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Wildlife Rehabilitator War Wounds

10,000 Birds

Yeah right! Right now I have a nice hickey on my arm from a Canada Goose. They don’t love us like we love them, right? He knew right where to bite, too – the skin between the thumb and first finger. “One talon really close to the eye, and a scratch on the forehead.”. She had bumble foot, and she was fast and angry.

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West Point Cadet’s Mouse Release

10,000 Birds

As the cadet tells the camera, “I’m relieved … but I’m kinda sad, too, I just got to know him,” a hawk enters, stage left, grabs the mouse, and exits, stage right. “No!” My heart goes out to the cadet (the hawk is probably awfully fond of him right now, too). cries the cadet. “He He didn’t even last five minutes!”.

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Save the Whales! Kill Some Gulls?

10,000 Birds

Gulls in Argentina have learned to land on Southern Right Whales as the whales come to the surface to breathe. The gulls then peck at the whales’ backs, causing wounds from which the gulls feed. The solution? Kill the gulls. There has to be a better way to deal with this, no?

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European Call to End Bird Trapping

10,000 Birds

You see we went right past the Cypriot military base where the explosion took place on early Monday morning. It took out the power plant which supplies 60% of the Republic’s power grid, killed 13 people, wounded some 60 more, and pretty much destroyed two villages. So it’s not a good week in Cyprus!

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Animal Rights Activists Attack Berkeley Vet

Critter News

Hey Gregory, time to become a real vet and help sick and wounded animals recover; not ensure the smooth functioning of the torture chambers by assisting vivisectors in callous and fraudulent experiments on fourty-thousand beautiful, innocent beings per year. But there's always tomorrow.

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What’s in a Name: Wilson’s Warbler

10,000 Birds

On the other end of the spectrum, the Common Yellowthroat gives me a cozy, familiar, all is right with the world glow, as does the song of the candy-striped Yellow Warbler and the strident call of the confiding Ovenbird. His is the reputation that survives today when it comes to paintings of birds, and rightfully so.

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Urgent Appeal for Flex, the Greyhound

Animal Person

He came to OCFA totally flea infested and with a few open wounds. One wound (the one on his front right leg) was to the bone. Their shelter is full. Flex is a handsome, neutered male, red fawn greyhound (currently under 60 pounds). He has been vetted and is healing nicely.