Critter News

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

The PETA activist who worked undercover at the University of Utah, and collected video footage of alleged mistreatment of lab animals, was also involved in an operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. Tags: university research animal research undercover investigation PETA. I say "good for her!"

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JULY 15, 2015

Recently, our ordinal level project, a large international consortium led by researchers from BGI, University of Copenhagen, and Duke University, and including investigators from more than 20 countries, sequenced and/or collected the genomes from 48 bird species representing nearly all orders and covering a broad range of evolutionary diversity.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

This protest comes after an undercover PETA investigator collected evidence of alleged animal abuse in the University laboratories.

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Utah Animal Research PETA Protest 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2013

Apostlebird investigating field-guide. We slowed right down as we knew there would be several of the birds present and being the fearless birds they are we didn’t want to collect them on the front of our car. When you travel by plane to an area that may be damp you have to consider which is the most waterproof!

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Investigation Australia Family Collecting 167

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AUGUST 20, 2013

Some lingered to gaze at samples from the Field’s collection of bird specimens, such as perfectly preserved thrushes, warblers, and even a Rose-breasted Grosbeak under glass. They seem to be a friendly lot, with inquisitive minds and cheerful natures, and are always on the go. Oh, if I didn’t have a day job!). I study Juncos now.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Thanks to PETA's undercover investigation of University of Utah labs for bringing this issue to media attention. University officials say they only collect animals from shelters willing to participate and pound animals are steered toward nonlethal experiments. From the AP.

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Utah Stray Shelters Research 100

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MARCH 30, 2018

It was with a mix and horror and skepticism that I first read about the unholy marriage of Peeps and beer recently perpetrated by Fort Worth brewers The Collective Brewing Project and their partners in this crime at Lone Star Taps & Caps. I always thought shorebirds had to accumulate huge fat deposits for their amazing annual journeys.

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Fort Worth ALA Texas Investigation 127

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APRIL 11, 2013

We’re always interested in what he’s up to and pleased that his research and our collective interest in cool birds can come together in such an opportune manner. My research proposal “ Towards a mechanistic understanding of feather colors ”, investigates the genetic basis for color patterns in birds. My Project.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Ready to respond at a moment’s notice, the HSUS Animal Rescue Team uses its equipment, expertise, and other resources to assist law enforcement agencies with investigation, evidence collection, and animal seizure as well to coordinate animal care, sheltering, and relocation. More than $1 million was raised from the To The Rescue!

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Humane Society Of The United States Dog Rescue HSUS Puppy Mills 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 6, 2012

The full-scale investigation began two days earlier. Officer Wayne Smith takes to the streets of a drug-infested neighborhood to collect intel using a hidden camera and a rescued pit bull as a decoy. The raid angers many suspected fighters, and Chief Investigator George Bengal receives death threats. Video: Fight Dog Rescue.

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2012 Dogs Neglecting Pit Bulls 100

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APRIL 4, 2017

They nest in palms, and we found a small area where we observed several couples investigating and preparing nest holes. There is one historical record in eBird, representing a specimen collected by Fermin Z. One male flicker in particular was very busy clearing out a nest hole.

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Cuba Birds 2015 Bahamas 178

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MARCH 8, 2016

After collecting nearly 70K bird photos, he felt that it was time to share them, so he now has his bird blog in order to do just that! Of course, that certainly piqued my interest, so I closed the store immediately and went to investigate. They’ve been traveling the world ever since! Mom on nest.

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San Diego Seattle Eggs California 183

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APRIL 17, 2012

July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill. April 6, 2011 Center for Biological Diversity files a petition to list the Dwarf Seahorse as endangered as a result of the destruction of its habitat by the BP oil spill and over collection for the aquarium trade.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bird-banding workshops being held this June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata in south-eastern Peru.

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 210

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FEBRUARY 5, 2012

A few dead birds were collected by authorities and sent to a laboratory for investigation. We were starting to find many dead Blackbirds, and those very few Blackbirds we saw alive behaved and looked very strange, with their plumage in bad shape, their heads often bald, limited ability to fly and significantly reduced flight distance.

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MARCH 18, 2011

Found throughout South America in ever-dwindling numbers these extremely beautiful birds – threatened by habitat destruction and collection for the wild bird trade – are often difficult to see and hard to find. Community conservation – valuing what’s around us Kokako and Kaka on Kapiti Guano Still Collected in Peru.Or

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

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NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Do not buy these books, unless you are collecting old bird books. Often, as I have been investigating the contents of a nest by making a small hole in the side, the parent birds have come right to the nest, where they immediately begin to repair the damage even before my departure!”. He is now a director of the Phelps Foundation.

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 210

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APRIL 13, 2015

It lies adjacent to Nechisar National Park, where the lone wing of the mysterious Nechisar Nightjar was collected in 1990. Mago National Park certainly deserved more exploration and I wished we had time to investigate the well appointed campsites along the Mago River.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 251

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

He has smartly expanded on his article, giving us more about Lendrum’s boyhood and history with conservationists in southern Africa; falcon hunting and racing in the Middle East; the life of Detective Andy McWilliam, the British wildlife officer who investigated Lendrum; and a brief history of oology, the obsessive hobby of egg collecting.

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Falcons United Kingdom Zimbabwe Eggs 230

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JUNE 4, 2019

And once in a while, there is a check-in on what was happening in the United States–the killing of a bird protection warden in the Everglades, investigations into millinery sweatshops, the earlier passage of bird protection legislation.

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Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 122

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. Author Kirk Wallace Johnson does more than simply tell a quixotic heist tale, though.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Am I over-confident in my thinking that we were so interesting that they were investigating us for a good half an hour, until we moved further upriver? We occasionally heard their load snorting, while their movements were relaxed and rush-free. Other than that, I have no explanation what were they doing. metres (7.6

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Dolphins Colombia Otters Birds 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2015

We wandered over to investigate what a Great Bowerbird would collect near the township of Fitzroy Crossing and we were delighted to find quite an assortment of treasures. It is impressive when Great Bowerbirds collect any item, but carrying a perfectly round and large object is especially impressive! Great Bowerbird bower.

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Birds Collecting Australia Sheep 154

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JUNE 22, 2023

Being lazy, a bunch of researchers used camera traps to investigate the species rather than following the birds directly (which would have had some health benefits). Or maybe there was just more need to collect food, but I like the first explanation better.

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Birds China Science Research 130

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

One of these clades holds a diversity of Old World species in several distinct groups, including an Australasian clade, the green-pigeons, the emerald- and wood-doves, the imperial-pigeons and fruit-doves (favorites of mine), and the subjects of our investigation today, the 15 known members of the Raphini.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 279

Critter News

OCTOBER 20, 2008

Last summer, Alley Cat Allies conducted an analysis of Illinois Department of Agriculture reports collected from the 247 animal pounds and shelters licensed by the state that handled cats in 2006. And it didn’t penalize or investigate a single facility for failing to account for so many fatalities. Things don't look too good.

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Cats Illinois Feral Cats 2006 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Richard noticed a variety of pipits that foraged on this grass playing field and after some observation decided that further investigation was called for, as one type seemed larger and longer tailed than any pipits with which he was familiar, and they occurred in large flocks, also an unusual feature for South African pipits.

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South Africa Lesotho Africa Swaziland 238

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MARCH 25, 2024

Here is what the HBW lists as priorities for future research: “The taxonomic identity of Orange-bellied Leafbird in many areas remain to be investigated. malayana had been collected. Interested in doing research on the Orange-bellied Leafbird ? melliana but might represent an undescribed subspecies. hardwickii and C.

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Burma Birds Vietnam Laos 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2018

About that time, a raptor expert Istvan Ham joined us, and after David and I left to investigate areas closer to the Romanian border, Ham went walking closer to the birds. Afterwards, the Association had organized a lunch for participants, also the chance to collect all the photos we made and project them onto the wall.

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Hungary Serbia Austria Eggs 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

So, the birds start collecting mud and small sticks. If the animal then touches or investigates the mark, it is taken as an indication that the animal perceives the reflected image as an image of itself, rather than of another animal. As with Chinese male humans, having your own building is still vital to raising young.

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