Feb 22
Feb 9 2012 North Wales Weekly News THIS week we speak to RSPCA animal care assistant Clare Maclean, who has worked at the RSPCA’s Bryn-y-Maen Animal Care Centre for five and a half years. What is your job? and what’s the best part? “the best part of my job is being able to help home …
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Feb 19
What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about chickens in the backyard? If you grew up on a farm or had close relatives who lived on one, you may think of chickens as producers of fresh eggs and fertilizer, and even as companions. If you’re an urbanite, you might have one …
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Feb 13
Winter is the season for sparrows in Texas as large numbers of Northern species make their cold-weather homes in our woodlands and prairies. Sparrows are members of the Emberizidae bird family that also includes towhees, and both are putting on quite a show this year. Some are even popping up in parts of the state …
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Feb 01
It turns out great-tailed grackle are not big fans of fireworks. Businessmen and other local residents joined forces earlier this month to set off a barrage of fireworks to frighten these local pests. Their efforts were successful, according to Portales Public Works Director John DeSha. “After those first two nights (Jan. 9-10), we would patrol …
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Jan 27
1.Shape and Dimensions The best dimensions for parrot cages are about 40 x 40 x 60 cm and the best shape is rectangular. They will prevent birds from turning disease and twisting of the head because of …
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Jan 15
plain dealer file photo It all began with the bird in the bush. On the first day of Christmas, I was really expecting a flat-screen TV. the deals at the big-box stores were amazing: 60-inch screens, HD, two-year warranties for the price of one. I’d been dropping hints like crazy. So when my wife gave …
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Jan 12
PARKERSBURG -After months of searching for the right location an under served segment of the animal world now has its own place. Brett Lyons, owner of Crazy Bone Dog Salon and Specialty Shop at 212 Seventh St. in Parkersburg, said the new salon was developed to be a place to get special items for man’s …
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Jan 08
Toronto Zoo’s African Penguin Breeding Programs showing Success Toronto, Canada – the Toronto Zoo today announced that the African penguin breeding program initiated in November 2011 is now well underway. Three pairs of penguins are important to the Species Survival Plan (SSP) including ‘Buddy’ and ‘Pedro,’ a pair of male penguins, who came to Toronto …
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Jan 06
That reddish finch at your feeders is an amazing bird, capable of great feats of resilience in the face of some very hard times. Consider its recent history: Its ancestors were netted for years along the West Coast and sold, illegally, as caged birds, valued for their year-round singing. Transported, again illegally, to the East …
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Jan 01
kidtoysreviews.comLet’s Rock! Elmo might drive you nuts, but your kid might drive you nuts if you don’t purchase him, right? Did you get it yet? You know, that thing. That thing your kid wants. That thing they’ll throw a fit if they don’t get. That thing you just assume will be there, waiting for you …
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