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Winter Wanderland

10,000 Birds

After a pleasant morning with ducks, crisp snow and sunshine, we followed the wildlife trail on our way out. We returned home for a good dinner with friends, some wine and a night dreaming of raspberry coulis, puppies and ducks. All bird and animal pictures are Brad’s. I ticked off 9 lifers.

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Election Victories for Animals

Critter News

It stops puppy mill abuses by establishing responsible standards for the proper care of dogs. This proposition would have given the legislature exclusive authority over wildlife issues. Two victories. Proposition 8 passed in Missouri. Also, Proposition 109 failed in Arizona.

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Awkward Fostering

4 The Love Of Animals

It turns out that people are not the only ones, who can adopt children – animals are good at this as well. Especially it is associated with dogs, which may raise kids of other species and even of scary and dangerous representatives of wildlife! In a stress condition maternal instinct has failed, and she refused to nurse the cubs.

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Tembe Elephant Park, South Africa

10,000 Birds

But it wasn’t founded to serve as a refuge for human refugees, but animal ones, specifically elephants. I wasn’t there to birdwatch, however, I was volunteering with Wildlife ACT, a conservation organisation that provides science monitoring to the parks of Zululand in South Africa (and increasingly, beyond).

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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

Animal Person

In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need. We had two puppies that had been abandoned by a nearby railway line.

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Falakhe’s Story

10,000 Birds

It was, based on a quick glance, a puppy, around 6 to 7 months old. Pippa called the park ranger in charge of animals. Like other social animals, his family connections were keeping him alive, as his family was feeding him. Support Wildlife ACT in supporting them. It was not a pretty sight. Falakhe injured.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: “ Should Most Pet Owners Be Required to Neuter Their Animals? ,” by Verlyn Klinkenborg (Editorial Observer, July 30), is right: “The rate at which dogs are purchased and euthanized in this country is not a sign of our affection for them. Breeders kill shelter animals’ chances to find good homes.