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Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China – The Raptor Edition

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Fortunately for birdwatchers, many of these birds like to sit on the power and other lines, of which sometimes curiously three or four run in parallel. I am not sure what the birds were congregating for where I took these photos. Little Owls have a somewhat less interesting diet consisting of insects, small mammals, and birds.

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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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Described in the “Territoriality and aggression” chapter, this is a sublime example of behaviour from the “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman, an Emeritus Chair in Behavioural and Environmental Biology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman. .

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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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Feral Cats More Important Than Humans?

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Such was the sad fate of a New York City veterinarian who refused to release a stray cat she treated back to a feral cat freak who planned to release the cat back into a feral cat colony. Dr. Shirley Koshi was a woman who devoted her life to caring for animals and sought to prevent a cat from the miseries of living out-of-doors.

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A Non-Lethal Solution for Both Wildlife and Feral Cats

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And Peter, who loves wildlife, has saved hundreds – if not thousands – of birds and small animals from being killed by two more feral cats. Feral cat supporters: why not open your own homes to the animals you love – without demanding they become purring lap cats in return?

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Fallen almost grown bird. What do?

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The parents are nearby, and I want to let him go,but since we have stray cats around that are fixed I don’t know what to do. I found a fledgling.A cat tried to eat it but I was able to save it. submitted by /u/Routine-Toe6028 [link] [comments]

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A huge gathering of Galahs

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There are always stray cattle to watch out for, but we prefer to minimize the risk of hitting animals by leaving on road trips until a couple of hours after sunrise. They numbered in excess of 750 individual birds and that is a conservative estimate. The post A huge gathering of Galahs appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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