10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2016

You may have heard of nursing homes or assisted living facilities bringing in dogs and cats to give their residents a little “pet therapy.” The bird was such a hit with residents that Kasia, who went on to found the rescue organization Kasia’s Ark Bird Rescue , continued the effort once she returned to New Orleans.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

A couple of ways to help the Waved Albatross is by supporting organizations such as the Galapagos Conservation Trust and the American Bird Conservancy. Both of these organizations have initiatives that work towards and provide solutions to the main threats faced by this magnificent bird. Galapagos Petrel (Pterodroma phaeopygia).

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The white redtail couldn’t fly because she’d spent somewhere between 14 and 24 hours on the ground in freezing rain, encased in mud, and was suffering from capture myopathy, a sometimes-fatal condition induced by stress. Death can occur instantaneously, or days/weeks/months later.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2014

Reputable companies belong to the International White Dove Society or the National White Dove Release Society, organizations which set rules of conduct and ethics. People who want to release birds on the cheap buy doves – usually Ring-necked Doves – from pet stores, and release them themselves.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 12, 2012

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. Research has shown that if noise and stress are reduced, adoptions go up!

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In retrospect, it kind of makes me wonder what image the organizers who booked the hotel for me had of German academic visitors … So much for my quasi-madeleine moment, though of course less emotionally attractive than the one described by Mr. Jerdon has also been noted as being rash.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 26, 2011

The American Humane Association Red Star team will be assisting the Joplin Humane Society, whose staff is not only grappling with the magnitude of the disaster but has personally suffered devastating losses from the tornado and needs time off to attend to their families and what may be left of their homes.

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