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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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That's because of a little-known state law that requires government-run pounds to turn animals over to researchers if asked. University officials say they only collect animals from shelters willing to participate and pound animals are steered toward nonlethal experiments. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State

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Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. Apparently in the past some birders and photographers had been not so polite in their behavior when a Northern Hawk Owl had been in the vicinity, and when this bird showed up the local law enforcement did not want it made public.

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Is fostering the answer? We think it is.

4 The Love Of Animals

That at least would be a start till our society puts a higher value on the lives and existence of our furry friends, till the law stands up for our 4-legged buddies, till shelters are no longer overflowing with the unwanted. Fostering is a wonderful experience. This may be easy for some pets, and not so easy for others.

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Our Best Birds of 2020

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Unfortunately, this morph is the dominant one at Fuzhou NFP”) that somehow survived the review process, possibly because the reviewer has had similar experiences. But in 2020, with all my travel plans cancelled and pretty much everything shut down, I wasn’t straying too far from Albany, New York for birding.

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