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  • Protecting Sacramento's unhoused pet community

    The Bradshaw Animal Shelter’s PAWS mobile clinic travels to homeless encampments and shelters throughout the community to provide care to residents’ pets, including vaccinations, microchips, flea, tick and parasite prevention, as well as spay and neuter services, free of charge.

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  • Tucson groups work to keep pets with their people during financial hardship

    Local groups like Pima Animal Care Center (PACC) have employed several methods to help families struggling to keep their pets stay together. PACC does regular outreach events to collect pet food donations and also gives out supplies like beds, leashes and collars to those in need. PACC also has a nonprofit arm, Friends of PACC, that helps owners struggling with veterinary expenses and a safety net program that connects pets with foster families.

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  • Kenyan fishers put new twists on an age-old marine conservation system

    Several villages are establishing no-take zones, or tengefus, to address issues of overfishing, allowing fish to repopulate. With the help of several local organizations and government authorities, there are currently 22 tengefus in various stages of development across the country.

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  • A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Birds

    A wildlife photographer in Maharashtra, India, adds like-minded animal conservationists to a WhatsApp group so they can share animal photos and knowledge with each other. The group members work together to solve different wildlife issues through information sharing and public education, and many of them also rescue animals.

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  • For two brothers, saving Delhi's kites brings fame but not enough financial support

    A Delhi-based rescue and rehabilitation center for birds of prey, called Wildlife Rescue, is run by two brothers who believe every living thing has the right to be treated when injured — including the black kites many locals see as bad luck. The center treats more than 3,300 birds every year.

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  • Organic Elephant Repellent Brings Hope To Villagers

    Tikobane Trust created a safe, organic elephant repellent to deter elephants from invading local farmlands, eating crops and attacking villagers. Tikobane Trust aims to foster peaceful coexistence between humans and animals in rural areas that share borders with wildlife like elephants, lions, hyenas and wild dogs. The repellent has seen success in one village already and Tikobane Trust is working to teach people in other areas how to create the repellent themselves.

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  • House of tails: a Kyiv shelter helps animals with disabilities

    A Ukrainian animal rights activist opened the House of Tails animal shelter to provide special care for dogs and cats with disabilities. Though her work started before the war, many of the 70 animals in her care now were injured or abandoned due to the war.

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  • The Mexican family who gave up fishing to monitor and rescue sea turtles

    A family of former fishers created the Kino Bay Turtle Group to monitor sea turtles in Mexico’s La Cruz Lagoon. The conservationists work to rescue and tag turtles entangled in fishing gear, track the population, and educate the public about their importance.

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  • How a unique Ukrainian shelter provides animals a first-class home

    Running on donations, Zoopatrol UA rescues, treats, and finds homes for animals in Ukraine left behind when the war started. The shelter has helped over 1,000 animals since its inception.

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  • The Flashlight-Wielding, Frog-Taxiing Guardians of Spring's 'Big Night'

    Volunteers from the Harris Center for Conservation Education in New Hampshire spend spring nights helping amphibians cross the road safely. The volunteers work during mass amphibian migration periods and collect data on the species they see for conservation efforts.

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