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Can we get a campaign going to shut down SeaQuest

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This was the same for many other of the animals there: potbelly pigs, a sad otter, rabbits, chickens and Bengal cats. I already emailed Woodbridge and the NJ Department of Environmental Protection with my disappointment, but if you would like to join me here is their contact information: Mayor John E.

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Have You Considered Keeping Goats as Pets?

4 The Love Of Animals

Cats and dogs are the most popular pets, along with hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs also being amongst the favourites. It’s important to provide goats with a shelter to protect them from the elements. Have you considered keeping goats as pets? You will also need somewhere to store feed, such as bales of hay and cereal grains.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. From a conservation perspective the poisoning of rats was a no-brainer, a single application of poison over a relatively small area would protect the future of a species.

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Can Stewart Island become Pest Free?

10,000 Birds

Getting rid of rabbits and goats was something that had been done for many years, but it was generally thought that rats and cats would be impossible to remove from all but the smallest islands. Of particular interest would be the commitment of the islanders to give up having cats as pets. Insanely ambitious?

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Unintended Consequences of Predator Control

Critter News

The intent was to protect birds by removing one of their predators: cats. It seemed like a good idea at the time: Remove all the feral cats from a famous Australian island to save the native seabirds. What happened was something that hurt the birds worse.

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Starling & Grackle Bird Feeding Tips

10,000 Birds

She wrote the books Disapproving Rabbits and City Birds/Country Birds. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Wicked, right?

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Australia’s extinct and threatened bird species

10,000 Birds

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. Handbook to The Birds of Australia, 1865.

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