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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

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Mice/rats in your house or business? ” Most people don’t understand what they’re doing when they use rat poison. Support and follow Raptors Are The Solution ( RATS ), a Berkely, CA group whose goal is to get all poisonous rodenticides off the shelves. as well as a rare mammal, the California fisher. What to do?

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Birds Conservation Bell Labs poisons Hawk rat poison Motomco wild bird poisoning wildlife poisoning'

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Self-cleaning pens, never-empty feed buckets,” wrote Angel in South Carolina and Zoe in California. “A wrote Veronica in California. “I It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. That’s easy!”

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Ravenswood Winery: Besieged (2014)

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While one farmer grows hops, another raises grain destined for the malthouse. While the city brewer might contend with urban vermin like rats and pigeons, the country vintner generally enjoys the company of more charismatic wildlife. Ravenswood Winery was founded in Sonoma, California in 1976. alcohol by volume.

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Collaborative List – November 2019

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He raised his binoculars above his head and cried out with courage and clarity, “I am Sparticus!” California Quail – Callipepla californica. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. McArthur Swamp / Rat Farm. Something needed to be done. 23 Nov 2019.

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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There are only approximately 23 million people in the whole country, which is about 10 million less than the state of California. Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. We must fight to save every species we can, every ecosystem, every niche.

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