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AVMA members press Congress for illicit xylazine, dog importation laws

AVMA News

They urged Congress to support two AVMA-backed bills aimed at ensuring dogs are healthy when imported into the United States and to combat trafficking of the animal sedative xylazine without hindering veterinary access to the drug.

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German Canines to Help Catch Smugglers

Critter News

Amy, a German shepherd, and Uno, a Labrador retriever, have joined the team at {Frankfurt,} one of Europe's busiest airports — the first two dogs in Germany trained to sniff out live animals, plants or derivatives or remains of them. Tags: wildlife trafficking smuggling Germany. Interesting. That's huge.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

And, in “The Black and White,” Sara Crosby tells the evocative tale of finding a deceased Black-and-white Warbler on Charles Street while walking her dog. The essays range widely in place, bird, and voice, though the emphasis is on the North American.