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Earth Day for Pets!

4 The Love Of Animals

We humans aren’t the only ones who can “go green&# ! Just look at all the wonderful products for pets (and people with pets). Eco Turtle squeaky toy made from IntelliLoft fibers (85% recycled soda bottles). From The Modern Pet. Tags: pet care. The Skooper Box , from Metropawlis.

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

10,000 Birds

Giant anteaters, giant otters, giant armadillos, giant river turtles, giant termites and giant waterlilies that can sustain the weight of a human baby! Decades of trapping for the pet industry drove them to the brink of extinction, and their survival into the future was seriously in doubt. Giant waterlilies at Karanambu Ranch.

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The predictability of Pied Oystercatchers

10,000 Birds

We have had a pair move due to human traffic increasing through the dune system and others have had to adapt to the changing landscape. These are not pet cats, but cats that have only ever lived in the wild and can survive in extreme conditions. Feral cats are a huge problem in Australia and they do take a lot of the eggs.

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Guest Post: Susan Wilson

4 The Love Of Animals

Post a picture on Susan Wilson’s Facebook page and explanation of how your dog (or turtle, or human, etc!) She goes to the door, rejects the notion of going out, turns toward her dinner; goes back to the door, because clearly this human is not listening. I also wanted you to know about the Who’s Your Good Dog Campaign.

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Do Not Feed Baby Birds Ham

10,000 Birds

Erin Smithies-Baker’s colleague Lisa Kelly took in two box turtles a woman had kept for years, feeding them nothing but spaghetti and meatballs. Human breast milk – no, don’t get me started. We ended up naming them ‘Ragu’ and ‘Prego.’”. That’s what we called them,” wrote Erin. Spaghetti’ and ‘Meatball’.”.

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How To Help A Baby Bird

10,000 Birds

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. Wildlife rehabbers are good, but what human can teach where to flip the best leaves to look for grubby larvae? What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it?

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M. P. Golding on Animal Rights

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My pet turtle does not exercise, at his option, any rights over itself, things, or people. It may also be the case that their rights (if they have any) are, because of the nature of their interests, so insignificant in comparison with those of humans that they hardly deserve the appellation. (