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by SantaFeJoe on Tue Jul 14, 2015 9:43 am

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A bizarre story from Canada:

http://news.yahoo.com/wildlife-officer- ... 26401.html

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by stevenmajor on Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:42 pm

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Not bizarre. Someone thinking outside the box and saving lives. Commendable.
Nice to see he apparently has local and national support for his actions.

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by SantaFeJoe on Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:26 pm

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The reason I said "bizarre" is because he was ordered to kill the cubs, and suspended when he refused! I can't imagine anyone desiring to kill them. Around here, we have "The Wildlife Center" where many injured and "abandoned" cubs are taken care of and, many times, released back into the wild. Even if they are relegated to life in a zoo, they deserve to live.

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by SantaFeJoe on Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:41 pm

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Here's a link to The Wildlife Center:

http://www.thewildlifecenter.org/index.php

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by Blck-shouldered Kite on Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:48 pm

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what a story! that guy deserves an award…not a suspension. He has a big heart. He stood up and did the right thing even though he knew he would be in trouble. Looks like the supervisors are the bad guys here…..Ah…Ha

I am so happy for those little tykes.