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This southern Virginia city settled in the Blue Ridge Mountains was once a salt lick where trails left by Indigenous People and animals crossed in the center of the valley.
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2025
The agency also found some of their fences in disrepair and their salt licks — which provide cattle with essential minerals — too close to creeks and springs, drawing the animals into those habitats.
—Jimmy Tobias, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2025
Plus, with a salt lick and waterhole directly in front of the villa’s pool, wildlife will come right to you.
—Chris Liebenberg, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
The sure-footed climber has been observed hoofing up to 18 miles to get to a salt lick.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
Special considerations for small animals such as rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, mice and guinea pigs include: secure carriers with bedding materials; food and food bowls; a salt lick; extra water bottle, small hidebox or tube; litter pan, litter and bowls; and a week’s worth of bedding.
—Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2020
The clay in the salt lick provides minerals that help counter poisonous secondary compounds found in the plants eaten by tapirs.
—Discover Staff, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2016
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Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2025
The agency also found some of their fences in disrepair and their salt licks — which provide cattle with essential minerals — too close to creeks and springs, drawing the animals into those habitats.
—Jimmy Tobias, ProPublica, 3 Dec. 2025
Plus, with a salt lick and waterhole directly in front of the villa’s pool, wildlife will come right to you.
—Chris Liebenberg, Travel + Leisure, 3 Aug. 2025
The sure-footed climber has been observed hoofing up to 18 miles to get to a salt lick.
—Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
Special considerations for small animals such as rabbits, hamsters, gerbils, mice and guinea pigs include: secure carriers with bedding materials; food and food bowls; a salt lick; extra water bottle, small hidebox or tube; litter pan, litter and bowls; and a week’s worth of bedding.
—Karen Pearlman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2020
The clay in the salt lick provides minerals that help counter poisonous secondary compounds found in the plants eaten by tapirs.
—Discover Staff, Discover Magazine, 16 May 2016
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“Salt lick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/salt%20lick. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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