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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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Above is a buck with antlers in velvet , while the animal below has clean antlers A Muntjac on the run. Note the short legs, stout body and white rump and tail I see Muntjac on virtually every birding (or dog-walking) outing, as these small Asian deer are now very numerous around my home in the Suffolk Brecks.

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An Animal Welfare First in Spain

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She has also to pay 2,688 € to the animal refuge. The refuge identified the owner via the microchip, but she did not want to take back the dog. Nacho Paunero, President of El Refugio, notes that this is the first time in Spain that someone has been fined for abandoning their animal at the doors of a refuge.

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The Domestic Turkey and the First Thanksgiving

10,000 Birds

This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version. The domestic dog was once and still often is Canis familiaris as opposed to the wolf, Canis lupus , but the former which is really a subspecies of the latter is now Canis lupus familiaris. According to R.D.

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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. Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. by Marc Bekoff.

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Warning! Sad Story Ahead

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A beagle rescued from a laboratory in Spain and brought to the Los Angeles has run off and his humans are trying to find him. :-(. This is such a sad story.