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Pukka’s Promise: The Quest for Longer-Lived Dogs

4 The Love Of Animals

“In Pukka’s Promise, Kerasote travels the dog world in Europe and throughout North America interviewing breeders, veterinarians, and leaders of the animal-welfare movement, and uses cutting-edge research to help dog owners rethink the everyday choices they make for their pets.

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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

10,000 Birds

I enjoy falconry, it’s not merely a sport or hobby, it is a lifestyle. Many get their birds from breeders. I think what bothered me most was that I knew how angry birders get about owls and that this would be bad PR for falconry. Falconers can trap any bird of prey any time they want.

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Fancy Pigeon Blues

10,000 Birds

The breeding of pigeons into ever more extravagant shapes helped put Darwin onto the scent of evolution, and has provided a calm and innocent (ok, sometimes not so innocent) hobby for generations of city-dwellers deprived of the comforts of a bucolic lifestyle. The light color is like a beacon to predators in most environments.

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