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How Much is Your Animal Worth?

Critter News

I measure our cat Charlotte (pictured above in the masthead) in 42" HDTV's. Do you ask the vet to euthanize the animal? Here is an article about the high cost of vet care and the ethical questions of how much do you spend. She's at about 3 at the moment. Maybe 4 with all the meds and followup visits.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Critter News

Many wishes for a joyful, successful and animal-friendly 2009! From, THE CRITTER NEWS TEAM (aka Anna, Patrick, Charlotte, Sonia, Jennie, Cleo, Chay, Doris, Heidi, and Lou!)

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1,200+ Canines Don Tiaras & ‘Tails’ This Week for Doggy Proms

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Doggy proms will be held throughout the week at Best Friends Pet Care centers in the Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Denver, San Diego and Houston metro areas, across Connecticut and New Jersey, and in Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Charlotte and at Best Friends Pet Care center at Walt Disney World in Florida.

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Chimpanzees Mourn Their Dead?

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Heck, even my cats visibly missed old Charlotte who died last August. Tags: chimpanzees jane goodall animal research. I believe that great apes do have that capacity. I've read of the mountain gorillas in Virunga grieving over the loss of a silverback. I'm sure many will dismiss these studies regardless.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. In many ways, human emotions are the gifts of our animal ancestors. Waterfall Dances: Do animals have spiritual experiences?

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I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?

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Large species, like the hatchet-billed Lapped-faced Vulture or the large Cape Vulture gets first dips, because they are the only species that can tear open the hides of some of the larger prey animals. Turkey Vulture Wing Tagging – Charlotte Wasylik, Prairie Birder. – ==– Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura.

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Potpourri of Amazing Bird Science

10,000 Birds

They feed on animal plankton and build their nests by burrowing in the dirt on offshore islands. Last year, beginning about Halloween, thousands of juvenile auklets started washing ashore dead from California’s Farallon Islands to Haida Gwaii (also known as the Queen Charlotte Islands) off central British Columbia.

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