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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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“It is next to impossible to persuade people in India to donate money for injured raptors,” says Nadeem Shehzad, co-founder of Wildlife Rescue , a registered non-profit in the Chawri Bazar area of Old Delhi. Watch this remarkable video about Wildlife Rescue, and read their blog. It is our duty to save them.”.

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First White-Tailed Tropicbird Sighted in Connecticut

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After the bird had been stabilized, I needed to decide what my next step was. I called Dr. Erica Miller from Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research in Delaware for some advice. The next call I made was to a very good friend who is a pilot, hoping that he would know someone willing to fly the bird from Connecticut to Florida.

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

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Just ask Bill Taddicken, director of the Lillian Annette Rowe Sanctuary on the Platte River in Kearney. Proposing a hunting season on a bird with that kind of ecotourism potential simply doesn’t make sense. Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? There are plenty of those around, too.

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