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The Cutting Edge: Bird Feeder Patents

10,000 Birds

Sizable markets attract competition and many companies have turned to a proven way to distinguish their products: innovation. There are many companies that make bird feeders, and several appear to have patent portfolios, but as an example, we can use Brome , a Canadian company that sells the “ SquirrelBuster ” line of feeders.

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