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A kestrel in the rain

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A Marsh Harrier hunting over Elmley Nature Reserve before the storm The wind was building up as I started my slow drive along the track, pausing every few yards to scan for birds. This was not just any rain but the kind that sweeps across a landscape nearly horizontally, driving all in its path, birds and men, to take shelter.

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Outdoor/Feral Cat Problem? Call the SWAT Team

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Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feral cats have become above the law. Neighbor B tells her that his cats wouldn’t be happy indoors, that cats’ hunting is “natural,” and that he has no intention of keeping his cats inside. What do you do when you – a citizen whose rights are protected by the U.S.

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Sam Lena Park, Tucson, Arizona

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My research into the history of this area has yielded very little, only that it is well liked by 786 people on Facebook, the local Disc Golf Group gives it high praise, and that my favorite part of this location, what is called the “Environmental Restoration Area” is popular with several Birding Websites.

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Novartis CEO Has Lodge Burned Down by Animal Rights Activists

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ALF activists burned the hunting lodge of Novartis CEO Daniel Vasella. If you think it's fun killing animals in your own forest in Austria and bring them to your hunting estate, we will destroy it. It hasn't been your week has it, Daniel? Understand this: This will continue until you sever all ties with Huntingdon Life Sciences.

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The great green Caribbean lowlands – Costa Rica

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Sergio and I continue to a sloth shelter, where, waiting for the tour, I sit in a café. Somewhere else, the tricky group would be the LBJs, a.k.a. Working with the local jaguar conservancy, he learned that there are 10 or 11 different animals hunting peccaries and other prey at Selva Bananito.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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Houston Audubon instituted a ‘no hunting’ policy and by July 1995, there were 50 heron nests on the island, protected from mammalian predators by the large alligators in the waterways. Many birders left at the first drops, but I crowded with a few other birders under the shelter of the volunteer kiosk. Another Hooded!

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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Nonprofit pet protection groups would manage the program and be responsible for ensuring that cat caretakers take the required steps. If left unchecked, free-roaming cats will breed and their populations increase at locations where they find suitable shelter and food, resulting in environmental/property damage, and public nuisance.