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Glue Trapped

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But be it a mouse, bird, bat, gecko, kitten … it’s a very bad way to go, and no creature should have to suffer death by torture. “My My very first rescue was a House Sparrow caught in a glue trap,” says Donna Osburn, a wildlife rehabilitator in Kentucky. Birds birds glue traps glue traps sticky traps wildlife rehabilitator'

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National Feral Cat Day Didn’t Go As Planned

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“Obviously the Spay, Neuter, Release program is just not working – cause where are the kittens coming from.” After all, someone is taking care of all those cats, right? As we have mentioned many times here on 10,000 Birds, cats belong indoors because it is better for them, better for wildlife, and better for people.

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What It Feels Like For a Ferret Watcher

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No coyotes in sight right now, the Great Horned Owls are off in the cottonwoods closer to the river. Russell National Wildlife Refuge. If we get close enough we might see a pink maw and slivers of white teeth, ready to take a prairie dog by the throat and choke the life out but also rather perversely adorable. Maybe this is the one.

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Baby Bird Books, Little Bird Books

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Jake lives in southern Florida, so he and his friends had to be interested in learning about these birds, which they saw everyday, right? The boys knew what Owls looked like, they saw Screech Owls (and Barred and Great Horned Owls) at a local wildlife park, and we photographed Burrowing Owl families every year at Brian Piccolo Park.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: “ Should Most Pet Owners Be Required to Neuter Their Animals? ,” by Verlyn Klinkenborg (Editorial Observer, July 30), is right: “The rate at which dogs are purchased and euthanized in this country is not a sign of our affection for them. It’s a sign of our indifference.” Daphna Nachminovitch Norfolk, Va.,