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7 Tips for Creating a Dog-Friendly Yard

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Combat “Dog Spots” The nitrogen content of dog urine tends to kill affected areas of grass. If you have the space in your yard, consider building a dog house as an outdoor shelter for your pet. Also, refresh a water bowl routinely outside to make sure your dog stays cool and hydrated.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. Does that sound like an accurate description of what these refuges are becoming?

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What the Owl Knows: The New Science of the World’s Most Enigmatic Birds: A Book Review

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Ackerman understands how to set a scene, fill it with charismatic real-life characters, and top it off with magic–the hoot of a distant Great Gray Owl, a Burrowing Owl evading capture, an old barn sheltering young Barn Owls, a tree full of Long-eared Owls in the middle of a small town in northern Serbia. They are also hunted.

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The Gap Between Wildlife and the Animal Rights Movement

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Excuse the sudden and random departure from the typical self-aggrandizing and narcissistic ornithophilic content. Yes, of course it is too bad that so many animals (most often rats, mice and rabbits) have to be killed. That will return next month. – The Great Ornithologist Felonious Jive Animal rights.