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Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle

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This guest blog was written by Debbie Souza-Pappas, the director and founder of Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price, Utah. After we took possession of an injured and weakened Golden Eagle from the vast desert area of eastern Utah, it became clear that the compound fracture of the tibiotarsus was the result of a steel-jaw trap.

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Beagles Rescued from Bankrupt Lab

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On Friday, the beagles — owned by a research facility in New Jersey whose parent pharmaceutical company went into bankruptcy — were released to the care of animal rescue groups that, after socializing them, hope to adopt them out as family pets. and Elmsford, N.Y.,

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Bowling for Rhinos

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Please join the Utah Chapter American Association of Zookeepers (AAZK) for their 18th annual “Bowling for Rhinos” on Friday, May 1st. Salt Lake City, Utah. Ask your friends, family, and coworkers to pledge money to BFR. Location: Olympus Hills Bowling Alley. 4015 Wasatch Blvd. Get sponsored to bowl!

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Getting a Kitten from Kansas

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I think there are many disreputable breeders, I think they are increasing a bloated supply of pets, and I think there are many purebreds already available from shelters. Sure, but I just don't think it helps the problem of pet overpopulation. But I can't help wishing she'd go to a shelter and save a cat that needs a family and a home.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening. Asides Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.

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