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Fur Free Fashion Show Winners Announced

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Third Place (The Student Award): Kyle Ramirez, a design student at The Art Institute of Dallas, for his “Cotton Candy Dress” that creates the illusion of something “soft and weightless like fur and cotton candy” but uses cascading ruffles, antiqued satin fabric, artificial flowers and beads, to achieve that illusion.

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Rescue Spotlight: Kitten Rescue

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2010 Fur Ball at the Skirball Hosted by Jenna Fischer. Last year Kitten Rescue celebrated 12 years and more than 10,000 lives saved with the Second Annual Fur Ball fundraiser dinner! Join us as we continue the tradition with the 2010 Fur Ball at the Skirball, hosted by Jenna Fischer from NBC’s The Office.

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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism

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What messages and techniques have been proven effective in getting people to make compassionate decisions like boycotting fur and adopting companion animals instead of buying them? And why do so many people say the oppose the cruel practices of factory farming, yet still eat meat, eggs and dairy products?

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Where to See Kiwi (and other birds) During the Rugby World Cup

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North of Dunedin is Orokonui , a wildlife Sanctuary modeled on Karori with a fence to keep introduced mammals out. Abel Tasman is popular for its easy hiking trail along the coast and kayaking, keep an eye out for New Zealand Fur Seals and Spotted Shags. And to the south are The Catlins, mentioned above. You really are spoiled here.

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Royal Shags and Tricky Parakeets: Birding Queen Charlotte Sound

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In the early morning out on the water there were plenty of Fluttering Shearwaters and Australasian Gannets, and close to a salmon farm we found New Zealand Fur Seals as well as Pied Shags, Little Shags and Spotted Shags (I can only assume that kiwis just like calling all cormorants shags because they are all five years old).

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The Emotional Lives of Animals

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In June 2006, Jane and I visited a chimpanzee sanctuary near Girona, Spain. They were brought separately to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., I wondered what in the world he’d brought back and discovered the wet ball of fur was a very young bunny. Shirley and Jenny: Remembering Friends.

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Comebackers

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However, these islands that were predator-free sanctuaries eventually turned into ecological sinks. 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.

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