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Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)

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But they don’t live in North America. I find it astonishing that people argue of whether feral cats are bad for birds in North America. In North America, you’ve got Bears at the large end, Cats in the middle, and at the smaller end, the Mustilids. Unless we put them there. Have you ever seen the Dryfus Lion?

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Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family–A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

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Birders are always happy to see a turtle or tortoise, and there are times of the year when my social media feeds are sprinkled with photos of turtles beings removed from roads or crawling to land to lay eggs. Press, 2006) or Ernst and Lovich’s text on turtles of North America, cited above. Pritchard (Johns Hopkins Univ.

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African Pythons Targeted for Removal

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Photo Credit: Invasive and Exotic Species of North America (www.invasive.org). Burmese pythons either escaped from pet trade breeding facilities in South Florida after Hurricane Andrew or were released by people who no longer wanted them as pets. Rock Python. Photo Credits: Samuel Wright.

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What Foods you should Avoid Feeding your Dog?

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And be careful of wild onions (also known as scallions, spring onions, or salad onions) which grow nearly everywhere in North America. Sugarless foods contain artificial sweeteners that can interfere with insulin production in your pet. Raw meat, fish, and eggs pose the same danger to dogs as they do to humans.

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