Happy home for a hound
     Deb, Lauren, Clark, and Harely Wagstaff welcome Jake, the hound, to his new home. Jake was one of the hounds rescued by the Humane Society for Prevention and Cruelty to Animals and SQ Rescue from horrible neglect by human beings. The story was featured on the front page of The Columbia Star July...
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Fun and freedom
Carolina Wildlife Care sponsors Purple Martin Cruise at Lake Murray to take purple martins home to Bomb Island
By Mimi M.Maddock Mimi@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Introduction by Carolina Wildlife Care executive director On July 26, 2007, at exactly 6:30 pm, the Southern Patriot pushed away from the dock at the Lake Murray Marina. Joanna Weitzel, executive director of Carolina Wildlife Care (CWC) welcomed the 100 guests and explained that the boat would ge...
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The Amazing Purple Martin
      The beautiful purple martin is the largest North American swallow and the only species of martin found on this continent. While spending a portion of every spring and summer in backyards, this determined blue black bird migrates each winter to the Amazon River basin in South America.
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