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My Favorite Release

10,000 Birds

A Scissor-tailed Flycatcher hatchling that I got in two years ago,” wrote Leslie Jackson, a rehabber in Tulsa, OK, and sent the ‘before’ photo above and the ‘after’ photo, six weeks later, below. Their population is in serious decline, so their breeding colonies are monitored by biologists.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

You can find purebreds, mixed breeds and designer dogs. When that happens, you’ll understand the bond between human and companion animal of which Mr. Phillips wrote. Sherrill Durbin Tulsa, Okla., But one thing they all have in common is the strongest desire imaginable to love you, protect you and bond with you.