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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

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I have never once seen a cat anywhere in my neighborhood. None of my neighbors have cats and I'm only aware of one dog owner blocks away. Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits. I'm sure most people would say probably a cat. or even this city for that matter. but that's pretty much it for mammals.

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On the Keeping of Endangered Fishes

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Assuming that the fish are kept in a large aquarium that mimics their natural habitat, and that the keeper treats the fish as family (as they would a rescued dog, cat, rabbit, etc.), Of course that also brings up the dilemma of feeding cats and fish, who are omnivores and actually need to eat some meat in order to be healthy.

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15 Australian Birds (Episode 2)

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Which of course is the perfect transition to that bird, the Common Myna. In a nationwide survey in 2005, the Australian public rated the common myna as the most significant pest, beating contenders such as the cane toad, the European rabbit, and feral cat ( source ). Well, a better transition than what I usually manage.

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Animal Rights Zone Launches Today

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Also, that's how you get the cat-and-dog-and-horse (and maybe dolphin) people to cross over into a world where cuteness isn't the primary concern. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts. Project Treadstone. Responsible Policies. More >> Animals. More >> Category. More >> Players. New York Times. More >> Places.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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Nonnative species have huge impacts on wildlife species everywhere… mice kill seabird chicks in their burrows, rats eat endangered bird eggs, overpopulated deer clear the understory of forests, pigs root out native plants and terrestrial animals, cats kill anything they can get their paws on. The logic of this is ridiculous.

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

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Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. The huge population of feral cats undoubtedly is having a detrimental effect on our bird life. Since European settlement there has been the loss of at least 23 species and sub-species of birds.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

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