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Show Page 1'7 HEADQUARTERS interes t may be seen by visitin r; t he Rofu r_:;0 :Ioo.dqun.rt c rs a t this time of year. l&:-,n y thi ng s of Botl: lisin (Weste rn duc k siokne ss), wh i ch ki lls t h ousands of b irJ s oYo r y summer , is in fu ll sw:b.:,; . Hundre ds of b ird s o.rc : .c ine brour,h t to t he duc k h o:Jpi ·t a l, eve r y day, · f or tr oc,h.10.i-,.t. lfoc h of t ::o wcr k , o.t the hos pi t c,l, i s done by enrollees fr om t hi s c c.mp and it shou ld '.Jo of int c ro.st to those of y ou who wor k on ot her crows t e sco what. y our buddies n. r e doing . 1 00. 1" 1. By visiting tho Lab orn.tory n.t t he Refuge , you may of t he e x pe ri ments be i nc unde rt a ken by t he Disea se Dopu·t1;:ien t in an e ffort t o de t ermi ne what c a uses Botulis m c...>:td hovr t o p r event it. The ex perimen tal animul s use d by this depo.rtmc.n t will be Gf i nt e r est too . The y , now, c ons ist of ducks., ge e se, wh i t e mi c e , [;Uine c..-pi g s, ch i cke n s , on e pe lioan , one gre o.t - h orne '} owl , one b cb cat, and t vm coyot e s. Anyone inte r e s te d in lmcwi nc t he hn.b i t s of t he • wa t e rfowl t h::i.t fr equent t he Rofu 0 o , ,rd ll fi n d Mr. Williams of the Food Hab its Doix:-:.r t ne nt, t ho m..."l.n t o t a l k to . He wi ll be gl ad t o t o ll you n~ out t lIB b ir us , s o don ' t hesitat e t o o.ak h i m n.1JC,ut the m. Me n1bc rs of Pe t o Fors gre on I s crovr nr o r emov i nc; a ll t ho woo ds , wc od p ile s, Q...'1.d ot he r de bri s f r om a r ound t he bu il di nf; S '\t Hen.cl.quart e rs an d d cin ,,; gene r a l ln.ndsc o. p i ng wcr k , A pr ofito.b l o da y is pr omis e d t hose who vi s i t t he , Refu ge Heauqua r t e rs t o se e t he .m.'.lny a ctivit ie s e; oi n i; on t he r e . VTilliam Son.bro ok |
