10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

The finders of an adult Barred Owl brought to Kathryn Dudeck in Georgia thought he had a wing fracture, so they wrapped the entire bird in the plastic protective wrap used by landscape companies and taped it up. “Almost restores your faith in humanity!” said Alix Parks of Happinest Wildlife Rehab in Tennessee.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2011

Point Defiance, Protection Island, Hurricane Hill, and Sunrise all felt our footsteps to say nothing of Carkeek Park, Discovery Park, the Space Needle, and Top Pot Doughnuts. All beer from Mac & Jack’s Brewing Company is good beer. Drawbridges are the bane of humanity. Hoary Marmots are awesome. Drink lots of it.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Proving that society’s conscience hasn’t been completely compromised, these companies and their employees make it a point to put animals first. Formed in 2007, this organization seeks to promote the humane treatment of animals by promoting effective animal sanctuary management. Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

He was placed in a wildlife center in Red Lodge, Montana, where he can live out his life, safe and protected, throwing the occasional apple, with other grounded crows for company. Sometimes the human capacity for both cruelty and compassion can balance out in the life of a single bird.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2015

He said the federal government’s and Alaska’s state rules were, for the most part, okay; they were consistent and generally made sense for the safety of both humans and wildlife, and in many respects, coincided with his own views of protecting the native environment. How it is being affected by human intrusions?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 24, 2011

We are told as birders that we should not anthropomorphize but you can’t help but notice that ravens seem to be actively thinking – they have a native intelligence that is impossible to miss. Anyway, I hope you enjoy these pictures and get a chance, someday, to see a raven at such close range as well.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2013

a 501(c)3 non-profit video production company focused on addressing wildlife conservation issues. Perhaps it is the striking beauty of these brilliant blue birds, or perhaps it is the unique human connection we have developed with them through the monitoring of nest boxes. There is something more. Bluebird nest box near Prairie, Idaho.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

This boldness isn’t restricted to exchanges with other grouse, either: in some locales, members of this circumpolar family are astonishingly foolhardy around humans. But there’s at least one night on the Scottish calendar when the grouse enjoys a reprieve, at least from human appetites.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2018

It’s no secret that beer and wine share a common heritage that dates back to the earliest days of human civilization. While the city brewer might contend with urban vermin like rats and pigeons, the country vintner generally enjoys the company of more charismatic wildlife.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

It is threatened by habitat degradation as a result of the human exploitation of natural resources in the taiga and lower tundra regions of its breeding range, and by lake drainage for irrigation and hydroelectric power production (Armenia).” (The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List). Common Pochard Aythya ferina.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

Quick work on the part of the Animal Welfare Institute (AWI), in partnership with the Humane Society of the U.S. This event serves as dramatic testament to what can happen when the humane community comes together to oppose cruelty," says AWI President, Cathy Liss. "We

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Critter News

MARCH 27, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling. It's not a move based on compassion, but efficiency.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

This plan was scratched when we arrived at Buenos Aires and were told by the rental car company that our car reservation was cancelled since the car return trip (driven by them) was too risky! We were going to pay and extra $800 for the rental car drop-off at Iguazu but they cancelled our reservation.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Viewer discretion is advised, particularly if you look at the paper in the company of Ashy Tailorbird chicks. Thus the infanticide observed may be a protective measure to reduce intra-specific brood parasitism, particularly when the food supply is tight ( source ).

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 9, 2012

If you travel with our without them during this time of the year, change and stress are commonplace for humans and their companions. There are several things that you can do this holiday season to help and protect all members of your entire family. Let them know that you are having company over the house. HOLIDAY SUGGESTIONS.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

Everyone I talked with there was convinced that the military coup that had overthrown the democratically-elected president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, had been engineered by two US companies, with CIA support. The big companies are determined to stop what they call a ‘leftist revolt’ in this hemisphere. 3) George W.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

All Wranglers went to the other side of the lodge listening… a potoo mixed with human voices. We have also been lucky in having awesome guides and they go on to guide for different companies all over the world.”. A cove protected from the winds – endemic Volcano Junco and the view over the main crater.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

And, Essay #195, “Our Human Values: The Ugly,” describes the standoff between catfish loving Double-crested Cormorants and catfish farmers in the Missouri Valley. I’m not sure if “the Ugly” refers to the cormorant itself or human reaction (catfish farmers are officially allowed to shoot the birds).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

At the same time the field is somewhat lacking in people unconcerned with habitat or wild animals, but if Linda says that they do more damage to permafrost than oil companies dumping 94 thousand gallons of oil laced water on the environment, who am I to argue? How it is being affected by human intrusions? Or how gracefully it flew?

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. FEDELE BAUCCIO Chief Executive, Bon Appétit Management Company Palo Alto, Calif., To the Editor: Thanks to Blake Hurst for reminding us how bizarre it is for humans to think that they know what makes other animals happy. BOBBIE MULLINS Norfolk, Va.,

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Gooddie gets the book off to a quick start by describing his love affair with pittas (“the ultimate forest prize”), and detailing his decision to give up a good career as sales director of an audio manufacturing company (“my life was out of whack”). The books work best when the birding is coupled with the human element.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

To find out more of what the meat industry and pharmaceutical companies don't want you to know, read this Associated Press column by Margie Mason and Martha Mendoza. In 2008, the FDA issued its second limit on the use of cephalosporins in cows, pigs, and chickens, citing the importance of cephalosporin drugs for treating disease in humans.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 29, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ Thinning Yellowstone’s Bison Herd ” (news article, March 23): Yellowstone National Park bison, executed when they migrate outside the boundaries of the park, have plenty of company. Around the world, animal migrations are disappearing because of conflicts with development, agriculture and other human activities.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2011

Says Dawson of the parents “ A company of some hundred adults, fathers perhaps, lay offshore and watched proceedings; but the mothers gave me earnest attention. This is seldom a good thing for the human being recognized. It was first identified when a scientist was working on catching banded adults to replace their bands.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There is also a third element, only hinted at in the opening–the environmental and scientific necessity of gathering this data to document the importance of keeping the Pacific Northwest waters healthy and uncontaminated by human elements. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 10, 2010

The United States Department of Agriculture has been broken for a long time, and it is clear that it cannot protect the American public from illness and death from contaminated meat products. Instead of allowing companies to find ways to turn food a dog might reject into cheap human food, shouldn’t the U.S.D.A.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

So why would they not insist that the cow that became their steak was treated humanely? 21, 2008 To the Editor: The biggest beef recall ever is something that would be expected as our food industry becomes more consolidated into larger and larger processing companies. Peters Paso Robles, Calif., I think most would, enthusiastically.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

That animal product is human breast milk. Human breast milk is a near perfect food for human newborns and infants. 105-6) Dr. Spock is not alone in his endorsement of breast-feeding human infants. There simply is no dispute in the medical community that human breast milk is the best food a human infant can be fed.

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