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The Effects of Wildfires on Wildlife

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According to the study, since 1984 heightened temperatures and resulting aridity have caused fires to spread across an additional 16,000 square miles than they otherwise would have—an area larger than the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined 1. Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires.

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The Wildlife Rehabilitator’s Wish List

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The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. A filtration system that works on waterfowl pools without clogging,” wrote Linda in Connecticut. It’s August, and first on the menu is: Fried Rehabber. Summer is high season. Change in Attitude. “I

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Bubbles the Chimp Resurfaces

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Apparently, Bubbles is now 26 years old and living at an animal sanctuary. Chimpanzees, like Travis the chimp who mauled the woman in Connecticut, are not meant to be family pets. They are wild creatures and their psychology must suffer from these abnormal arrangements. But I thought he was at an animal sanctuary?