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Banded Semipalmated Sandpipers at Big Egg Marsh, Queens, New York

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Now that passerine migration has largely wound down the attention of this New York birder has shifted to seabirds, shorebirds, and the occasional trip looking for breeding birds. Dunlin in breeding plumage are sexy beasts. Eh, Semipalmated Sandpipers. Even a blurred-out Dunlin in the background is more exciting.

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Urgent Appeal for Flex, the Greyhound

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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. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Greyhound Matters. Dogs they can not place in foster care or find adoptive homes for are euthanized after 14 days by county ordinance. Their shelter is full.

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Stray Dog Rescued in Mumbai

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An old stray dog was wounded in the Mumbai attacks and rescued. The survival of the aging Sheru, despite a gunshot wound to his left shoulder, has become an uplifting and soothing symbol of Mumbai's recovery to many of the city's anxious and angry citizens. Tags: India animal rescue strays dogs.

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Marines Still Using Pigs for Medical Training

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The Marines also claim that using live pigs and inflicting wounds on them is the only way to approximate real-life situations in combat. Tags: animal research military pigs. They claim the animals are asleep during the procedures and feel no pain. It's the best way to train medical personnel. Read and decide for yourself.

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Sea Snakes of Northern Australia

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Olive Sea Snake that has had a dog visit it on the beach Olive Sea Snake with obvious bulge Stoke’s Sea Snake Stoke’s Sea Snake with wounds Dubois’ Sea Snake Dubois’ Sea Snake being returned to the sea! I hope you enjoy these photos! Get yours today! Jochen Mar 15th, 2011 at 5:25 am @Clare.

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Working Animals Face "Firing Squad" in Developing Countries

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Here's what they say about "the Firing Squad," a horrible method of "treating" wounded work animals. They will be ‘fired’ with a red hot iron in the mistaken belief that it will cure a wound. Tags: developing countries donkeys animal cruelty working animals animal welfare. No, their suffering will be far more drawn out.

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Injured Deer Finds Clinic

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Manager Trudi Urie says the wounded doe was hanging out behind the store and then ran through an open door into a stockroom. Tags: wildlife deer. But an unaccompanied visit Saturday by a deer to the PetSmart in Rossfield was a first for the store.

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