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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. Sherrill Durbin Tulsa, Okla., There are puppies with puppy breath and slobbery kisses; young dogs with enthusiasm, devotion and intelligence; older dogs with patience, loyalty and wisdom.