Wildfire smoke endangers animal health
AVMA News
JUNE 12, 2023
Smoke from the worst wildfire season in Canada's history has been triggering air quality alerts throughout the United States, threatening human and animal health.
American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine – June 26, 2023
AVMA News
AUGUST 31, 2023
The American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM) welcomed 52 new diplomates following the board certification examination it held June 26 at Prometric test sites in the United States, Canada, and Singapore.
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The Amusing Case of the Gulf Breeze Zoo Canada Geese
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
While I harbor mixed feelings about zoos in general, this facility seems to make the best effort possible to keep animals in interesting enclosures, move them to different areas of the zoo to maintain novel surroundings, and invest money and space into a 30 acre mixed species enclosure, where the animals can move freely.
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Air Canada To Stop Shipping Lab Primates
Critter News
JANUARY 20, 2012
Animal advocacy groups have been lobbying for this for a while. Thank you Air Canada! Today, more than 40 animal advocacy organizations across Canada praised Air Canada for its recent decision to stop shipping non-human primates into the country for use in research laboratories. Excellent news!
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Fur Stores in Vancouver Canada Vandalized
Critter News
MAY 24, 2012
Four fur stories in the Vancouver, Canada, area were vandalized by animal rights activists who sprayed red paint on the windows and doors. The four stores were Capilano Furs, Speiser Furs, Snowflake Canada and Pappas Furs. Credit is being taken by ALF. Read the full story here at the Vancouver Sun.
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Canada goose
Reddit Animals
JULY 5, 2023
Been feeding these angry devil spawns and got enough trust that they let their goslings near. submitted by /u/anikaau [link] [comments]
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Air Canada Feeling Pressure to Stop Shipping Lab Monkeys
Critter News
AUGUST 17, 2011
I don't think it's likely that Air Canada is going to budge on this. Animal-rights activists are urging Air Canada to stop shipping live monkeys and other animals destined for experimentation, saying the airline can change its tariff rules if it wants. Excerpted from the Montreal Gazette.
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Birding Southeastern Washington (McNary NWR)
10,000 Birds
MAY 7, 2024
In April, when I recently visited, there are huge flocks of Snow Geese , with the occasional smaller groups of Canada Goose , Cacking Goose , and Greater White-Fronted Goose. There were many other species of waterfowl, including a large number of Ruddy Ducks. (My My eBird checklists are here and here.) Plus, they offer excellent birding.
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Canada's Military Goes Back to Fur Hats
Critter News
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Canada's military is reverting to issuing real fur winter hats to soldiers, replacing synthetic tuques for winter use, the Department of Defense announced. I think this is just stubbornness. Excerpted from UPI.
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Second Bear Killed On Trans-Canada Highway
Critter News
JULY 27, 2011
The second bear to meet its end this year on the Trans-Canada Highway has prompted an animal rights group to call for immediate repairs to a fence line intended to protect wildlife in Banff National Park. Apparently, there's room for improvement. From the Calgary Herald. The bear was struck last week and found dead two days later.
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Air Canada Criticized for Transporting Research Monkeys
Critter News
JANUARY 24, 2011
The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo. Air Canada is one of a small number of airlines that continues to transport these primates, Kite said.
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Canada Reaches Seal Product Deal with China
Critter News
JANUARY 16, 2011
In order to offset the loss of the seal product market in Europe, Canada has made a deal with China. Although 40 Chinese animal rights groups have protested, they don't really have any political or financial clout to change anything. I'm not surprised. China as a whole still doesn't have a national conscience about these issues.
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What animal are these tracks from?
Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 28, 2023
Snowshoeing in Whistler, Canada and came across these tracks. What are they from? submitted by /u/corza_21 [link] [comments]
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Canada Promoting Seal Meat and Fur in China
Critter News
JANUARY 14, 2010
Now there is a marriage made in heaven, two countries with atrocious records on animal issues have come together. The EU was a small market for Canada. Tags: canada. Of course, we're disappointed in their actions," Ms. Shea said by telephone from China today. That being said, there are many other markets out there.
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Walmart Canada Pulls Rabbit Fur Slippers
Critter News
JANUARY 7, 2009
The Animal Defence League of Canada got Walmart to pull slippers containing real rabbit fur off its shelves. Tags: consumers canada fur walmart. Walmart (of all places) has a no-fur policy. The slippers are called Tender Tootsies. DON'T BUY THEM!
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New Horse Slaughter Rules to Appear in Canada
Critter News
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
The Animal Welfare Institute thinks these new rules could be a blow to the horse slaughter industry, but only if actually implemented. Tags: canada meat horse slaughter Slaughterhouse.
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Canada's Marineland Under Scrutiny for Poor Animal Care
Critter News
AUGUST 28, 2012
Allegations are that sea animals are not being well-cared for at this Niagara Falls resort.
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Canada and Greenland Defend Seal Hunting
Critter News
JANUARY 22, 2009
They are testifying with Canada against an EU ban on seal products. Canadian fisheries ministry representative Garry Stenson said the hunt “is humane, well regulated and sustainable” and that new rules for the hunt were under review to strengthen inspections, monitoring and enforcement of animal welfare rules.
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100 PETA Goes After Canada's Seal Hunt
Critter News
JUNE 16, 2009
I like Canada. I'm an American, but I grew up seeing Noltan Nash, the Beachcombers and Hockey Night in Canada on the TV. On environmental and animal issues, not so much. You can go on and on about tradition, but just because something is old doesn't make it good. Slavery used to be a tradition in some societies.
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Canada Up to Its Old Seal-Killing Tricks
Critter News
JANUARY 2, 2009
The amendments to the Marine Mammal Regulations, which include strengthened federal enforcement, come just over a month after newly appointed federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said Canada is "going straight ahead for the 2009 hunt. Tags: canada seal hunters seals. We're proceeding as usual." "No
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PETA and IFAW Plan 24 City Tour of Canada
Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
PETA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) are holding a joint news conference this week, and I would like to offer you an exclusive advance scoop on it. Crowds gathering across Canada to watch the Olympic torch pass through their towns will also be greeted by a 12-meter-tall baby "seal."
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Crisis at Marineland Canada
Reddit Animals
OCTOBER 4, 2021
submitted by /u/smashloves [link] [comments].
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Sentient: a book review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2022
The subtitle of Jackie Higgins’ book Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses , aptly sets forth her thesis – though the “wonder” it refers to could equally well be used to describe animal (not just human) senses, as she shows in fascinating detail. Atria Books, New York, $28 (U.S.); $37 (Canada).
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Critter News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
The writer is from Stop UBC Animal Research, so there is a bias. Tags: canada british columbia animal research. But, still, an informative overview.
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Animal Cruelty Database at Pet-Abuse.com
Critter News
DECEMBER 30, 2008
There are 14,436 cases in the animal abuse database. You can search for all kinds of crimes against animals in the US, Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Australia and Spain. Tags: canada australia animal abuse UK new zealand us. Great research tool. Amazing work.
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100 Activists in Canada Found Not Guilty of Getting to Close to Seal Slaughter
Critter News
OCTOBER 17, 2008
A judge has found five animal-rights activists not guilty of getting too close to seal hunters during the 2006 hunt off Canada's east coast. That's good news. The five were charged with coming within 10 metres of seal hunters on March 26, 2006 while filming the annual slaughter in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, not far from Cape Breton.
Ontario Animal Welfare Law Goes Into Effect
Critter News
MARCH 8, 2009
The provincial government says it's gone from "worst to first" and Ontario is now the only jurisdiction in Canada with special protections for law-enforcement animals like police dogs and horses. Pet owners convicted of a crime under the act can also be barred from owning any animals for life.
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Close encounter with a red squirrel and Canada goose (OC)
Reddit Animals
APRIL 21, 2023
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Collective Arts Brewing: Life in the Clouds
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2020
As much fun as it was to add these birds to our Birds and Booze list, neither species is native to Canada, so it’s nice to see a cosmopolitan Barn Owl ( Tyto alba ) on this week’s featured beer by Collective Arts, a New England-style IPA called Life in the Clouds (even if Barn Owls are rather scarce around Hamilton and elsewhere in Ontario).
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A Post Chock-full of Bird News
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2014
Animal and bird rehabbers are awesome people, but even they suffer the occasional bad apple— in this case, really bad. Also from the Philly area, where Canada Geese are concerned, where is the love ?). News black-crowned night herons boreal forest canada geese climate change darwin’s finch fledging fork-tailed drongo new york times'
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Red Fox on an Autumn Day - Ontario, Canada
Reddit Animals
OCTOBER 29, 2021
submitted by /u/Altruistic_Pack_401 [link] [comments].
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Canada Geese - Locke Park, Redcar, North Yorkshire, UK
Reddit Animals
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
submitted by /u/admelioraphotography [link] [comments].
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Quebec to Review Puppy Mill Laws
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
The fallout from the huge puppy mill seizure is fueling calls for a review of Quebec's animal rights laws, which are abysmal even for Canada. Animal welfare workers are calling for stricter laws on breeding facilities after more than 500 allegedly malnourished dogs were seized from a Quebec puppy farm last week.
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Collective Arts: Stranger than Fiction
10,000 Birds
APRIL 17, 2020
The artwork of this edition is by Jenny Keith – an Edmonton, Alberta-based artist with a penchant for depicting animals and natural curiosities. The packaging artwork has changed – last year it was a fluid, thickly-textured portrait of a Eurasian Eagle-Owl ( Bubo bubo ) – but I think the recipe has remained the same.
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QUESTION
Reddit Animals
JANUARY 10, 2024
I live in Canada ?? I have had TWO bird suet cages stolen, one time i had like apples in it and this time nothing was in it! Has anyone had this happen ?! is it raccoons????? why take it when nothings in it though?? submitted by /u/BitterAssumptions [link] [comments]
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40 Bob Barker Offers to Pay to Move Canadian Elephants to Sanctuary
Critter News
DECEMBER 19, 2011
I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement. Toronto city council voted in October to move the elephants to a facility run by PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) near Galt, Calif., Excerpted from CBC News. called ARK 2000.
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Huge Dog Seizure at Quebec Kennel
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
One of the largest animal rescue operations in Canadian history just got a lot bigger: about 90 puppies have been born since hundreds of dogs were seized northwest of Ottawa. "We We have a lot of puppies here and a lot more puppies coming," said Rebecca Aldworth, the executive director of Humane Society International Canada.
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“The Hawk’s Way” — a book review
10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2022
As Montgomery shows, falconry is different from any other human/animal interaction. Atria Books, New York, $20 (U.S.); $27 (Canada), 79 pp., The post also has, in the appended Comments section, a long colloquy on falconry, mostly pro with some con, well worth a look.]. The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty, by Sy Montgomery.
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On Dominance and Animal Birth Control
Animal Person
APRIL 24, 2009
Yesterday, regarding being a minority within a minority , mikey commented (among other things): While I am fairly new subscriber to this blog, therefore not knowing your particular stance, I've often felt like a minority within a minority for my stance on animal birth control.
Canadian Council Says Mouse Pain Study Was Ethical
Critter News
JULY 26, 2010
No one likes putting animals in pain," said Mogil, who holds a Canada research chair in the genetics of pain. Tags: canada animal experimentation animal research mice pain. The faces of the mice were then photographed to understand how they express pain. "No
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A Most Remarkable Book
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
It involves plate tectonics; and the separation of North America from South America and their eventual reconnection; and the end of the Cretaceous Era thanks to a big asteroid, and the movements of animals, including humans, in response to all of those things. Knopf, New York, $30 (U.S.); $40 (Canada).
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Should Puerto Rico be Part of the ABA Area?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2017
To the extent there is one, the primary animating principle appears to be that the ABA Area includes all of the United States and Canada. The addition of Hawaii eliminated any notion that the ABA Area is defined by geography or ecology and the inclusion of the territories of Washington D.C.
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