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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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In addition to killing birds of prey, brodifacoum has also killed coyotes, grey foxes, red foxes, kit foxes, mountain lions, bobcats, black bears, Pacific fishers, and other animals, including domestic dogs and cats. Syngenta warns that “Talon” is “hazardous to dogs, cats, pigs, poultry and other wildlife.”

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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review

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The tiercels (young Peregrines) must deal with Golden Eagles, Ravens, adult Peregrines, and foxes; they must also learn to navigate the skies and make their own kills, luckily these skills appear to be innately learned. Coyotes took carrion from young Condors and then killed the weakest ones. Endangered. Extinction.

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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires. While larger animals like deer and elk are usually able to escape the fire’s path, smaller animals like squirrels, foxes and snakes are not always so lucky. A fire might kill weak birds or, depending on the time of year, claim nestlings. No surprise here: They fly away.

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Shark Attack Experiment: LIVE

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Here is a sneak peek: Mark Thompson, the former host of Guinness World Records Primetime and Fox’s Emmy Awards red-carpet coverage, will co-host Shark Attack Experiment LIVE with Anna Gilligan, former Fox News Channel personality, from Rocky Bay, South Africa, commonly referred to as “Shark Park.” Time of day. Panic and fear.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. required to determine those catch limits.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

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Marc Hauser, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard University, recently opened his own such research lab and has 1,000 dogs lined up as subjects. If it did, the licking often prompts it to vomit up some of that kill for the other members of the pack to share. They decided to study foxes, which are closely related to wolves and dogs.

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The Eagle Huntress–A Film Review

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It takes days to find a fox for the girl and her eagle to hunt, and the first effort does not go well. But then, a fox is sighted and we get truly magnificent scenes of the bird in flight and all attention is focused on the beauty of this Golden Eagle. It’s exciting. It’s part of the natural order of things.

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