4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild. The Atlanta Zoo in Georgia is borrowing Chengdu’s winning technique to help try and have a baby of its own. The rarest big cat on earth, the Amur leopard, is on the brink of disappearing forever.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Twenty-four hours uninterrupted sleep,” wrote Vonda in Georgia. Summer is high season. Change in Law. That’s easy!”

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. I raised 4 of the cranes shot this year– chicks that still had much of their brown plumage. Nobody needs to eat them.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

This year’s goal is to raise $1,000 in cash donations for each shelter ($6,000 total) plus oodles of toys and treats! Castaway Critters – Blairsville, Georgia. Cat Shelter – Cumberland, Maine. With your help of course! The six shelters chosen this year are: Bobbi and the Strays – Glendale, New York.

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