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What wild animals can I pet?

Reddit Animals

This is probably a dumb question but what wild animals can I pet like if I ran into a baby one? Like deer, seals, squirrels, foxes, raccoon, beavers, birds, rabbits etc submitted by /u/InternationalPay1357 [link] [comments] Or if one was injured?

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how to tell if the food i leave for my lost cat is being eaten by raccoons?

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i have posted her on the leading pet finder websites, facebook, nextdoor, etc. the thing is that there are many raccoons that linger near my building and rummage through the trash. i am wondering if there is a way to distinguish whether it’s my cat who is eating the food or the raccoons? my cat went missing 4 days ago.

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Do exotic (within reason) animals live a happier life with humans?

Reddit Animals

I have been thinking about this for awhile after I saw some people online with things like a pet skunk and even someone with a barn owl. I have always held the belief that most animals should be in the wild because that’s their natural habitat and they can get the stimulation and environment they need.

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5 Pet Projects to Bring the Family Together

4 The Love Of Animals

Simple, constructive activities to make pets happier. Install a pet door. Stencil out a square of the appropriate size for your pet with a pencil and ruler, and then use a jigsaw to carve out your stencil. Make pet toys. The post 5 Pet Projects to Bring the Family Together appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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The Medicine Bird

10,000 Birds

What is important to this particular hawk, though, is not the color of the feathers on her body but of the bandages on her feet, as she was caught in a double leg hold trap set for raccoons. I’ve seen her around, when I was setting my traps,” said the trapper himself, who brought her to Tamarack Wildlife Center , in Saegertown, PA.

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

10,000 Birds

This blog is written by writer, photographer, and animal advocate Ingrid Taylar. Rehabbers see reptiles in glue traps, gulls entangled in fishing line, raccoons used as target practice, raptors dying from rodenticides, and songbirds shredded by domestic cats … cats like Puck. All photographs by Ingrid Taylar. See her website here.

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Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows

4 The Love Of Animals

As the name suggests, they rescue rabbits, but they also rescue other small animals like ferrets, and other small rodents. The structures will be small so we don’t disturb the trees or our resident wildlife (raccoons, deer, owls, cottontail rabbits, etc.) Rabbit Meadows is a rescue group out of Seattle.

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