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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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Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows

4 The Love Of Animals

Rabbit Meadows is a rescue group out of Seattle. As the name suggests, they rescue rabbits, but they also rescue other small animals like ferrets, and other small rodents. They are undertaking a great project that sounds like it will be beneficial for both the sanctuary rabbits and the people who love them.

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Springtime Tree Cutting and Wildlife

10,000 Birds

The Philadelphia Metro Wildlife Center in Norristown covers four Pennsylvania counties (including Philadelphia) and takes in over 3000 animals a year. Their parents had bored a hole deep enough into the tree’s trunk to keep the babies warm and safe from a hawk’s talons or the reach of a raccoon,” said Michele. .

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There’s More to Birding than Birds

10,000 Birds

Much like Carrie’s recent experiences being hoodwinked by non-bird sources of birdy-sounding calls , I’ve had my share of animal encounters out in the field. In New York and Chicago, they’ve been pretty mundane—a White-tailed Deer here, an Eastern Cottontail rabbit there. Any herpophiles out there have a clue?

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Judge Clears Way for HSUS Suit Over Fur Advertising

Critter News

The complaint also alleges violations of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act and Federal Trade Commission Act, which also prohibit the false advertising and mislabeling of any fur product.

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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

Reddit Animals

We do have a possum and a raccoon that live somewhere on the property. Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits. None of my neighbors have cats and I'm only aware of one dog owner blocks away. And I have found one small dead garden snake in the street. but that's pretty much it for mammals.

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Are You Wearing Man's Best Friend? That Trim on the Hood of Your Jacket Might Be Dog Fur!

Animal Ethics

According to this Associated Press story, if you are wearing a Sean John jacket with fur trim purchased from Macy's, that trim might have come from a dog indigenous to Asia known as a "raccoon dog." was advertised to online customers as having an "imitation rabbit fur collar." Just how do Chinese workers kill raccoon dogs?"

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