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Stray Dog Rescued in Mumbai

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An old stray dog was wounded in the Mumbai attacks and rescued. Sadly, he is the lucky one in a city filled with starving strays. Sheru was a stray dog hit by an errant bullet when two gunmen opened fire in a crowded railway station during the first night of the assault. Tags: India animal rescue strays dogs.

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McKee Project Helps Latin America's Strays

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Tags: animal cruelty spay/neuter latin america strays companion animals.

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Portuguese City Tries to End Killing of Strays

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This weekend Lagos Town Hall executives are expected to sign a landmark protocol drawn up in collaboration with animal protection association Cadela Carlota, in which it is decreed that the two organisations will endeavour to put a stop to the extermination of healthy unwanted and stray animals being held in the municipal kennel.

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an other stray ??

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Shelter Strays Used as Lab Animals

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Tags: animal shelter management animal experimentation strays medical research.

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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

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Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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Texas Stray Dog Finds Forever Home After Living on the Streets

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Ukrainian soldiers blessed with the love of stray cats

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Stray dog chilling near small market [oc]

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My Little Stray, (My Pet) Rocket.

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One of my favorites strays ?? how money votes this cutie deserve ??

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A Monkey Defended A Puppy From Stray Dogs And Became Its New Parent

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This Stray Puppy was Adopted After Following a Lady on a Hiking Trip. - Scenic Hunter!

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Texas Stray Dog Problem: How We're Helping Dogs on the Street

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Stray German Shepherd boosts woman from wrecked car and speeds her to safety

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Stray German shepherd Pulls a lady Out Of A Wrecked Car And Drags Her To Safety

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This Stray Puppy was Adopted After Following a Lady on a Hiking Trip. - Scenic Hunter

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Mexican Border Town Offers Tax Exemption for Euthanizing Dogs

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There's a stray dog problem in San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexico. There are about 70,000 stray dogs roaming San Luis Rio Colorado in northern Mexico. The town has become so overrun with dogs, that the government began offering a tax exemption of $17 per stray that was offered for euthanasia. The solution? Sarcasm there of course.

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'It's irritating, frustrating': Mayors catch stray dogs, people release them from traps -- "Mayors have started catching stray dogs and cats one village at a time to help control a stray population of 25,000 to 60,000." [Guam, United States of America]

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Economic Troubles in Portugal Lead to More Abandoned Animals

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Figures released by the National Veterinary Authority, Direção Geral de Alimentação e Veterinária, show that in the Lisbon area alone, a total of 5,629 stray cats and dogs were caught last year, up from the 4,442 caught in 2010.

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Sign ALDF Petition to Help Kentucky's Homeless Animals

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Tags: animal shelter management animal shelters Kentucky strays.

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5 Vital Questions When Adopting A Rescue Dog

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Right at the top of the list is the awareness that your new rescue has a shady history, especially if it was a stray. 5) Was the dog a stray or an owner drop off? Not all strays have health issues and many of them are simply pets that got loose and never claimed, however this question should still be asked.

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Dharamsala Animal Rescue

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These stray dogs are also without vaccinations, making them easy targets for contracting rabies. This month they are trying to raise awareness and funds to help end the suffering of animals in Dharamsala, India – please visit them on Facebook to help them reach their goal. Many of the dogs are sick, injured, or starving.

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Birding Ruoergai, Sichuan, China – The Raptor Edition

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According to the HBW, in mountainous regions, picas and young marmots are among its main prey, giving me a chance to show you photos of these animals as well (without straying from the birding topic). Rarest among the ones we saw was the endangered Saker Falcon. Himalayan Marmot. Himalayan Pica.

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Woodland for sale

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The real upside is that it is right by my house and the Tawny Owls occasionally stray into my oak tree at night. After a lot of backing and forthing, the vendor accepted our offer and the wood is to become a trust to be protected in perpetuity. Anti-social behaviour has degraded the ambience of the wood in the past.

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“Elsa’s Lullaby”

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NEeMA wrote the song “Elsa’s Lullaby&# about her dog Elsa, a former stray she took in from the cold streets of Northern Canada. The song is an endearing depiction of the relationship between pet and owner, and a testament to the triumphant spirit of rescue animals everywhere.

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Animal Protective Association’s Harmony House for Cats

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Since 1970, Animal Protective Association’s Harmony House for Cats has rescued and rehabilitated stray and injured cats in a no-kill cageless environment. Harmony House for Cats new Net Zero Energy shelter. Photo by: Dan Gutknecht).

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Took in a stray 100% blind one eyed Male Maine Coon! need some cool names for him [anime and Greek names welcomed]

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City of Albuquerque Being Sued for Trap-Neuter-Release Program

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From the American Bird Conservancy : The mayor of Albuquerque and the director of the city’s animal welfare department have been named in a lawsuit alleging that the officials have committed animal cruelty by allowing certain illegal and improper animal management practices to occur related to abandonment of stray cats.

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What type of dog is this? It is a stray that shower up at my school last week and has just hung around we gave it some food

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Ingrid Taylar: Bridging the Divide Between Cat and Bird Lovers

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day, I had come home to a scraggy, skittish stray of my own. The process of taking in a stray isn’t usually instantaneous and straightforward. With respect to the stray cat Puck, we eventually learned her name was Jackie. One typical, blue-sky, L.A. But we lured her inside to keep her safe for the night.

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The Lady with 700 Cats

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Boxes of abandoned kittens, emergency CPR, meds for sick strays — each day brings a new set of challenges to her refuge on 12 acres in central California. Founder and owner of California’s largest no-cage, no-kill cat sanctuary, Lattanzio lives with more than 700 cats.

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California Budget Woes May Lead to More Shelter Deaths

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Tags: animal shelter management euthanization california strays.

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Feral Cats More Important Than Humans?

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Such was the sad fate of a New York City veterinarian who refused to release a stray cat she treated back to a feral cat freak who planned to release the cat back into a feral cat colony. Be careful if you cross the feral cat freaks – they might protest your business, sue you, and drive you to suicide.

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World Animal Day in Minsk

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I doubt caring for strays in Belarus is an easy task , so kudos to these people for the work they do. They also put up a tent to collect donations, such as pet food, cages, collars and other pet supplies, for stray and abandoned animals kept at the shelters. Free consultations by veterinary physicians also were available.

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Nanhui, Shanghai in late autumn

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On the other hand, it seems there is a better chance of getting some strays and really rare birds, such as the Ryukyu Minivet described in my last post. November and early December can be a frustrating time here at Nanhui – on the one hand, there are fewer and fewer birds as migration slows down.

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DogTipper.com

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After all, she currently has four fur babies– all tuxedo cats (formerly strays) from the same family! Grace, who writes about celebrity pets on DogTipper, also tweets about dogs/cats in need of a home, as animal rescue is a subject close to her heart.

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Documentary Spotlights Plight of Mexican Dogs

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The hourlong film is an unflinching commentary on the overpopulation of stray dogs in Mexico, who even outnumber us humans in some regions. This sounds like it would be very difficult to watch. It's called "Companions to None (Companeros de Nadie)." You can watch the trailer at [link].

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Fix Nation

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The group, founded in 2007, also provides a free, full-time spay and neuter clinic for homeless stray and feral cats, plus low-cost, spay and neuter services for tame pet cats. Assembling all known TNR resources under one roof and applying them to the problem on a massive, full-time scale is something very few other organizations can do.”.

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Hope For Paws and Planet Blue

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The rescue group who helped Fiona, Hope for Paws, is teaming up with Planet Blue to help spread the word and raise awareness of the overwhelming population of stray dogs. If not, please take a little time to watch it here (have a tissue handy).

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University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press

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Researchers told the Tribune that the testing gave the shelter animals "a second chance at life," while records obtained by the Tribune revealed that the labs had killed 116 of the 190 strays last year. Only 74 animals survived the research process to be adopted out as pets.

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Heavy-weight aerial combat

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It goes after the falling fish… …almost… …but no, the older eagle misses the fish, which falls to the ground, to make some stray cat a very happy cat. Now, it is after the old eagle to grab it… and this is the heavy-weight eagle champ of Europe. Photos (c) Slobodan Panjkovic.

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Just a few pictures of my cat Devil. was a stray 3 years back when we found the little 1,5 year old in the yard so we took him in

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