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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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I am so happy to be back on 10,000 birds – I have missed Mike and Corey and my fellow Beat Writers! Normally I rant about environmental dangers and describe heartwarming/mind-boggling/headscratching wild bird rescues. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it,” said Kathryn.”

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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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Since it is rare to find an animal control company that actually implements it, AHNow only lists about 30 operators. The old method of trapping and relocating “nuisance” animals, now known to be inhumane, has been replaced by the eviction and exclusion method.

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A Tale of Three Magnificent Frigatebirds (Two I help, one tries to kill me)

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In port, the local rehabilitators thought it would be best for her to treated closer to her home, at a facility dedicated to aquatic birds. I happened to work at that facility, for International Bird Rescue at the Los Angeles Oiled Bird Care and Education Center , part of the Oiled Wildlife Care Network.

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The Tar Side of Green Products

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She called Contech Enterprises, the Canadian parent company of Tanglefoot, but she was passed from employee to employee until she hung up in frustration. Lisa looked up Tanglefoot’s ingredients, and found that it contained gum resins, vegetable wax and castor oil, the combination of which seemed to defy removal.

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The Story of Russell A. Crow

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Although many injured wild birds cannot tolerate captivity, Russell was not one of them. He was placed in a wildlife center in Red Lodge, Montana, where he can live out his life, safe and protected, throwing the occasional apple, with other grounded crows for company.