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Leaping Foxes

10,000 Birds

If however you are a larger “mouse”-like rodent you are a rat. In Germany, our most common large mammalian predator is the Red Fox Vulpes vulpes. Foxes are very common in Germany and occur even within cities. Sometimes, red foxes can even be observed hunting during the day when rodents and fox babies are plentiful.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

10,000 Birds

Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Birds Conservation Bell Labs poisons Hawk rat poison Motomco wild bird poisoning wildlife poisoning'

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Seizures In Dogs: Could Your Dog Have A Seizure?

4 The Love Of Animals

The list includes, but is not limited to, Labrador and Golden Retrievers, Beagles, Huskies, Poodles, Irish Setters, Dachshunds, Cocker Spaniels and Wire-haired Fox Terriers. Some dog breeds are prone to inherited metabolic disorders that may cause seizures. Low Blood Sugar (Hypoglycemia).

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Breast Cancer in Pets

4 The Love Of Animals

In fact, I experienced it first hand when my pet rat developed breast cancer late in her life. Most “at-risk” breeds: poodle, Brittany spaniel, English setter, pointer, fox terrier, cocker spaniel, Boston terrier. Here are some great facts about breast cancer in dogs and cats. Thanks to PurinaCare for sending them our way.

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Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)

10,000 Birds

Ahead of the first trip, I wasn’t thinking much about mammals, and yet, you cannot miss them, from Nilgais near villages to Indian Flying Foxes in town centres, not to mention those ubiquitous and irresistibly cute Palm Squirrels eating seeds left for parakeets. On that first trip, I even saw some of the last 500 (Asiatic) Lions !

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Week Seven: Stewart Island & Penguins

10,000 Birds

Imported rats, Short-tailed Weasels, or Stoats as they are know as here, 0possums, and feral cats have caused the extinction of literally dozens of bird species here in New Zealand. Now we are off to view the Franz Joseph and Fox Glaciers, as well as a stop in Okarito Lagoon, Greymouth Estuary, and the Marlborough Sound.

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Backyard Birding in Breckenridge

10,000 Birds

Two Red Foxes would regularly come up on the deck to see if any scraps were to be had. My worries were unfounded but I must say it is an interesting experience to have foxes begging by the table. Say pigeons and we New Yorkers automatically think of the ragged sky rats that tourists love to feed. Well, actually, there were two.

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