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DDT, oil spills, and a wall.

10,000 Birds

The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! When news later reached our little town (likely through a newspaper) that the bird-killing chemical was to be banned, my environmental activism was born. Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again.

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A Rehabber’s List of Worst Bird Myths

10,000 Birds

One might think that thanks to the Internet, all those ridiculous old wild animal myths handed down for generations would finally die a deserved death. Bats just love to fly into human hair!” Two: Humans are diurnal, which means they are normally active during the day. million-year-old early human. s and “Kill me now!”s.

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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller is one of these books. Lost Animals is a book about what was lost and witnesses to the loss—how the bird or mammal was viewed, often for the last time, through the lens of a camera. Yes, it is about extinction, a popular topic in the Year of the Passenger Pigeon.

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Mexican Activists Staged Protest Early this Month

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MEXICO CITY – Animal rights activists staged a protest against the sale of pets in Mexico City, urging residents to adopt dogs and other animals instead of buying them. The protest’s goal was to make “society aware” of the fact that animals “need time, love and lots of care,” AnimaNaturalis said.

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Mexican Border Town Offers Tax Exemption for Euthanizing Dogs

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There's a stray dog problem in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. But there are animal rights activists in Mexico that will hopefully take notice and try to establish some kind of long-term and humane solution. There are about 70,000 stray dogs roaming San Luis Rio Colorado in northern Mexico. The solution?

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

10,000 Birds

This week marks the 2-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. As you read the below timeline and see the below images, don’t ever forget the perils that walk hand-in-hand with human greed. October 26, 2011 BP is awarded a permit to drill another exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Protecting Your Pets from Pests and Disease

4 The Love Of Animals

Mosquitoes bite humans and animals with no regard to species, and they bring along a number of illnesses. For humans, mosquitoes can lead to such diseases as Yellow Fever and West Nile Virus among others. For animals, the bugs can cause harmful disease and life threatening conditions. SLE, or Saint Louis Encephalitis.