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Humane Society Ranks States in First-Time Report

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It's their first annual "humane state" report. Ohio, Mississippi, North Dakota, Idaho and South Dakota are at the bottom. Tags: humane society us. California and New Jersey came out on top.

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Grouse Friends?

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Is there something about Idaho Ruffed Grouse that make them seek out human men as companions? Judge for yourself !

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CA Wildlife Official Photographed with Dead Mountain Lion

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Dan Richards, president of the California Fish and Game Commission, is shown in the photo, holding a mountain lion he reportedly hunted and killed in Idaho, according to Western Outdoor Press, which published the photo. Hunting mountain lion is legal in Idaho, but illegal in California. KCRA 3 could not reach Richards for comment.

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Best & Worst States for Animal Protection

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According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way.

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Introducing Bluebird Man

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Perhaps it is the striking beauty of these brilliant blue birds, or perhaps it is the unique human connection we have developed with them through the monitoring of nest boxes. Bluebird nest box near Prairie, Idaho. There is something more.

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Osprey in Missoula

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It can and will live near most any body of water with an adequate supply of fish — fresh or brackish, wild or crowded with human activity. As such success suggests, it is adaptable, taking readily to artificial nest platforms, coping well with most human developments save DDT and mercury pollution.

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Listening to Falcons: The Peregrines of Tom Cade

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But it wasn’t until he studied falconry’s appeal to centuries-old cultures–the Persians, English, Dutch, French, Chinese, Russians, and people of the Middle East–that Cade realized the sport of kings was slowly dying and would disappear along with the age-old mystique of a raptor returning to the human who trained her.

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