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Can A Hawk Carry Off Your 12-Pound Pet?

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The largest hawk in North America weighs about four pounds, so leaving the ground carrying three – let alone twelve – would be aerodynamically (not to mention logically) impossible.

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What Foods you should Avoid Feeding your Dog?

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And be careful of wild onions (also known as scallions, spring onions, or salad onions) which grow nearly everywhere in North America. Keep your vet’s number handy, as well as the number for the ASPCA’s Animal Poison Control Center – 888-426-4435. Candy, Gum, Macadamia Nuts.

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First White-Tailed Tropicbird Sighted in Connecticut

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These birds are not found in North America, but have a range in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and the Hawaiian Islands. By 9:00 AM I had called four vets, but none were USDA accredited, and I was starting to panic, then my friend called to say that he had located one that would see the bird as soon as I could get it there.