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What It Feels Like For a Ferret Watcher

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No coyotes in sight right now, the Great Horned Owls are off in the cottonwoods closer to the river. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. If we get close enough we might see a pink maw and slivers of white teeth, ready to take a prairie dog by the throat and choke the life out but also rather perversely adorable. Maybe this is the one.

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That Awkward Moment With Feral Cats and Family

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But I don’t agree with the supplemental feeding that happens with feral cats–if you’re gonna call them wildlife, treat them as such. “Why can’t the kittens be adopted,” I asked in her comments section. “These kittens aren’t socialized or domesticated,” she said.