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Falakhe’s Story

10,000 Birds

Early starts are the rule when monitoring endagered species in Mkuze Game Reserve, in South Africa, but there’s a particular urgency to this morning’s start. Something was clearly badly wrong with both of his back legs, I’m no vet, but I would guess they had both been broken. But a Lion attack is not a snaring.

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Wisconsin Falconer Legally Traps Snowy Owl

10,000 Birds

Turns out the founder of TRC and many the vets who worked in clinic were falconers as well. If you are a bad hunting partner and do not flush enough game, the raptor will fly off when released and not return. I learned that I knew nothing of falconry. Here are some myths: Falconry birds are essentially pets. Not always.

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

4 The Love Of Animals

I’m an author, good character names are fair game) joined the family and something rather miraculous happened. My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts. Because she had never been socialized, this cat did not even know how to purr.

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