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How To Help A Baby Bird

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That’s an old wives’ tale that says bird won’t take care of a baby bird with a human smell on it–not true at all. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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The Louisiana Black Bear (shown above) was listed as threatened within its historic range (defined as southern Mississippi, Louisiana, and east Texas) under the Endangered Species Act on January 7, 1992 (57 FR 588), due to extensive habitat loss and modification, as well as human-related mortality. Established in 1964, the William L.

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We are Just Money Grubbers

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The Lesser White-fronted Goose is not only rare in Serbia, but also overlooked among numerous Greater White-fronted Geese. Illegal spring hunting and round-ups of moulting birds are taking place on the Russian breeding grounds and illegal shooting continues in Norway. Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser eruthtropus.

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