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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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The sharp strings are a menace to passing birds – especially kites and other raptors – who cannot see them and sometimes suffer grievous, if not fatal, wounds. Unwilling to leave the suffering birds to die, they began bringing them home, asking veterinarians to make house calls, and keeping the recuperating birds on their roof.

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What’s Up with the ABA?

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T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. I am not an accountant, but “substantial doubt” as to the ABA continuing as “going concern” strikes me as a very significant problem.

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Europeans Continue to Search for Alternatives to Animal Research.Why Not Americans?

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At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Are politicians more willing to act? What gives? From Cordis News.

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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

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It was the first time I went to a wildlife rehabilitators conference. Occasionally I’d drink way too much vodka and write my long-suffering agent long diatribes with the subject line SHALL I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HATE BEING A WRITER??? Can you share your most memorable experience as a wildlife rehabber? There are so many!