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National Dog Bite Prevention Week

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Don’t approach a strange dog, especially one that’s tethered or confined. Your dog’s instinct is to protect the family. Tags: events news pet care. If a dog threatens you, don’t scream. Avoid eye contact. Try to remain motionless until the dog leaves, then back away slowly until the dog is out of sight. Spay or neuter your dog.

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Best Friends Animal Society Helps You Protect Your Pets this Independence Day

4 The Love Of Animals

Best Friends four-legged Celebrity Ambassador Lassie encourages everyone to protect pets this Independence Day weekend by keeping them in a safe, comfortable place inside the house during fireworks. Ensure that pets are microchipped and wear current identification tags, just in case they accidentally get loose. cats dogs holidays'

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Starlings and Eagles

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Here I was, sitting patiently in a blind, watching a tethered European Starling on a string. To understand, and thus to protect. It required a bit of an ethical adjustment. Enough to draw the attention of a predator. To gain knowledge of migration routes, wintering sites, survival rates. “I think so,” I replied.

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