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Just in Time: Kenn Kaufman’s “A Season on the Wind” — a review

10,000 Birds

But best of all — the thing that shows, surely, that he was born under a lucky star, is this: he’s now (as of 2005, when he migrated, permanently, to Ohio) — a Buckeye. The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences. by Kenn Kaufman.

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What is the State Bird of North Carolina?

10,000 Birds

Perhaps it was their flashy color or the males’ tall crest that attracted the legislature to the bird, because in 1943 the Northern Cardinal became the official state bird of North Carolina. To say Northern Cardinals are common is an understatement. I’m not the only one who appreciates the Northern Cardinal.

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

4 The Love Of Animals

Through its campaign, www.ExposeAnimalAbusers.org , the animal protection organization is promoting model legislation that state legislatures could enact. Shon Rahrig : While living in Ohio in 1999, Rahrig allegedly adopted several cats and a puppy from local shelters and tortured them sadistically. His whereabouts are unknown.