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AMC expands offerings with enhanced surgical suite

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The new surgical center at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, which includes five operating rooms and a recovery room separating dogs and cats, is part of an ongoing $125 million expansion project at the New York City veterinary hospital.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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Everyone is looking back on their best birds of 2019, so I thought it would be a good idea to look at a book that looks back a little further: Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City , by P. Natural areas include Pelham Bay Park, Van Cortlandt Park, Woodlawn Cemetery, New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo.

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A Corn Crake in New York State!

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Or by a cat! I drove up to where now only two cars were parked, and saw Steve and Isaac, two New York birding friends, stood in the middle of the median. In New York State! More recently, in January 2016 , a Corn Crake was found in the jaws of a cat in Pennsylvania; it died from its injuries.

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Feral Cats More Important Than Humans?

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Be careful if you cross the feral cat freaks – they might protest your business, sue you, and drive you to suicide. Such was the sad fate of a New York City veterinarian who refused to release a stray cat she treated back to a feral cat freak who planned to release the cat back into a feral cat colony.

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A Non-Lethal Solution for Both Wildlife and Feral Cats

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What can be done to solve the intractable problem of wildlife and feral cats? Peter, who lives in New York State, noticed two feral cats living near his house. Peter, who loves cats, has saved two of them from the normally short and brutal life of a feral cat. Ask Peter Paonessa.

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A Northern Wheatear in New York

10,000 Birds

When you are a New York City-based birder that is pretty pleased with the amount of boxes ticked off on your New York State checklist you would normally want a rarity that you have not seen in the state to show up within an hour drive of your home. And I even got to work on time! … a.

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New York State Avian Records Committee Rejects the Staten Island Hooded Crow

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We New York birders had a pretty good idea this was coming but Angus Wilson just let the cat out of the bag (Or did he put the crow in the bag?) on the New York State listserv. The Staten Island Hooded Crow will not appear on the New York State checklist because of its uncertain origins.

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