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The Uncommon Demise of a Wood Thrush in Costa Rica

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Smaller frogs and toads, mice, bugs, worms, dog food, and carrion, you name it. If Wood Thrush hasn’t been documented as Cane Toad prey, it can now be added to the list. The rails did indeed come to investigate but came up empty-beaked. Birds too, if they can catch them.

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover Premiere Jan 7, 2012

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover have their season premieres tomorrow, January 7, 2012 on NatGeo Wild! Once again, Cesar Millan works with dogs and their owners to help dogs suffering from phobias and obsessions! Video: Terrier vs. Terrier sneak peek from: Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan: Why Dogs Fight.

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Humane Society Exposes Petland Practices

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The Humane Society has another great investigation into the shady practices of a corporate giant. Among the investigation findings. The investigation revealed that some of Petland's brokers are also buying from puppy mills. Some of the breeders were found with sick or dead dogs in their cages. but that's another post.)

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Animal Research Grants a Waste of Taxpayer Money

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Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. Recent published studies document that an old boys network in the federal grant award process keeps “aging cash cows” afloat while leaving younger, innovative investigators struggling.

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Rescue Ink Unleashed

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Check out this video from the premier episode: RESCUE INK UNLEASHED is a new weekly series that documents this unlikely group of animal activists on their crusade to save helpless, abandoned and abused animals. If not, be sure to set your DVR for Friday and watch, it’s a great show about an unlikely group of animal heroes.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. So if you want to see a Kirtland’s Warbler, you go to Michigan in May or June. Rapai also accompanies an experienced volunteer on the annual Kirtland’s Warbler Census.

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The complete guide to Dodo relatives, living and dead

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One of these clades holds a diversity of Old World species in several distinct groups, including an Australasian clade, the green-pigeons, the emerald- and wood-doves, the imperial-pigeons and fruit-doves (favorites of mine), and the subjects of our investigation today, the 15 known members of the Raphini.