Wildlife trust urges dog owners to protect birds by keeping pets on lead

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Dog owners urged to help protect birds by keeping pets on leads

Birds perceive dogs as predators, and when dogs roam freely, birds may abandon their nests, leaving eggs and chicks cold and unprotected.

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Wildlife rehab center uses genius technique to raise orphaned birds without human interaction: 'Incredibly successful'

Thanks to a unique woven crane costume, a South African wildlife rehab center is teaching orphaned birds essential survival skills while preventing human imprinting, reported Upworthy. The FreeMe Wildlife Midlands Centre uses puppets and crane costumes to help a critically endangered wattled crane chick learn natural behaviors without becoming dependent on humans. This approach allows wildlife professionals to care for vulnerable animals while p…

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Wildlife trust urges dog owners to protect birds by keeping pets on lead

A wildlife charity in Hampshire is urging dog owners to keep their pets on leads for the ground-nesting bird season.

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The lesser-known wildlife at risk from walkers and their dogs | West Wales Chronicle : News for Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion, Swansea and Beyond

Many people think of birds’ nests as being high up in the trees, but a surprising number of birds in the UK nest on the ground. Ground-nesting birds, such as meadow pipits, hide their eggs in grassy areas on commons, whereas willow warblers tuck themselves away at the base of trees and bushes in woodland areas. Unfortunately, 66%3 of ground-nesting birds are in decline in the UK, and from February through to the end of summer, inquisitive pooche…

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The animal protection officer of the district Darmstadt-Dieburg, Dr. Christa Wilczek, warns against dog hair, which can be deadly for the offspring of birds. At the same time, she calls on dog owners not to comb their animals in the wild – or, if the four-legged friends are brushed there after all, to collect their hair and dispose of them at home in the remaining garbage bin. [...]

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Look out for nesting coastal birds in the Panhandle

Black skimmer adopts juvenile gull-billed tern [ Karen Parker | FWC ] Both the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Audubon Florida, are reminding the public that the first shorebird nest of the year has been spotted, and that giving birds their space allows nesting parents to successfully raise the next generation of sea and shorebirds. Spring and summer mark critical times of year for several vulnerable sea and shorebird spec…