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Rare Albino Hedgehog Found in Riverside Backyard — KTLA

https://www.youtube.com/embed/NpJLXzJTZtU?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Nic, a rare albino hedgehog found in a Riverside backyard, has found a home. Riverside County Department of Animal Services officers found the furry little critter on Sept. 13 and took it into their care. Hedgehogs are illegal in California so Nic stayed with the county until this week. Spokesman John Welsh says the …

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Border Wall Could Destroy Wildlife Habitat at National Monument in Southern Arizona, Sierra Club Says — KTLA

There are four endangered species found in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a 515-square-mile federal natural reserve in southwest Arizona, which is marked by 200-year-old majestic saguaro cacti. This part of the Sonoran desert is vast and desolate – and it's an area where the National Park Service is trying to promote the growth of… via …

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Border Wall Could Destroy Wildlife Habitat at National Monument in Southern Arizona, Sierra Club Says — KTLA

There are four endangered species found in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, a 515-square-mile federal natural reserve in southwest Arizona, which is marked by 200-year-old majestic saguaro cacti. This part of the Sonoran desert is vast and desolate – and it's an area where the National Park Service is trying to promote the growth of… via …

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Top Shots – Number 4 — Wildonline.blog

Top Shot number Four Grumpy’s first day out in the garden. A real adventure for this young hedgehog. I can only imagine what must have been going through his mind . Top Shot number Five Starting of the list is this shot of a Brown Hare , taken at one of my favourite local locations […] …

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The Big Climate Fightback: One million required to pledge to plant a tree in the UK’s largest mass tree planting campaign — Life & Soul Magazine

The Woodland Trust is launching the UK’s largest mass tree planting campaign with the aim to get one million people to pledge to plant a tree on 30 November to help fight the climate emergency. Known as The Big Climate Fightback, The Woodland Trust will be hosting planting days across the UK on November 30 […] …

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Why Botswana Is Lifting Its Ban On Elephant Trophy Hunting — News : NPR

The government is revoking a ban on elephant hunting. Some say that's good news for the tourist business and local farmers who say the animals trampled their crops. Others aren't so sure.(Image credit: Greg Du Toit/Barcroft Images/Barcroft Media/Getty Images) via Why Botswana Is Lifting Its Ban On Elephant Trophy Hunting — News : NPR

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Cockatoos: Quirky Sorts With an Anarchic Streak — Professional Moron

https://www.youtube.com/embed/5UUjJysUMTw?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Okay, we decided to cancel our previous post after House of Heart’s post about birds. As we’ve really wanted to do a post about the cockatoo. Thusly, we scrawled this all out over the last 20 minutes. Over the last few months we’ve become rather fascinated by their intelligent, if weird, behaviour. So let’s …

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Return of Bird of the Week: Vermillion Tanager — Wickersham’s Conscience

Not to be confused with the similarly colored but unrelated Vermillion Flycatcher, the Vermillion Tanager is a bird of the eastern slopes of the Andes. It’s another canopy species; this is another photo from a steep hillside, looking at downslope treetops. Yes, the shot was photobombed by a Golden-naped Tanager, but that’s a pretty good […] …

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Government Sellout: Wild Horses and Burros are the Canaries in the Mine — Straight from the Horse’s Heart

by R.T. Fitch ~ President and Co-Founder of Wild Horse Freedom Federation “We STILL speak for the voiceless…” My apologies, I have been silent the past 48 hours as I attempted to digest the tornado of misinformation and lawlessness that has a death grip on the throat of our, obviously, inept federal government. The paralyzing, […] …

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