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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

10,000 Birds

I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Violation of the law would be punishable by substantial fines, plus the cat owners would be required to perform community service at a local wildlife rehabilitation facility. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A

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Pseudonymns for Costa Rican Birds

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Here are a few of my recommendations for some such esteemed members of the Costa Rican avifauna: Forest Football Chicken or FFC (Great Tinamou) – Since tinamou sounds like the perfect representation of an oddly-shaped bird with a small head that gives beautiful tremulous vocalizations, I am sorely tempted to leave this one off the list.

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Pet Massage for Your Furry Loved One

4 The Love Of Animals

By the time you make it home, you’re absolutely spent and your shoulders are sore. After the benefits became more widely known, the practice spread to dogs, cats and other household pets. Rubbernecking traffic made you an hour late for work, and the boss made you stay late for a pointless meeting.

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On THE DOG WHO COULDN'T STOP LOVING

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This includes horses, cats and cows. However, I have to disagree with page 78's: "Will a cat comfort you when you are sad? My experience says otherwise (particularly with my childhood kitty, Brady), but generally speaking Masson's depiction of cats is accurate. And he details why. He might, but I would not count on it."

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Birding Nonggang, Guangxi, China – part 1

10,000 Birds

My cats – which know about these things – tell me that despite rumors to the contrary, there is no difference in taste between the male and the female. On the morning of day 4 at Nonggang, I had a sore throat but a covid test was negative, so birding continued … And the female, as usual going for a more casual look.

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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

It was playing with a cat toy and managed to get a string wrapped around its foot, and when I went to untangle him he went into crazy attack mode and bit my wrist. It was swollen and sore for two weeks.”. “My worst bite was from a baby bobcat,” says Geri Wynn. “It

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds The New York Times and Tweety have it absolutely correct. .&# He and his mate were one of the few successful pairs in the whole eastern flock! Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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