Animal Research Links

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18. New nonprofit in Bath helps get pet food to pet owners in need: https://www.coastaljournal.com/2018/05/22/dogwill-makes-sure-pets-get-fed-too-at-bath-food-bank/

17. Coyote Lives in Maine: http://www.coyotelivesinmaine.com/






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Ex-staffer alleges Lewiston shelter is killing more dogs than it has in the pastSource: https://www.pressherald.com/2018/05/11/ex-staffer-says-lewiston-shelter-is-killing-more-dogs-than-in-the-past/

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Maine woman to serve 90 days in jail for keeping pit bull in ‘horrific’ conditions
Source: http://wgme.com/news/local/maine-woman-to-serve-90-days-in-jail-for-keeping-pit-bull-in-horrific-conditions

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Animals

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Why do species become endandgered?

https://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-does-a-species-become-endangered

Wildlife

Any of Maine's endangered or threatened animals (birds, fish, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, or invertebrates): https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/endangered-threatened-species/listed-species.html

Specific animals

(1) Owls: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/wildlife-human-issues/living-with-wildlife/owls.html

(2) Softshell clam: 

http://www.maine.gov/dmr/shellfish-sanitation-management/shellfishidentification.html; https://bangordailynews.com/2018/04/07/business/harvest-of-clams-continues-to-dwindle-in-new-england/

Green crab invasion:

http://mainepublic.org/post/maine-clam-farming-experiment-aims-protect-resource-green-crab-invasion

(3) Milky ribbon worm: 

http://bangordailynews.com/2016/09/19/news/midcoast/brunswick-shellfish-harvesters-work-to-remove-vicious-clam-predator/; 

https://www.mainecoastfishermen.org/single-post/2016/09/28/A-Changing-Climate-in-Our-Mud-Flats-Ribbon-Worms

(4) Bats: https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/wildlife-human-issues/living-with-wildlife/bats.html

(5) Alewife: 

https://www.fws.gov/gomcp/pdfs/alewife%20fact%20sheet.pdf; 

https://www.kennebecestuary.org/nequasset-restoration

(6) Moose: 

https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/species-information/mammals/moose.html; 

https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/150601-ghost-moose-animals-science-new-england-environment/

(7) Ticks: 

http://www.maine.gov/dacf/php/gotpests/bugs/ticks.htm; 

https://extension.umaine.edu/ipm/tickid/maine-tick-species/

(8) River otters: 

https://www.maine.gov/ifw/fish-wildlife/wildlife/wildlife-human-issues/living-with-wildlife/otters.html; 

https://hhltmaine.org/nature-notes/nature-notes-river-otters/; 

https://www.nrcm.org/nrcm-creature-feature/creature-feature-river-otter/

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Organizations

Maine Friends of Animals

http://mfoa.net/

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Check out their legislation/campaigns page:

http://www.mfoa.net/legislation_campaigns.html

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Animal Activism:

http://www.mfoa.net/legislation_campaigns.html

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Why do species become endangered?

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/endangered-species/