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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer

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Mark Gamin, a Cleveland lawyer, likes cats and birds both. Agonizing quandaries concerning invasive species are well-known to wildlife biologists. It’s not just the effect of cats on wildlife that should be alarming, “Cat Wars” says. This is Mark’s first contribution to 10,000 Birds.

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The Once and Future Oriole

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Images courtesy of the US Fish and Wildlife Service. It was not mine, and I couldn’t miss what I had never had. Because sometimes a Bullock’s Oriole just flies over your head, on a day when you’re only vaguely expecting any such thing, and then perches at the tip of a pathside tree and starts singing.

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Canadian Sentenced for Ivory Smuggling

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Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife officials from Environment Canada and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Cleveland, Ohio. Tags: ivory canada us fish and wildlife africa smuggling us. The sentence follows a long running international investigation by special agents of the U.S, Siyam plead guilty in a U.S.

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Fur Free Fashion Show Winners Announced

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Second Place: Valerie Mayen, an independent designer in Cleveland, Ohio, for her “Cherry Snap,” a two-tiered skirt with a textured high waistband, adjustable to size with varied snaps, designed to accessorize any basic ensemble in a unique way.

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German Birding Blitz

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Andy Avram is a lifelong resident of northeastern Ohio, just east of Cleveland. From the time he can remember, every camping, hiking, or simple trip outside was focused on finding wildlife with herps, mammals, birds and native fish as his primary interests.

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Veraguan Mango – Panama's ex-endemic

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Like when Cleveland local Lebron James showed up in Miami and started playing basketball for the Heat. But Panama is probably better off than the Cleveland Cavaliers, whose chances of winning a NBA title without LeBron are pretty slim. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

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