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Shine a Light on a Shelter

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Purina ONE® beyOnd® brand dog and cat food and GOOD have teamed up to host the Shine a Light on a Shelter challenge and award a $10,000 grant to an animal shelter doing great work. Do you know of a shelter that is doing good work on behalf of homeless pets? The public will be invited to vote for the most innovative shelter.

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Saguaro National Park: Cacti as Oases in the Desert

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The Cactus Forest Drive loop, which is part of the national park’s eastern unit, is a paved route that winds through spectacular examples of saguaro cactus forest. Saguaro Cactus also provides shelter and nesting sites for a wide range of desert birds as can be seen by the many nest cavities on this specimen.

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Oriental Plovers

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Oriental Plover The other extreme is where you have a very hot day and the birds move off the vegetation on the plains and seek shelter from the heat. Here is an example of a roost site along Eighty Mile Beach to the south of Broome in February.

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Bird Counts and Cold Fronts in Costa Rica

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One of the examples of that tropical take on cold happened to me one cool, December day when a senior citizen walked by and couldn’t help but share her impressions on the unusual temperatures. That’s where Costa Rica is situated of course and is partly why so many birds live here. It’s also why 60 degrees f. Just kidding!

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Where Did The Birds Go?

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Buckthorn (though invasive and non native) provides both food and shelter and when it’s removed, it will keep birds away that like heavy cover and berries but the open space may eventually attract different birds. Is your seed not what the birds in your area want, for example is it more millet than sunflower? Is it temporary?

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What To Do If You Find a Pit Bull

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Many shelters do not intake pit bulls at all, and many of the shelters that do find themselves limited in their intake by state regulations or their own policies that dictate pit bull capacity. You can have this done at a vet’s office or at a shelter. Contact Local Pit Bull Friendly Shelters. Begin Searching For an Owner.

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Adopt-a-Pet.com Guest Post

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We are like an ad agency for shelters and shelter pets. Sadly there are 4 million healthy adoptable companion animals killed in shelters each year due to overcrowding. We do our best to relieve that problem and put pets from shelters in the homes of pet seekers all over the country.

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