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What the rings reveal

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However, in recent years there’s been a growing trend to mark bigger birds, such as wildfowl and waders, with either colour rings, or Darvic plastic rings. That’s why the current trend to radio-tag birds reveals so much more than ringing, though it is of course vastly more expensive. One assumes Iceland, but there’s no proof.

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Good Idea: Bug Bam Dog Tags!

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Bug Bam has launched a new mosquito-repelling dog tag to coincide with Heartworm Awareness Month in April. Bug Bam hopes the 100% natural tags will help reverse this trend. We trialed the tags and people loved how they worked and looked,” he says. Bug Bam dog tags cost $7.99 Good Idea: Bug Bam Dog Tags!

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Why Do I Keep a Neighborhood Bird List?

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Each time, a small notebook tagged along with me, and I would note the bird species I spotted, then put it away. I keep year and life lists on eBird, which helps scientists collect and analyze movement and population trends, but most of my daily lists originate in areas I tread on a weekly or even daily basis.

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Are Micro Pigs the Next Stupid Pet Trend?

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Tags: Stupid pigs companion animals. The animal shelters who have to find them homes at the expense of other animals. Thanks lady! And, yes, she plans on making money from these animals by franchising. All for the love of animals right?

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A New Generation of Vegetarians?

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Is this a long-term trend? Tags: vegetarian us food. A recent federally funded study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 1 in 200 American adolescents are vegetarians. Stay tuned.

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Blue Whales Reappearing Again

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“The overall numbers are still tiny compared with the original populations before whaling started, but the trend is at last in the right direction,” said John Calambokidis, a marine scientist whose research on whale movements and populations has just been published in the journal Marine Mammal Science.

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The Shelter Pet Project

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This new campaign, sponsored by The Humane Society of the United States, Maddie’s Fund, and the Ad Council, hopes to reverse this trend and find homes for these homeless, lovable pets. Tags: adoptable events animal adoption animal rescue animal shelter psa. Luckily, The Shelter Pet Project hopes to change this!

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