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Is The Hooded Grebe About To Go Extinct?

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Like many birds, Grebes are mainly preyed on by other birds, but also, because Grebes liv in and on and near (mostly) fresh water, they are also preyed on by the smaller carnivores such as ferrets. If you’ve ever seen a Mink at a distance (a live mink, not a coat) you know that they are cute frolicking fun loving land otters.

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Thoughts for the Day

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Last night I lay awake from 4 am til almost 5, worrying about the black-footed ferrets I met in Montana and the humans who had devoted their lives to helping them. Fish and Wildlife Service. The question is, regardless of party, do We the People have the will? Image by Robert H. Day, courtesy of the U.S.

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Reasons to Choose a Pet-Friendly Retirement Community

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And no matter what pet you own — be it a snake, a turtle, a ferret, a hamster or guinea pig, an aquarium full of exotic fish, or perhaps an iguana — you want to be sure that your senior living community supports your pet living there. Of course, not all pets are cats and dogs. Perhaps you don’t own a pet, but always wanted to.

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Adopt-a-Pet.com Guest Post

4 The Love Of Animals

In addition to dogs and cats, we now feature all kinds of pets for adoption, including rabbits, farm animals, ferrets, hamsters and other small animals, horses, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and even fish. For more information visit this page [link].

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Dance Me to the End of Love

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Besides the black-footed ferrets, one of the promised highlights of my trip to the Charles M. Normally, we would have had to get up pretty early to see such a thing, but fortunately for us, the nocturnal habits of the ferrets meant that we’d never gotten to bed in the first place.

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Acclimatisation Societies of New Zealand

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Gamebirds, such as turkeys, pheasants, partridges, quail, Mallards and the like were also brought, as were popular sport fish. Ferrets, stoats and weasels were released and quickly became destructive vermin in their own right, quickly causing the extinction of the Laughing Owl and stymieing efforts to establish game birds.