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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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” But also: “Delisted,” “Growing Up,” “Second Chances,” “No Tags.” I ended up looking for photographs of Peregrine hack sites, captive breeding aviaries, Hawaii tropical forest, and the California Condors of the Grand Canyon on the Internet.

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Parrot, Parrot, Parrakeet, Hummingbird

10,000 Birds

By tagging the Parrot and monitoring the area with remote cameras, scientists hope to learn more about this species and how to keep it safe. Twenty-five Puerto Rican Parrots are being groomed to be pioneers: The Critcally Endangered birds have been transported from existing colonies to the Maricao State Forest.

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Rescue Spotlight: Crest Care

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They do wonderful work finding homes for this special breed. If you aren’t familiar with the breed, most of the “Ugliest Dogs in the World&# have been hairless Chinese Cresteds. We provide vetting, transportation, and foster homes for each dog in need, until he or she can be carefully matched to an approved home.

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Rescue Spotlight: Animal Lifeline UK

4 The Love Of Animals

Transporters , again as it says on the tin! especially before you breed. Tags: people helping animals rescues. Homecheckers who, as the title suggests, go and check the home out and make sure it’s safe and; appropriate for the animal. The decision will always ultimately lie with the rescue though.

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Great cat tips from Housecat Housecall

4 The Love Of Animals

You will need a sturdy crate for transport, scratching post, climbing tree, litter box, food and water bowls and a breakaway collar with an ID tag. Cats, particularly representatives of individual breeds, can vary dramatically – from quiet, gentle little homebodies to personality-plus party animals. Tags: pet care tv.

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NYT Equine Thought Experiment

Animal Person

Perhaps if we never used nonhumans and instead relied on our own ingenuity we would have created modes of transportation better than those we have today. Horse-drawn carriages and breeding and racing horses and using them to play polo or to schlep kids around is an insult to horses. Let's leave them alone.

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Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo

Critter News

Incidents include a hippo who died in transport from Denver and a Turkmenian markhor, a species of wild goat, hung itself at the zoo after becoming trapped by a rope. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare.

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