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What's Up with the UK and Soaring Wildlife Crime?

Critter News

Badgers are being caught for dog-baiting. Tags: wildlife crime UK animal cruelty. The Brits are known for their animal rights activism, but there's been a rise in wildlife crime against all animals. Apparently they are seen as nuisances. Bats are being targeted. A bird species is near extinction.

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Finally. Jasmine the Greyhound

Animal Person

She has done the same with the fox and badger cubs, she licks the rabbits and guinea pigs and even lets the birds perch on the bridge of her nose.” The list of orphaned and abandoned youngsters she has cared for comprises five fox cubs, four badger cubs, 15 chicks, eight guinea pigs, two stray puppies and 15 rabbits. Link: [link].

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Fixing a Hole: The Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finch Saga Begins

10,000 Birds

Besides my little tiny no-car problem, I tend to huff and puff at high altitudes; a noise so much like a very hungry badger that any sensible bird will disappear long before I come into view. They are high-altitude birds, and will only come as far down the slopes as they are forced to by the weather. Besides, I’ve read Into Thin Air.

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