Slowly but slowly getting back to animal blogging after baby

For the last two or three months I’ve really slacked off with blogging about animal tourism. I blame my daughter, Ginger, born July 29.

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Brooklyn geese protectors strategize for next year

To stop USDA Wildlife Services agents from killing geese unnecessarily, Brooklyn volunteers contemplate citizen arresting agents for animal cruelty.

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Adolescent squirrels are making their first appearances this time of year and acting ridiculous.

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City birds love to live in mailboxes

With a lack of nest cavities, urban birds are turning to outdoor ashtray boxes, post boxes, poles, lights and air conditioners

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How my brother saved a newborn fawn

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Neighbors wanted to shelter a fawn in a garage. My brother convinced them to let the tiny baby deer sleep outside (while he guarded from nearby tent) till its mom returned. It worked. During a 4 am feeding, the doe showed up and walked off with her offspring.

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Top 10 Animal Webcams of 2011

Just a couple years after the Shiba Inu cam sensation, wild animals are fascinating millions of viewers with reality TV, family tragedies and triumphs.

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East Village hawk Dominatrix favors fancy NYU building over Tompkins Square

The East Village hawk known as The Dominatrix isn’t building a nest in Tompkins Square Park after all, but she may be the one now showing off her egg-sitting abilities to the world via a New York Times web cam.

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Russians will send you a tame fox puppy for $4k–or $7k if they handle the paperwork

For $7,000, a company will get you a tame fox, product of a famous Russian breeding experiment into domesticating animals. You can get one directly for $4,000, but you have to manage all the exotic animal licenses.

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Baby eagle cam goes viral

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Eagles nesting by an Iowa fish hatchery have become online stars. More than 100,000 people watch the pair feed their chicks and hope for another egg to hatch.

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Wild Kingdom: the drama of an otter family in Monterey Bay

The contemporary Wild Kingdom a mother sea otter that gives birth to a pup on a dock in Monterey Bay.

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