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Reasons to Choose a Pet-Friendly Retirement Community

4 The Love Of Animals

If you’re a pet owner, you know from experience how tricky it can be finding places to live (other than buying a house) where you’re allowed to own pets. About the Author: Monarch Landing is a Chicago senior living community located near the city in Naperville, Illinois. Of course, not all pets are cats and dogs.

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Kooyman was there to work at McMurdo Station (a large American research station that we hear about throughout the book) as technical assistant on a science mission involving fish. Kooyman and Jim Mastro, with a Foreword by Jessica Ulrika Meir University of Chicago Press, Nov. And that may be o.k. 2023, 256 pp.

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The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs

10,000 Birds

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) attempts to calculate the economic contribution of National Wildlife Refuge visitation to local communities. Activities such as hunting, fishing, and trapping are categorized as “consumptive” uses. In contrast, consumptive uses were minor: fishing accounted for 10 percent and hunting was just 4 percent.

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