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An April Weekend of New York City Birding

10,000 Birds

That means that as of right now the yardstick I am holding does not exist because there are no yard sticks that are zero long. That will be much better, right? Besides, suffering brings birds, right? Stupid yardstick. Who the heck uses yardsticks anymore anyway? Shouldn’t we have meter sticks by now? What the?

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Calgary Zoo Feeling Economic Pressure

Critter News

Lanthier, a veterinarian and walrus researcher who took the helm in Calgary two years ago, says the cancellation of the polar bears exhibit might please some animal-rights extremists, but the reality is a blow to Canada's white bears. Clement Lanthier, Calgary Zoo president and CEO (is this a corporation??) sounds like a real jerk.

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Disneynature Earth Q&A

4 The Love Of Animals

And you can jump on your skidoo and go over the top of a glacier and be in one of the most extraordinary wilderness areas in the whole world, you know, right in among polar bears. Fothergill: It’s very hard. When you see a dying male polar bear and you’ve been with that animal for a long time, it is hard. Are you supposed to shoot a walrus?