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PETA Settlement over Shelter Records

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Follow-up from the Utah scandal in which shelter animals were being sold for research purposes. The settlement provides limited protections for the county from further litigation. For the full story, go to NECN.com. PETA will have access to the requested records.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

10,000 Birds

I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bird-banding workshops being held this June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata in south-eastern Peru. The proposal from U.S.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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Many of the fruits, seeds and flowers that make up a significant part of a macaw’s diet in this part of the Amazon basin have evolved with naturally occurring toxins designed for the plant’s self-protection. Asides Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.

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