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          <title>Central Virginia&#8217;s Pets: Simon the parrot&#8217;s lesson about clipped wings</title>
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FYI:

--For more information on Quaker Parakeets, visit http://www.qp-society.com/QPSmain/QPSindex.html

--To learn more about wing clipping, visit http://www.birdsnways.com/wisdom/ww19eii.htm or http://www.parrotchronicles.com/departments/faqs.htm

--If you still have questions, call your veterinarian.
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          <title>Using your head and heart to choose the right pet</title>
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Making the right choice in choosing a pet can be tough.
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          <title>Hello, kitty! Welcoming cats to a new home</title>
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A step-by-step process for adding a new kitty to your home.
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          <title>Uncommon solutions for common dog problems</title>
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Sally Elliott is on the Lynchburg Humane Society Board of Directors.
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          <title>Refresher course: Re&#45;housebreaking the already housebroken pet</title>
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Sigrid Mirabella is a training affiliate with Almost Home Pet Adoption Center, which is owned and operated by the Humane Society/SPCA of Nelson County.
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Carrie Sidener, resident parrothead (of a different sort), describes life with Simon.
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What to do if you lose a pet? Ann Holland has some tips. Holland serves on the Lynchburg Humane Society&#8217;s Board of Directors and is a volunteer for various animal welfare causes.
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Sandra Boydston, development director for the Lynchburg Humane Society, has some tips for living with Fluffy.
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          <title>How to help your pets beat dangerous summer heat</title>
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Karin Sherbin volunteers with the Bedford Humane Society. To learn more about adopting pets or volunteering, go to http://www.bedfordhumanesociety.petfinders.com.
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Karin Sherbin is a volunteer with the Bedford Humane Society.&nbsp;
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          <title>Helping Fido and Fluffy live long, healthy lives</title>
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Here are a few pet-care basics.&nbsp;
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Stop by the Lynchburg Humane Societyon July 26 for a birthday party for Puffin the cat, who runs the place.
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TAMPA &#8212; Sharon Egan faced a tough choice at the &#8220;Think Like a Cat&#8221; game show auditions Saturday.
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TAMPA - No matter how high gas prices go or how tough the housing market is, Angie Todd&#8217;s dogs will never go without the best.
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          <title>Feeding your pet the way nature intended</title>
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Tedi Wright, a member of the board of the Humane Society/SPCA of Nelson County, adapted this article from one written by her brother, Dr. Michael Wright, a 

veterinarian who practices in Florida.
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          <title>Puppy love: Time, love in foster care heal wounds</title>
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Karin Sherbin volunteers with the Bedford Humane Society. You can find out more about the BHS at http://www.bedfordhumanesociety.petfinder.com.
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If only introducing a new dog to the resident dog or cat were as simple as a pawshake.&nbsp;
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Sandra Boydston, development director for the Lynchburg Humane Society, offers tips for keeping Fido and Fluffy cool.
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          <title>Do the world a favor; bring a cat home</title>
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Sandra Boydston is development director for the Lynchburg Humane Society.
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NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla.&#8212;For 11 days, Stinky was laid low, suffering from wounds from an attack by a pit bull terrier. His owners didn&#8217;t care enough for their pot bellied pig to get him medical care.
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How to know when you and your pooch are road worthy&#8212;Read on.
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          <title>This Sand Isn&#8217;t Like Iraq: Nubs Hits Beach</title>
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Nubs, the dog rescued from the Iraqi desert by Marine Maj. Brian Dennis and brought to the United States, got his first exposure to a Florida beach Thursday.
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          <title>Waxwings survive, now free to thrive</title>
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Amber Kimmich opened a cardboard box in her Powhatan County yard yesterday and 16 eager little bodies fluttered out.
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Stepping outside was a new experience for an African Nile crocodile that had spent its first years of life inside a Virginia teen&#8217;s bedroom.
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A two-headed dragon has been spotted in Kernersville!!!
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Lauren Schwartz loves her shipoo &#8212; a Shih Tzu-poodle mix &#8212; but she didn&#8217;t love what he was doing.
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Meet Marcy, a 2-year-old Virginia opossum. She sleeps soundly in her cage, body curled into the fetal position, paw resting on her pointy snout.
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