Critter News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

In Sweden, the way they deal with rabbit problems is to shoot them and burn them for fuel. The targeted rabbits are the unwanted inhabitants of capital Stockholm's parks, which are culled to protect the shrubs and trees which they gorge on. Many of them are domestic pets released by uncaring owners which then go on to breed.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 5, 2014

Etched In My Heart offers pet lovers a wide variety of personalized gifts. Another thing we love about Etched In My Heart is that they donate part of their proceeds to The PetSave Foundation, a non-profit organization founded by Bona Tucker in June 2000 as a rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption resource for domestic rabbits, cats and dogs.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2012

Getting rid of rabbits and goats was something that had been done for many years, but it was generally thought that rats and cats would be impossible to remove from all but the smallest islands. Of particular interest would be the commitment of the islanders to give up having cats as pets. Eradication is an all or nothing business.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 16, 2011

Sadly, too many people purchase a bunny at Easter on impulse and then realize the pet isn’t a good fit. Here are some great articles about bunnies, and how you can help this Easter: Easter is No Treat For Pet Bunnies. Complete with great tips on how to decide if a pet bunny is right for you.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Perhaps she had been watching Monty Python’s Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.). “I Bottom line: so many of these well-meaning people picked up their information from the internet, from pet supply companies, or from – cringe – even veterinarians. “A woman brought me a young cottontail years ago,” wrote Tissi Smith. “I

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Cushman and Smith also manage a website about pet rabbit care and behavior called MyHouseRabbit.com. Animal Fact Guide came to life when Abi Cushman combined her skills as a web designer/illustrator with P.A. Smith's experience in the field of education.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 11, 2009

Adopt-a-Pet.com is the world’s largest non-profit pet adoption website. We are like an ad agency for shelters and shelter pets. We do our best to relieve that problem and put pets from shelters in the homes of pet seekers all over the country. For more information visit this page [link].

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets! They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. Rhinoceros Beetles are nocturnal and most often found at night when they are attracted to bright lights.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2021

Part of the rabbit he had caught was still entangled in a nearby powerline. Jayne had a pet carrier handy for wildlife rescue and the eagle was transported to Peace River Wildlife Center and treated for electrocution.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2014

A pet cat raising orphaned ducklings! Explanations are simple: only a mother rabbit or a highly trained rehabilitator has a chance of raising and releasing a healthy wild bunny. That is, until the ducklings grow up, are released into a pond, and greet the local feral cat colony as long-lost relatives.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Great Green Macaw digiscoped at the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras For many centuries throughout the world mankind has kept birds as pets. In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits. Also, no one should have birds as pets. It is quite simple.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

The feral cats were thought to have arrived as pets during early European settlement and then more were introduced to control rabbits and rodents, but now they inhabit all of Australia including offshore islands and are responsible for a high percentage of native species loss. Feral cat predation on Pied Oystercatcher eggs.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2010

This pitiful story fired Claudia’s imagination and even though she holds down a full-time job, she managed to find the time to open a soup kitchen for pets including dogs, cats, rabbits and any other animals people had in their homes but were having trouble feeding. Not everyone is eligible for help.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2016

All her pets are rescues. She doesn’t use pesticides, she loves the local wildlife, and she does everything a good pet owner should do. But one day, unbeknownst to her, a wild rabbit dug under the fence. She let her dog out, he spotted the rabbit, and took off like a bullet. She keeps her cats inside.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 7, 2013

I hid behind my futon while my pet rabbit Dougal peered up at my from beneath it. . “I should maybe step away from my window,” I thought. It seemed like a straight line wind type storm and the worst of those last less than a minute. This one didn’t stop. And rain flooded my neighborhood.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

It’s easy to choke it with food while you’re feeding it and chances are good that you’d raise the chick like a pet and you’d end up with an adult bird that doesn’t know what its predators are and seek humans for food and mating…aka an unreleasable bird. Owls are a little different.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Pets have been displaced as well as their owners in the recent wildfires. ANIMAL shelters are searching for the owners of hundreds of dogs, cats, horses, rabbits and other pets displaced by fires. They are urging anyone who has lost a pet to register with their council.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2022

When I was a kid (and don’t you hate it when blog posts start like this, with the author apparently just assuming that you care about how he spent his childhood), the first pets we had were a pair of Budgerigars. ” At the same time, they are popular as pets, as they may be the best talkers of the Australian cockatoos.

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Critter News

JUNE 1, 2009

The animals included ducks, chickens, guinea hens, rabbits, sheep, dogs and cats. At the time of the raid, Rockland County prosecutor Anthony Dellicarri described the property as "kind of like a petting zoo gone out of control" and "the zoo from hell.".

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead. Sometimes, I feel that competing bird conservation groups are trying too hard to get my attention and give the impression that just by sitting here on my futon and breathing, I have killed several birds. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Iams and longtime partner Helen Woodward Animal Center, along with more than 3,500 animal organizations from around the world once again joined forces to help reduce pet homelessness. 23,051 other animals (including rabbits, reptiles, horses, birds and more). Here are how the numbers break down: 593,146 dogs. 509,470 cats.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2012

I’m now petting my rabbit Dougal, 6 more birds dead. Sometimes, I feel that competing bird conservation groups are trying too hard to get my attention and give the impression that just by sitting here on my futon and breathing, I have killed several birds. I just looked over at my husband–bam 5 birds dead.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 7, 2012

These little furry bunny rabbits compete in the Rabbit Grand National in Sweden every year – bopping down the jumping course while showing off their speed and ability, and dreaming of winning the first prize trophy! If you do decide to add a pet to your family, consider rescue and adoption first.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Have you considered keeping goats as pets? Cats and dogs are the most popular pets, along with hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs also being amongst the favourites. If you want a slightly unusual pet that has lots of personality and can also be petted, consider keeping a couple of goats.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 7, 2013

From February 25 through the end of March, the adoption fee will be just $20 for cats and rabbits, and $50 for dogs. All AC&C adoptions include vaccinations, a microchip, spay or neuter, one month of free pet health insurance and a free office visit at a participating veterinarian. They are New York’s Kindest.”

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. On a local level we need to consider if we really do need to let our pets chase shorebirds and whether we really do need to drive along our shoreline.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 17, 2011

Sheila Stewart from the Capricorn Animal Rescue centre speaks with money supermarket’s Felicity Hannah on the importance of pet insurance. Pet insurance video from moneysupermarket.com. Looking after your pet when they get sick or injured can become a huge financial burden. Death Benefit. Accidental Damage. Theft/Straying.

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Animal Person

APRIL 2, 2009

Pounds ) A pet store in Connecticut received a shipment of products last week. Products, meaning rabbits. The rabbits were produced, of course, by a rabbit mill that supplies "pet" stores with live creatures whom humans will purchase without having any idea of the conditions they were produced under.

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