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Texas VMA, veterinary school, veterinary clinic receive AVMA President’s Awards

AVMA News

This year’s recipients are the Texas VMA (TVMA), Texas A&M University School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, and the Meyerland Animal Clinic (MAC) in Houston. Lori Teller, 2022-23 AVMA president, gave three President’s Awards during the President’s Reception July 14 at AVMA Convention 2023 in Denver.

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Texas Oil Spill Threatens Migrating Birds

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Is last week’s oil spill near Galveston, Texas bad for birds? Oiled Laughing Gull photograph above by Melissa Phillip/ Houston Chronicle ). Here’s the outlook from the folks on the ground , namely Houston Audubon. If they rest or feed in the affected area , they’re at risk for contamination.

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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Sure, there were Summer and Scarlet Tanagers and a few “good” warblers, but most of the migrants were sailing on those south winds over our heads to other parts of Texas. The sanctuary is of global importance, a complex of mudflats, salt marsh, coastal prairie uplands and open beach owned and managed by Houston Audubon Society.

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1045 Animals Seized in Houston

Critter News

The SPCA took 1045 animals out of a home in Texas that were living in horrible conditions. When SPCA investigators received an anonymous tip Wednesday afternoon about animals in need of medical care at a home in northwest Houston, they had no idea it would turn into one of the largest U.S. Tags: animal abuse Houston.

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VCA Offers Free Boarding for Pets Affected by Texas Wildfires

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To help those affected by the Texas wildfires, select VCA Animal Hospitals in the state of Texas (in and around both Austin and Houston) are offering free boarding for companion animals. Houston-area hospitals: VCA Tomball Veterinary Hospital. VCA Northwest Hills Animal Hospital. VCA Tanglewood Animal Hospital.

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Don’t Mess with the Great Texas Birding Classic

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Now you should have a sense of the excitement elicited by the Great Texas Birding Classic ! The Great Texas Birding Classic covers the extent of what else but the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail, 500 miles of phenomenal habitat covering the Gulf Coast from the east Texas Piney Woods to the lower Rio Grande Valley.

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Why Texas? Reasons to Adopt a Shelter Dog from Houston, TX

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