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How To Get A Bird Back Up The Chimney

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Chimney Swifts are remarkable birds who are having a harder and harder time finding brick chimneys in which to nest and raise their families. They are among the most difficult birds for wildlife rehabilitators to raise, so if any fall down your chimney their best chance of survival is to put them back up there again.

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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

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From the Farm Sanctuary. For 25 years, Farm Sanctuary has relied on the Walk to support its mission to protect farm animals from cruelty and inspire change in the way society views and treats farm animals. For more information on the Walk and how to register, please visit walkforfarmanimals.org.

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Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows

4 The Love Of Animals

They also have a huge vision and mission for their sanctuary! They are undertaking a great project that sounds like it will be beneficial for both the sanctuary rabbits and the people who love them. acres of Rabbit Meadows Sanctuary since we opened twelve years ago. Over 1,000 rescued rabbits have roamed the 4.5

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On Food for the Soul

Animal Person

The animals were still bred and raised for slaughter, but evidently in some kind of soulful way we don't really hear about. Essentially, industrialized farming=soulless, small family farm=soulful. Kristof writes of the "decent and varied lives" that small farms provide animals with. I'm not sure how that equals soul.

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Plugging Kids Into Birding

10,000 Birds

Astounding because she picked up birding before she could speak and surprising because this ability was definitely not inherited from anyone in my family, myself included. Thankfully there are several really excellent family board games that you can play as a whole family. Her natural talent was astounding and surprising.

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On Peaceable Kingdom, Part Deux

Animal Person

And more important is that those storytellers include people who ran small, family operations that animal welfare advocates would not have a problem with.

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

4 The Love Of Animals

Chimpanzees and elephants grieve the loss of family and friends, and gorillas hold wakes for the dead. In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. They were brought separately to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., Shirley and Jenny: Remembering Friends.

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