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Pepé Le Pew

Animal Ethics

I see skunks ( Mephitis mephitis ) on a regular basis—usually in the evening—during my walks with Shelbie. There have been reports recently of rabid skunks in this area. When I got nearer, with Shelbie leashed, I saw that it was a mother skunk with three or four babies. The babies were following her like so many ducks.

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Chronic Exposure in Colorado

10,000 Birds

Another former military complex, the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Reserve has very few rocky mountains in it, but it does have two herds of American Bison , at least one Striped Skunk , a lot of deer and an amazing number of birds (278 species in eBird). The park is a former US arsenal that has been rewilded.

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