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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds

10,000 Birds

They were able to untangle him, but they took a few good talon hits in the process. They showed me their wounds! 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.

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Fizzle’s Story

4 The Love Of Animals

Then I noticed that several family members were also nursing bleeding wounds. The whole process had taken four hours. It showed Fizzle, white fur gleaming, red bow in his topknot, sitting on the lap of a woman who, like Barb, looked as if she hadn’t lived an easy life. I swore and jumped back.

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