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AVMF awarding scholarships to New Jersey veterinary students

AVMA News

The American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF), in partnership with the Harold Wetterberg Foundation, is once again awarding scholarships to current or former residents of New Jersey who are pursuing a career in veterinary medicine.

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India’s Raptor Rescuers

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But Nadeem and his brother, Mohammad Saud, have kind hearts, boundless energy, and ever-increasing medical skills, and have been almost single-handedly returning Delhi’s injured raptors to the sky for the past twelve years. They are considered unlucky, so no one has a kind heart for them.”.

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Ground Zero Hero

4 The Love Of Animals

Sarah Atlas is a search-and-rescue dog handler, one of many civilian volunteers who serve with New Jersey Task Force 1. They were to be deployed to Ground Zero with 200 other members of New Jersey Task Force 1, including structural engineers and medical workers, as well as other search-and-rescue people.

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Life Along The Delaware Bay: A Book Review

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Of course, I jest a bit in the above paragraph because as a sometime New Jersey birder I have birded the Delaware Bay and seen sights such as the memorable image below, in which thousands of Red Knots, Dunlins, and Short-billed Dowitchers fly up as if connected telepathically.

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Bird Songs (but maybe not the kind you’re thinking): A review of “There Are Birds,” a music album, and an interview with songstress Stephanie Seymour

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Seymour lives in New Jersey but she gets around, too. As anyone knows who has been put under for a medical procedure with “twilight” anesthesia, waking can be weird. I know that you are only passing through. So for just a week or two, it’s me and you. It’s a catchy song with gorgeous vocal harmonies and a swell guitar break.

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The Queen

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She was tired, thin, and had several medical issues. Instead I called my friend Cathy at the famous Raptor Trust in New Jersey, where they have a fully equipped hospital and full-time veterinary technicians on staff. The naturalist got out of his car, picked her up, took the tape off her legs, and took her to a local zoo.

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Beagles Rescued from Bankrupt Lab

Critter News

One hundred and twenty beagles who faced lifetimes being used in medical research experiments have been freed — just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. From ohmidog! a site for dog lovers.

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