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For Wildlife Emergencies, Contact Animal Help Now

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AHNow’s database includes wildlife rehabilitators, rescues and hotlines, as well as veterinarians who treat wildlife. You can post it on your local Internet bulletin board, and give it to the people who receive wildlife rescue calls but normally can’t help… your local town hall, police department, libraries, and hiking area staff.

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Peli Can-Do

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“The young ones are incredibly curious and playful,” says Monte Merrick, the co-Director of Bird Ally X in Arcata, California, which is almost to the border of Oregon. Monte has been part of oil-spill rescue teams all over the country. The adults don’t say much – minor grunts, mostly bill clacking. He’s talking about Brown Pelicans. “We

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary.

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National Justice for Animals Week

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Here is the full press release: During its first-ever National Justice for Animals Week, February 22 – 28, 2009, the national non-profit Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) is recognizing some of the top law enforcement professionals in the nation for getting real justice for animals who are victims of abuse.

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Cookie and Coco: Anatomy of an Internet Chain Email

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Someone told us it involved Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue. Snopes has it originating in California. Now if you get one from the brother in law of the recently deceased Finance Minister of Nigeria, that's probably real. Either way, the story is OLD. Chances are, it's either a hoax or is so old it effectively is a hoax.

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