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A Winter Rescue

By Kaz Skoczylas The score was Green Bay Packers 7, Chicago Bears 0 in the NFL divisional playoff when the phone rang. It was my sister Wanda D’Agostino asking if I could respond to a call from someone who had reported an injured hawk by the side of a road. As I neared the location, […]

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Victor the Vulture

by Wanda D’Agostino Victor interrupted our Sunday dinner by getting hit by a car on I-84 one day. The call came in just as I was sitting down. A man had seen the injured turkey vulture, and managed to catch him. However, the emergency vet he took him to could only offer him euthanasia because

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Limpy Lou

by Erin Owens I first noticed Limpy Lou because he wasn’t the same as the dozens of pigeons that crowded around my taco cart in Bushnell Park in Hartford. While the other birds pranced around pecking up the crumbs I’d offer them, Limpy Lou hopped on this right leg, while his left leg extended out

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