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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

10,000 Birds

It stops those thousands of migrating birds flying across the Gulf of Mexico and directs them right onto the trees, fields, sanctuaries, beaches along the Bolivar Peninsula, where they hopefully find food and fresh water. 9-mile route that takes you down the prairie uplands and salt marshes that make up much of the Bolivar Sanctuary.

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From Today's Los Angeles Times

Animal Ethics

Further, did those who reacted so strongly to Harambe’s killing go home and serve meat to their children? This horrible incident has raised some tough questions indeed. Many sanctuaries do not permit breeding. The hysteria of the crowd surely played a part in escalating an already frightening situation.

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Creating a Birdwatching Backyard Paradise

10,000 Birds

With the right amount of food, shelter, water and areas for birds to raise their babies, you can transform your backyard into a birdwatching paradise. Along with making the space toxic, pesticides kill bugs, which are a big part of most birds’ diets. Small Backyard Sanctuaries. This is her first contribution to 10,000 Birds.

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Contemplating California Condors

10,000 Birds

They reside there at the top of a small mountain sanctuary as mythical as my first remembrances of ancient thunderbirds, living, mating, and raising young. Their hallmark: They don’t kill. My first view of them was at a distance. They scavenge, making them reliant on nature’s whims.

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On Compassionate Carnivores and Betrayal

Animal Person

However, the solution they have created, which harkens back to before industrialized agriculture, is simply to still raise animals for their flesh and secretions, and for profit, but to do it the old-fashioned way. It's impersonal and hideously ugly and the animals suffer greatly. No argument here. It's just not right.

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Rescue Spotlight: Kitten Rescue

4 The Love Of Animals

Kitten Rescue’s goal is to help Los Angeles become a no-kill city. Every year they host a great event to help raise the funds that they need to continue their rescue efforts. Since its inception, Kitten Rescue has rescued and placed over 10,000 cats into loving homes. You can read the full details below.

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On Children's Books, Introverts & Films

Animal Person

Working or volunteering at an animal sanctuary or shelter or participating (or starting) a Trap-Neuter-Release effort, maybe? which is a documentary co-produced by two young girls from NYC, one of whom was raised as a vegetarian. My usual recommendation for general What do I do? questions is two-fold: What are you good at/like to do?