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The Devil Is In The D-Con

10,000 Birds

This was more than 30 years after these types of anti-coagulants had first been implicated in the deaths of protected wildlife and pets, as well as the sickening of children. The photograph in local papers did not show the brand of poison, but the colors on the package were like those of D-Con. It was a great victory.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

And I was pecked in the eye by my pet chicken, does that count?”. “I I went into a cage of young Great Horned Owls one night carrying thawed rats,” said Linda Hufford. “I All the way through – and a brand-new volunteer had to pull it out! A Great Horned Owl taloned me through my left palm on Christmas Day, 2000,” he said. “I