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What makes a good bird guide?

10,000 Birds

In my eyes, what counts is how someone plays the game. He suffered from the lack of experience as a traveler and someone who has hired guides himself. However knowledgeable you might be, you cannot know for sure that an uninjured, free-ranging bird will be waiting for you where it usually does.

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How to ‘treat’ your cat right

4 The Love Of Animals

Just like people, pets that are not treated right can suffer from stress and other health problems, and an inadequate diet, for example, will make cats more prone to infections and illnesses. Options for treats. Homemade accessories can include mirrors, cardboard and plastic boxes and climbing poles or shelves. Temptations treats.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

There is little that is less polluting and less harmful to the planet than hunting wild game responsibly. A “free range” bird eats insects, as well as plants, so it gets more nutrition out of the same amount of land than do her cattle, which eat only the grass. Stephanie Jenkins Highland Park, N.J., Indeed, in Ms.