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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

One exception is Magdalena Heinroth, a German ornithologist who, with her husband Oscar, raised and studied thousands of birds in her apartment in pre-World War II Berlin. Birds and Us: A 12,000-Year History from Cave Art to Conservation. by Tim Birkhead. Size: 6.13 Illus: 63 color + 70 b/w illus.

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A review of the birdcentric novel “Accidentals” (the title of which is in the plural for a reason)

10,000 Birds

The new hot novelist Jenny Offill was quoted in the Times magazine recently about her first book: “If someone had described this novel to me, I would never have read it.”. Her narrator is Gabriel, 23, raised in Northern California by an American father and a Uruguayan mother.

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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

Critter News

July 28, 2011 – This fall, thousands of people in more than 35 cities across North America will gather for the 2011 Walk for Farm Animals, a series of fun, community-focused events that promote kindness to animals and raise vital funds to support the lifesaving work of Farm Sanctuary, the nation’s leading farm animal protection organization. .

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Pets Aplenty Blog Tour

4 The Love Of Animals

He has written for newspapers such as The Sunday Times and The Daily Mail and national magazines including The Lady, Yours, Cat World and Dogs Today and was the My Weekly vet for fifteen years. We start right off with some crazy shenanigans that center around Paul dressing like a rabbit as part of a fund raising attempt.

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Newsweek Editor Goes Vegan

Animal Person

There's already a fairly large number of comments that raise the usual topics against vegans and veganism and I didn't see any Animal Person readers in there, though there's no law that says you have to use the same username everywhere so that might not be evidence of anything.

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Birding Fallon: Well Worth the Trip

10,000 Birds

The specials for our dinner at The Slanted Porch in Fallon included dishes prepared from cows and lambs raised by local 4-H Club kids.). Even when we weren’t out in the field, we had a great time visiting the historic and cultural sites lined up by our sponsors, as well as chowing on excellent cuisine.

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

4 The Love Of Animals

Orphan infant elephants are a challenge to raise because they remain fully dependent on their mother’s milk for the first two years of life and partially so until the age of four. The above excerpt is from the September issue of National Geographic magazine, on newsstands now.

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