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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Cape Wildlife Center’s Annual Spring Lecture Series Returns Feb. 21 with “Animal Tales”
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333">(Feb. 4, 2013)</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D"> –
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333">Cape Wildlife Center will commence its annual Spring Lecture Series on Feb. 21 with the first in a series called “Animal Tales,”
<em><span style="font-style:normal">which will</span></em> spotlight some of the area’s most historical and engaging animals. The series ends April 3.
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">WHERE:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333"> The Community Education Room of the Cape Wildlife Center, at 4011 Main St. (Route 6A) in Barnstable. Refreshments will be served. A $5 donation is requested and
will help care for the nearly 2,000 animal patients treated by Cape Wildlife Center staff annually.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">WHAT/WHEN:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333"> Cape Wildlife Center’s 2013 Spring Lecture series is called “Animal Tales,” and covers a range of locally-based animal subjects from preserving colonial-era
farm animal breeds to the effects of oil spills on birds, especially Northern gannets:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Thursday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> — “Rare and Heritage Breeds –
Preserving an Important Part of American History.” Plimoth Plantation’s Village Farm Coordinator Norah Messier and Farm Artisan JJ Nickinello will provide information about its Rare and Heritage Breeds Program, which gives residents a look at
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">the types of animals found in Plymouth Colony in the 17<sup>th</sup> century. Due to changes in agricultural practices since the 1600s, many of these animals have critically
low breeding populations. Plimoth Plantation is part of a global effort to save the genetic diversity of these endangered breeds.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Saturday, Feb. 23, at 1 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> —"Coexisting with Coyotes? - Findings
from the Cape Cod Wildlife Survey." Jennifer Jackman, Ph.D., of Salem State University will present the results of her extensive Cape Cod residents’ survey, which measures coyote sightings and conflicts between 2005 and 2012 and addresses other species of
interest, including the black bear. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wednesday, March 6, at 6:30 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">­—<span style="color:#222222">“A
Wolf at the Door.”<i> </i>Jonathan Way<span class="yiv1196914442st">, Ph.D., author of
<i>Suburban Howls: Tracking the Eastern Coyote in Urban Massachusetts</i>, will discuss his groundbreaking
</span></span>research on eastern coyote/coywolf ecology and behavior and the impact of coywolves on the Cape. A detailed discussion on genetics will provide a better understanding of these hybrid canids and why “coywolf” might be a better term for the animals
than coyote or eastern coyote.<br>
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<b>Wednesday, March 13, at 6:30 p.m.</b> — “Cape Cod Wildlife: A History of Untamed Forests, Seas and Shores.” Author Theresa Barbo and outstanding nature photographer Heather Fone, both former Cape Wildlife Center employees, will discuss the Cape’s unique
relationship with wildlife and provide information about the myriad of species who coexist with us.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wednesday, March 27, at 6:30 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">­—“The Future is in Our Lands.”
Jaci Barton, executive director of the Barnstable Land Trust, which is steward of more than 755 acres of wildlife habitat, scenic views, wetlands, sensitive watersheds and other valuable open space, will discuss efforts to preserve our community’s open spaces
and natural resources. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Wednesday, April 3, at 6:30 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">—“Oil and Water – a Lethal
Ecological Cocktail.” Lynn Miller, Cape Wildlife Center’s director of wildlife rehabilitation and president of the International Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, will discuss her research into the impact of oil spills/contaminates on birds, especially Northern
gannets. Her findings are applicable not just to wildlife, but to humans, as well. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333">CONTACT:</span></b><span lang="EN" style="color:#333333"> Seating is limited. To pre-register, call (508) 362-0111.</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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