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Sen. Franken to Introduce Bill to Increase Use of Service Dogs for Vets

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My bill will help train a statistically significant number of dogs to measure the benefits to veterans with physical and emotional wounds. Al Franken (suck on that Bill O'Reilly) has introduced a bill to increase the number of service dogs for vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

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When Birds Are Near: Dispatches From Contemporary Writers

10,000 Birds

The 26 essays in When Birds Are Near are all about the real-life and emotional spaces where people overlap with 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.

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The Art of Bird Camp

10,000 Birds

The birds were then measured, weighed, fitted with tiny silver bands, and released; with luck some will be temporarily netted again in the future, and their statistics added to the growing database of wild bird survival rates. Fueled by Sue’s enthusiasm, our group crowded around excitedly but silently.

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