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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

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We had a fledgling Yellow-billed Cuckoo delivered in a glass of water,” said Marge Cahak Gibson in Wisconsin. “By The carrier was a normal cardboard box, but the opossum was nestled on a square of white fur, surrounded by pinecones and greenery, and all of it was festively tied with a ribbon. By a lawyer.” Soaked and ice cold!

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5 things to know about pets and pests

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Also, they can hide behind floppy ears or in long fur. Ticks may be transferred to humans. Ticks are tiny, some about the size of a pin head. They can resemble freckles, moles or even specks of dirt. Don’t assume your dog is tick-free just because you can’t readily see one. Be sure to give yourself a good check-over.

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Comebackers

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is going to have to go to Michigan or Wisconsin. In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. But within a couple of decades, it’s effects on both wildlife and humanity became apparent. Somebody won a Nobel Prize.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

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According to Stanley Temple, a professor emeritus of conservation at the University of Wisconsin, “the extinction was part of the motivation for the birth of modern 20th century conservation.” Some people actually don’t consider human beings as animals. Some people think humans are superior to all other life forms.

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