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Dogs of Courage

4 The Love Of Animals

When we got a copy of Dogs of Courage: The Heroism and Heart of Working Dogs Around the World for review we couldn’t wait to open the pages and read the stories inside! The stories of working dogs will warm your heart and open your eyes to just how much our canine companions really know! We were not disappointed!

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

10,000 Birds

Motomco’s Material Safety Data Sheet for “Hawk” warns that the product “is extremely toxic to fish, birds, and other wildlife” and that “dogs and predatory and scavenging mammals and birds might be poisoned if they feed upon animals that have eaten this bait.” Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).

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Protecting Your Pets from Pests and Disease

4 The Love Of Animals

Perhaps the most well known mosquito born disease, heartworms can be fatal to dogs and occasionally cats and foxes. Heartworm larvae are carried by mosquitoes and then transmitted to the dog’s bloodstream when the mosquito bites. It can affect humans, birds, horses, dogs, cats, and other mammals. Heartworms.

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Judge Clears Way for HSUS Suit Over Fur Advertising

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The lawsuit, filed under the D.C. The complaint also alleges violations of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act and Federal Trade Commission Act, which also prohibit the false advertising and mislabeling of any fur product.

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Birding Shanghai in February 2022

10,000 Birds

Tianmashan bonus mammal: a Raccoon Dog – though it looks a lot like a raccoon, it is actually more closely related to foxes than to raccoons. Meanwhile, on Chongming island, I rescued a Northern Shoveler which got caught in one of these evil, almost invisible strings that the farmers use to protect their fields from hungry birds.

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Tribes and Birds of the Lower Omo Valley by Adam Riley

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Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank. Yellow-billed Stork. As the sky turned rosy with dawn, we stopped for some excellent additions to our burgeoning bird list.

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At Sea With the Marine Birds of the Raincoast: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The author, conservation biologist Caroline Fox, is observing the albatross’s shadow to the side of the boat. Fox notes the albatross in her “soaking-wet notebook” and watches it circle and fly back into the masking glare. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.

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