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Wth is outside my house?

Reddit Animals

So I heard a lot of incredibly loud repetitive whooping sounds (kind of like a hyena, only here in North Carolina). Right after the whooping there's what sounds like a loud cough, but I'm sure is the sound of some animal, maybe wounded. I tried to post a video but I can't.

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More Federal Stimulus Money Used for Animal Research

Critter News

To see an issue of such moral debate minimized to simply economic activity is just not right. Tags: animal research Obama University of North Carolina federal stimulus. But it disappoints and frustrates me to see it consistently used for purposes that I passionately oppose.

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Twitching Solitaire En Masse

10,000 Birds

But sometimes the stars align perfectly, as they did a couple weeks ago, in the form of North Carolina’s first record of Townsend’s Solitaire. The species has been on my personal radar for North Carolina for years. And it just so happened that the solitaire had set up shop right under the swinging bridge.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

10,000 Birds

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I Summer is high season.

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Empty Cages

Animal Ethics

Here is a website that contains much useful information about animal ethics. I'm not sure what relation it bears to Tom Regan, the philosopher from North Carolina State University. It appears to be organized around Regan's book Empty Cages: Facing the Challenge of Animal Rights.