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aspectre
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A lifesaving intervention in Wisconsin.

Meanwhile, Minnesota has its own proud contribution toward the prevention of visual disablement.
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During her recovery, the Theys have been giving Minerva antibiotic eye drops three times daily and feeding her rats and an occasional rabbit.

In April, they will move the owl to a much larger flight cage and release live rats into the straw-filled enclosure to see if she can successfully hunt. If so, she'll be released back into the wild.
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I think the story is a cool one, but I wonder about how decisions are made with regards to animal rights. What if one of the rabbits was blind, would we have given it new lenses before feeding it to the owl? After all, rats and rabbits are mammals, while the owl is avian.

The determiner was probably that the owl was of a endanged species, and that's good enough for me, but poor bunnies [Smile] .
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Sure, you start with an "occasional rabbit." Soon you're up to 3, 4 rabbits a day and you just can't stop. Then it's on to the hard stuff!

[ February 14, 2004, 12:46 AM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]
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"Theys have been giving"

Where's a JonBoy when ya need one?
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I'm not sure if you were joking, but "They" is a last name in the story [Smile] .
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They is???

[ February 14, 2004, 01:24 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
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Who's on first?
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Who's on Webcast now.

[ February 14, 2004, 02:03 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
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Soon you're up to 3, 4 rabbits a day and you just can't stop
Sounds like rabbit birth-rates to me.
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More than one way to breed a rabbit

[ February 14, 2004, 06:45 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]
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