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Unflappable by Suzie Gilbert–An Author Interview

10,000 Birds

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. It was when Hélène says to Ned, “And when the stakes were the highest, you raised an eagle on your glove.”.

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The Queen

10,000 Birds

The naturalist got out of his car, picked her up, took the tape off her legs, and took her to a local zoo. She was tired, thin, and had several medical issues. The grand old bird became a surrogate mother, and raised them herself. One of the animal keepers brought her to me, and I put her in my clinic.

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Why I Question Animal Testing 2.2

Critter News

I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. They were one, two or three to a cage, and I am 80 percent sure the accommodations were exemplary as far as such institutions (or for that matter traditional zoos) go. The following is from The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan. They have certainly committed no crimes.

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