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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

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Rock & Rawhide , a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that aims to increase adoptions for dogs and cats in shelters by providing toys and other items that serve as a form of distraction therapy, reducing the stress and noise levels. This shelter has hundreds of dogs and cats coming and going on a daily basis and need our help!

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Can A Hawk Carry Off Your 12-Pound Pet?

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That did not stop a New Jersey animal shelter from publishing this rabble-rousing flyer on Facebook, all written in alarming red capital letters: PARK RANGERS AND VET OFFICES ARE PUTTING OUT WARNINGS. THIS YEAR THE HAWKS REALLY SEEM TO BE OUT IN FORCE OFF THE EAST COAST.

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How to Help Cerulean Warblers, Other Migrant Species, and Resident Birds in Costa Rica

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Such migration hotspots include the famed Magee Marsh area in Ohio, Point Pelee in southern Ontario, Cape May, New Jersey, and what might be the best area, sites on the Texas coast. Whatever the reason may be, we do know that Las Brisas provides a lot of food and shelter for Cerulean Warblers as they migrate south.

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Bird Migration and Conservation Meet at Selva Bananito, Costa Rica

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We might not get the variety of a New Jersey autumn but we do get major numbers of species that winter in South America. In doing so, they have provided food and shelter for thousands of migrant birds along with habitat for hundreds of resident birds and other players in the local Talamanca rainforest ecosystem.

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Feral Cats in American Cities

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New Jersey is Undecided. New Jersey has an interesting approach, at the sate level. If left unchecked, free-roaming cats will breed and their populations increase at locations where they find suitable shelter and food, resulting in environmental/property damage, and public nuisance. Mole hills!

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What to Do at High Island When the Winds are South

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I was glad I had my spotting scope with me and that I had practice spotting ‘Buffies’ from hours of searching sod fields in Long Island and New Jersey. Many birders left at the first drops, but I crowded with a few other birders under the shelter of the volunteer kiosk.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. New Jersey/New York. The riparian habitat along the Sacramento River is critically important for fish, migratory birds, plants, and river system health.

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