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New Year, New Birds

10,000 Birds

While all good birders were out making first submissions on eBird 2015 , I was nursing a sore head and struggled to make it out by mid-afternoon. As this prodigal birder returned from his excesses and weakly raised his Bushnell’s, 2 Lesser Moorhens skittered across a small pond and disappeared into the weeds on the far side.

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Canine Arthritis

4 The Love Of Animals

Apply Heat on Sore Joints. Avoid walking when it is too cold out, as the joints will be especially sore. Raise Food and Water Dishes. Bending down may cause tension and pain, so raising his food and water dishes will help him to eat pain free. Fat tissues secrete hormones that cause pain. Keep Them Warm and Comfortable.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

10,000 Birds

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season. wrote Heilke in Colorado. Personal Things. “A

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Animal Advocates' Successes Have Factory Farmers Running Scared

Animal Ethics

The proposition outlaws raising pregnant sows in gestation crates and raising calves in veal crates , making Arizona the first state in the Union to ban veal crates. If Loos thinks that animal agribusiness will win the argument on ethical grounds, he is sorely mistaken. ii) reasons for banning horse slaughter in the U.S.,

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

And fun and food are, I’d submit, not enough reason to fell a bird in which only one in three pairs manages to raise a single chick each season; a bird that has captured the imagination and hearts of tens of thousands of people, whose sonorous purr floats down from on high like the voice of a pterosaur. Thank you for your efforts.

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Thank a lemming

10,000 Birds

If they each raised nine owlets, the owlets alone would have eaten over 25,000 lemmings from that valley. The energy they expend will be sorely needed to get them through the winter and get them home to their breeding range up here. Remember that friend of mine that saw 17 breeding pairs of Snowy Owls in a single valley?

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