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Keep Shark Liver Oil Out of Beauty Products! - The Petition Site
Sierra Club: Club Currents: Volume VI, #130, September 9, 2008
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Thoreau’s Legacy: American Stories about Global Warming
HSMO Disaster Response Team Key Part of Hurricane Gustav
helpmefindMYPET.com - Lost Pets
While searching Petfinder for this week’s Featured Adoptable, it occurred to me that we have yet to feature a bird! After searching for a feathered adoptable, I quickly discovered Beak N’ Wings, Inc., a bird rescue that operates in the Kansas City area:
Beak N’ Wings, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Organization, and the only licensed shelter for exotic birds in the Kansas City area. We are located in Shawnee Mission, KS (a suburb of Kansas City). We take in companion (pets) birds from finches to macaws, rehabilitate them if necessary, and place them in permanent, loving homes.
We serve the Kansas City metro area (within 100 miles of the I-435 circle that surrounds the city). If you would like to foster a homeless bird, please go to our website, click on the Rescue link and fill out the appropriate application.
Beak n Wings is now helping to rehome birds in the following states:
Texas, Arkansas, Springfield / Joplin MO areaOur rescued parrots live in foster homes, are treated like companions (pets) and rehabilitated if necessary, therefore we have no shelter building. To learn more about a particular bird, please go to our website There you will be able to read how our adoption program works.
Visit their website at beaknwings.org for more info.
Out of their many available birds, Greeter immediately grabbed my attention. Perhaps it’s all those gorgeous red feathers?
My name is Greeter and I am a Greenwing Macaw. I am 18 years old, so I am still a youngster as I could live to be 80 to 100 years old. I have plucked a few feathers, but not many. I am a very large bird, but if you would like a big friend, I might just be the one for you.
If you are interested in learning more about me, please go to www.beaknwings.org. There you will also see all of my bird friends that are ready for adoption and in need of a forever home. Do not call or email Beak n’ Wings until you have visited the website and learned how our adoption process works!
Beak n’ Wings ADOPTS WITHIN KANSAS CITY AND UP TO 100 MILES OUTSIDE THE I-435 CIRCLE THAT SURROUNDS KANSAS CITY. TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR ADOPTION PROCEDURES PLEASE GO TO www.beaknwings.org AND CLICK ON THE “RESCUE” LINK.. We do not ship birds!
If you’re interested in welcoming a feathered friend into your home, please consider adopting one of Beak n’ Wings, Inc.’s many foster birds.
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Salon :: Her deadly wolf program
Ask Pablo: I’ve heard reading online uses more energy than printing documents. Can that be true?
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EcoEarth.Info Environment Portal
Carnival of the Green #144! | Tiny Choices
Extend the Renewable Energy Tax Credit Before Month’s End! - The Petition Site
Protect Our Marine Ecosystems From Offshore Oil Spills - The Petition Site
Help Make Outdoor Time a National Priority - The Petition Site
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YouTube - Rising Water by John Biguenet
Veganic Farming: A Growing Trend \ Veg For Life
Green Jobs Now: National Day of Action to Build the New Economy
New American Dream: New Dream News: Issue No. 55, September 2, 2008
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Al Gore - Why So Little Talk About Animal Agriculture’s Effects On The Environment?
Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Earth Online: No. 424, Sept. 4, 2008
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Shakesville: Stop the Lies!! Hurricane Katrina caused oil spills!
New Orleans worried about levees | Salon News
Carnival of the Green #142! from Life Goggles
Farm Sanctuary: The Walk is coming to Kansas City
The cost of steak - Los Angeles Times
The Sierra Club: Club Currents: Volume VI, #129, September 2, 2008
Meet Dixie, this week’s Featured Adoptable. Dixie is a smiley white pit bull terrier, rescued from the streets by the kind souls at Missouri Pit Bull Rescue:
Dixie was spotted out on a gravel road with her tail tucked between her legs and scared to death. She was pacing back and forth and didn’t know where to go. After trying to coerce her with leftover food from the car, she finally came to eat some. She was extremely skinny, dirty and frightened. When a car drove by she would walk along the side of it trying to look in at the driver. When she didn’t recognize the person, she would run off. We tried to approach her but she would just walk beside the car. Finally, we herded her into the backseat and she immediately curled up and within seconds was fast asleep. We felt such a relief for her… Dixie is now fostered in a home with cats, dogs, horses and kids. She is quite the cuddle bug and soaks up all the physical love she can get. She is no longer scared but is remaining very grateful for the precious chance given to her.
For more pictures and info: DIXIE’S MPR PAGE
Because of local breed specific legislation (BSL), so-called “dangerous dogs” like Dixie have a harder time than most finding a home. In this way, being born a pit bull marks a dog as “special needs” right from the start. (In this day and age, anyway; “dangerous breeds” of days past include rottweilers and doberman pinschers, further evidence that “dangerous dogs” aren’t so much a biological inevitability as a social construct steeped in hysteria and misunderstanding. Getting down from the soapbox now, *ahem*.)
Just look at poor Gramby, a pit bull from Animal Haven who we featured almost four months ago…and who has yet to be adopted, despite his young age, friendly nature and good health!
If you can, won’t you consider giving Miss Dixie (or Mr. Gramby) a second chance at life?
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Each Wednesday, the Kansas City Freecycle blog will feature one adoptable animal from a local KC rescue group or animal shelter.
We do this for several reasons:
- To highlight the plight of companion animals in the Kansas City area.
- To remind members of our no-animal policy, and provide an alternative venue for members who wish to adopt an unwanted animal.
- To encourage members to adopt a furry friend.
- To help out out local animal rescue groups and animal shelters, many of which are overwhelmed by the sheer number of animals in need.
- To illustrate these animals’ unique personalities and characteristics, thus underscoring the fact that they are not objects and should not be “freecycled”.
Click here to view past Featured Adoptables.
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