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‘Vet for a Day’ at Zoo Atlanta

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Zoo Atlanta was the site of the latest “Vet for a Day,” a program started by the stars of the TV show “Critter Fixers,” Drs. Terrence Ferguson and Vernard Hodges, to make future veterinarians by introducing kids to veterinary medicine early in their lives.

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Diversity is about becoming our best selves, speaker says

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Among the speakers at the AVMA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Wellbeing Summit, held November 8-9 in Atlanta, was sociologist, comedian, and best-selling author Bertice Berry, PhD. She says diversity, equity, and inclusion are essential for becoming our true selves.

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Microaggressions, over time, leave a mark

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Subtle slights targeting marginalized peoples can eventually cause negative health effects, says Marian Vasser, who led a workshop on ways of avoiding committing microaggressions during the inaugural AVMA Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Wellbeing Summit this November in Atlanta.

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Red-tail Without a Cause

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I was scanning through a few photographs that I captured recently during a visit to Woodlands Garden near Atlanta and was shocked to find one of a young Red-tailed Hawk with a cigarette in its beak. Does anyone else see James Dean? I hadn’t expected to be boldly stared down by a smoking juvenile hawk.

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Wildlife Rehabber Ranting – With Photos

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This one comes from Vonda Lee Morton, a wildlife rehabilitator who runs Laurens Wildlife Rescue outside Atlanta. Oh, do I love it when I can get somebody else to write my blog for me. She and I have never met in person, but thanks to the internet we’ve been through all kinds of wildlife emergencies together.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of October 2011)

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Mike was in Costa Rica this weekend after what felt like an interminable delay at the airport in Atlanta where he had to change planes. Sparrows have almost completely taken over for wood-warblers and temperatures are finally waning as is only proper. How was your weekend?

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Second Weekend of 2011)

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Note that I only condone this treatment for the highly localized Atlanta Falcon. Sure, I’m likely omitting some other far more important factors involving family, friends, and professional success, but the little things mean a lot. Don’t you agree? As promised, I watched Falcons get plucked, pinioned, and debeaked this weekend.

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