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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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AHNow’s database includes wildlife rehabilitators, rescues and hotlines, as well as veterinarians who treat wildlife. No matter where you are in the country you can put in the address of the wildlife emergency, narrow your search to the species and problem, and contact numbers will pop up.

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Recent Events Involving Our Public Lands Are Alarming

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Do you contribute to wildlife conservation organizations? Maybe a worldwide organization like the Wildlife Conservation Network , BirdLife International or the Peregrine Fund ? These are all excellent organizations created to help wild animals live healthy lives in healthy habitats at home and around the world.

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The Medicine Bird

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However, ongoing research at Sia Essential Species Repository (see below) reveals this is not always the case, and that there are actually five phases between albino and leucistic. The buildup of lactic acid leads to decreased heart function, then to the death of muscle cells, then the breakdown of internal organs.

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International Bird Rescue Believes “Every Bird Matters”

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Alice Berkner , a registered nurse, came up with the concept of International Bird Rescue while trying to help the more than 7,000 birds that filled warehouses around the San Francisco Bay Area during this 1971 oil spill. Remember Alice Berkner, the nurse that founded this organization?

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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Soon calls about injured birds poured in from animal hospitals, the police and fire departments, and various government agencies. But the recession, as well as the time they’ve taken from their business to help the birds, has made paying the bills more and more difficult. You can contact them at info@wildliferescue.org.in.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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Hunting sandhill cranes in Kentucky is a bad idea from a public relations standpoint, considering the growing cadre of birders and nature enthusiasts for whom cranes are a touchstone species. Initiating a hunting season on a large, charismatic species like a crane is no way to resuscitate hunting.

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