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Spotlight: Maureen Eiger – To Intervene or Not to Intervene?

10,000 Birds

Here are some examples of when a bird definitely needs your help and a call to a federally permitted bird rehabilitator is warranted. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged. Most likely the bird will need to be medicated for a few days “just in case.”. So: When do you intervene? A hummingbird found on the ground.

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Love in the Time of Conjunctivitis

10,000 Birds

That was definitely a bad sign; it’s almost impossible to just walk up to and snatch a healthy adult wild bird. Less than 24 hours after receiving medication, the eye that had been swollen shut had opened enough for her to see again. As I approached on foot, I expected her to fly off in a flurry but once again she did not.

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Must-Have Apps for the Avid Pet Lover

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With Petfinder’s mobile app, you can have access to the databases of 13,000 shelters and rescue organizations; and it definitely helps to have it with you as you bounce from one shelter to another, so you can compare fees and legal requirements.

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The Secret Perfume of Birds: Uncovering the Science of Avian Scent–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

She also found other research on birds and smell, particularly the pioneering work of Bernice Wenzel, the medical illustrations of Betsy Bang, Gabrielle Nevitt work with seabirds, and more recently, the Crested Auklet studies of Julie Hagelin and the genetic olfactory research of Silke Steiger in Germany. This is an extremely helpful aid.

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Ground Zero Hero

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They were to be deployed to Ground Zero with 200 other members of New Jersey Task Force 1, including structural engineers and medical workers, as well as other search-and-rescue people. She reports that Anna definitely picked up on the stress that her handler was feeling.

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Read an Analysis of Slate's Animal Research Series

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I think that people who are pro-animal research would come away with something to ponder, definitely the sense that this is not a pretty or sanitized practice. Tags: animal experimentation animal research medical research. Animal Person points out this comment made by Daniel Engber, the author. Bring on the PETA hotties!

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Organizations Putting Animals First

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Led by professionals who have experience with organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States, the group is definitely not new to the issues surrounding animals worldwide. From medical assistance to fundraising, education and adoption events, PAC 911 does all it can to improve the situation of animals in its area.