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Shutting Your Trap

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I knew the wildlife. What you did was illegal,” he said. The states which have essentially banned leghold traps are Florida, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, California, and Washington. Birds Conservation Great Horned Owl leghold traps Red-tailed Hawk wildlife rehabilitators'

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The Marsh Wren Singing and Gathering Nesting Material

10,000 Birds

The nests can also serve as shelter for newly fledged young and for adults, especially during winter in resident populations like those in the California central valley. National Wildlife Refuges have been underfunded since President Theodore Roosevelt created the first refuge in 1903 and Congress refused to appropriate money to manage it.