4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 17, 2013

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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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. A filtration system that works on waterfowl pools without clogging,” wrote Linda in Connecticut. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season. Change in Attitude. “I

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Critter News

JULY 2, 2009

Apparently, Bubbles is now 26 years old and living at an animal sanctuary. Chimpanzees, like Travis the chimp who mauled the woman in Connecticut, are not meant to be family pets. But I thought he was at an animal sanctuary? I had forgotten all about Michael Jackson and his chimp Bubbles whom he rescued from a research facility.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2013

It is probably the case that the rapid spread of Lyme Disease from Connecticut to the rest of the United States and adjoining regions of Canada was because some species of birds (but not all) can carry Lyme disease, and can also carry the ticks that carry the disease. How much higher? This much higher: Wow.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Consideration of the needed legislation comes just one week after a woman was critically injured in a vicious chimpanzee attack in Stamford, Connecticut - leaving no doubt that the danger of nonhuman primates in homes and to communities must be addressed. The Captive Primate Safety Act is bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps.

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Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2008

Again, thanks to Farmed Animal Net for this update on California's proposition 2. Efforts for such a ballot initiative in Arizona, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire and Vermont have failed but efforts are currently underway to establish similar legislation in Colorado and Washington.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

But let's stick to the animal rights issue. And Connecticut needs to pass some serious laws to stop this kind of ridiculous behavior. And Connecticut needs to pass some serious laws to stop this kind of ridiculous behavior. This animal was seriously compromised by being in unnatural conditions and given unnatural substances.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 1, 2010

Be aware of areas where Lyme disease (a common tick-borne illness) is prevalent: the eastern coastal states and the north central states, especially parts of Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Wisconsin and northern California. Tick-borne diseases are prevalent in certain locales.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Department of Agriculture’s Animal Damage Control unit tried to remove them, sparking a fight with Mayor Washington’s neighbors, who also loved the parakeets, and the establishment of the Harold Washington Memorial Parrot Defense Fund. And, there I saw the famous Monk Parakeet nests saved by Mayor Harold Washington.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2007

But not long ago on a lonely road in northern Connecticut, I stopped to administer similar compassion, only to be stoutly rebuffed by a vicious snapping turtle that refused to be helped. I have done that, and afterward felt at least virtuous if not godlike.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2014

I dreamed of birding the Sundarbans delta – roughly the size of Connecticut or Cyprus – ever since my very dear friends Tim and Hanna Balke told me a story of their visit to these swamps where the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Mehgna rivers converge in the Bengal basin.

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Animal Person

APRIL 2, 2009

( AP Photo/The Connecticut Post, Brian A. Pounds ) A pet store in Connecticut received a shipment of products last week. Deformities in animals who are mass-produced are not new. Products, meaning rabbits. Sentient nonhumans for sale. I bet crowds of people will flock to see the bunny. And maybe sales will increase.

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