10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2016

All her pets are rescues. Unless she is accompanying her dog, he stays in a fenced-in area. She let her dog out, he spotted the rabbit, and took off like a bullet. “I I keep my cats inside,” she texted me, “and my dog turns out to be the killer.”. My friend Nina is an animal lover. She keeps her cats inside.

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Cats Rabbits Chipmunks Pets 184

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

On February 17th they rescued 26 Pit Bulls near Sandersville, Georgia. The dogs had been left to starve, no food, water or even shelter from freezing temperatures. Sadly, there were also 27 dead dogs found on the property. It is believed that the dogs were part of a dog fighting ring.

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ASPCA Pit Bulls Dogs Animal Abuse 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2011

There were five of us, and two dogs, traveling in a flotilla composed of a raft, a canoe, and a kayak. I was far and away the least experienced on the water, even counting the dogs, so I stayed in the raft and performed such vital tasks as taking pictures and handing people beers. Spoilers: I saw birds.

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Bald Eagle Rescue Dogs Cooking 180

Animal Person

MAY 12, 2009

I've written about the much-maligned Muscovy ducks before , and at our old house this time of year I was usually inundated with rescue situations and of course my patio often had images like this. Now I have the drama of the feral cats and of course the greyhounds. There's never a shortage of creatures who need our help.

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Geese Ducks Feral Cats Vermont 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2016

It was Los Angeles, after all, where mileage has no bearing on time, but where time was precious for my little rescue on this crystal morning. I’d been volunteering at rescues through my young adulthood, and I was training as a cat socializer, teaching terrified felines — the unlucky victims of cruel people — to trust humans again.

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Cats Stray Cat Stray Wildlife Rehabilitation 222