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AUGUST 17, 2016

But there’s plenty of better—or at least more interesting—news for birders. To wit: In an experiment informally called the “Cheetos Challenge,” a scientist investigated whether magpies or crows would be quicker to develop a taste for Cheetos—and which birds would ultimately steal them from the others.

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MARCH 19, 2009

Really interesting interview with an animal rights undercover investigator. Tags: animal abuse undercover investigation animal rights factory farm. This is very important work and an enlightening, though short, piece. I admire these people tremendously, whether they go undercover on a factory farm or a research institute.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

Authorities said the deaths occurred in November but delayed the announcement in order to conduct an investigation and assemble a reward for information. Making bad news worse, officials speculate that the Whooping Cranes likely weren’t killed by hunters, but instead by thrill-seekers. Rest in peace, cranes 905 and 733.

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OCTOBER 6, 2010

SAEN) is calling for an investigation of Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, TX. Stop Animal Exploitation Now!

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MAY 15, 2009

The investigation is related to the Animal Welfare Act and Clemson's research activities, but no details are available at this time.

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JANUARY 26, 2010

Compassion in World Farming led an undercover investigation that showed illegal tail docking and poor attempts at pig enrichment on factory farms, in violation of EU law. Now the pig industry is mad and claiming bias ( scroll down in article.) If you complied with the law, you wouldn't look like such jerks!

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JUNE 14, 2010

Malaysia, under pressure from animal rights activists, is going to investigate Progenix Labs. Malaysia is considering shutting down a controversial British-funded animal testing lab if there is evidence of cruelty there, the goverment's top veterinary official said on Sunday.

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JANUARY 3, 2009

The RSPCA is investigating whether Prince Edward beat his dogs while hunting. Here is a link to the Daily Mail , complete with pictures. He alleges that he was merely trying to break up a fight between the two dogs.

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JUNE 4, 2009

researchers for allegedly filing fraudulent documents and performing nearly identical experimentation in violation of federal regulations, the organization said in a news release. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging a probe of 50 U.S. Budkie, SAEN executive director. "If

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Justice Department is investigating seven of the deaths, since they violate federal law. News Bald Eagles Golden Eagles windmills' (And that’s not even mentioning the many other non-eagle birds which meet an unfortunate end due to wind turbines.). . Apparently, the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

to investigate the abuse of over 100 dogs by an animal hoarder in Michigan. The Animal Legal Defense Fund provided $3500.00 From the ALDF site: Dearborn, Mich.–

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2015

There were several incidents involving poisoned Peregrines in that area, so the police and the SVS / BirdLife Switzerland started to investigate the case, assisted by the group of conservationists from Serbia ( the news in German ).

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DECEMBER 22, 2008

Investigators from Compassion in World Farming found 80 per cent of farms across five European countries engaging in illegal practices such as barren pens and routine tail-docking. It really sucks to be a factory farm pig in Europe.

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APRIL 23, 2010

They received citations for animal welfare infractions, although apparently few of these infractions overlap with PETA claims from an undercover investigation. From the Deseret News. Tags: animal research utah university of utah undercover investigation PETA. You decide.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Full article at the BBC News. Canadian police are investigating the reported killing of 100 huskies which had been used to pull tourist sleds in the ski resort of Whistler. We've opened a police file and assigned an investigator," Police Sergeant Steve LeClair told AFP. Bad allegations connected to Whistler.

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MAY 31, 2009

An animal cruelty investigator from Animal Cruelty Investigations and sheriff deputy were injured at a bullfight in Thornton CA. Though the bulls were supposed to be hit with velcro darts, these ones were allegedly stabbed with nails.

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APRIL 10, 2009

Good news following an investigation of farm animal abuses by Mercy for Animals. In a written statement the company said it was making the move after an investigation revealed that Radlo Foods violated the terms of an agreement by working with a farm that is not in compliance with its strict animal welfare standards.

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JANUARY 9, 2012

This is good news, at least in my opinion. Sikes received more than a dozen calls, including a death threat that UF police are investigating. Full article in the Gainesville Sun. Camille Marino of Wildwood, who founded the group Negotiation is Over, received the records last week. This is about tearing down that wall.”

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JUNE 27, 2011

Such happy news from Joplin! “We’re completely floored by the amazing outpouring of support,&# said Joplin native Tim Rickey, the ASPCA’s senior director of Field Investigations and Response. More than 5,700 people from 24 states rolled into Joplin, Mo.

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JULY 10, 2010

the tape {from an undercover investigation by Mercy for Animals,) Conklin is shown kicking a cow that is lying down. In context, Mr. Conklin's actions were entirely appropriate," Phillips wrote in a news release this morning. The criminal investigation isn't over, however. A cow's muscles may atrophy.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2022

My surprise at reading such a detailed account (I don’t have Klem’s dissertation in front of me, but I’m imagining this is a more personal retelling) was tempered by the thought that Klem wasn’t describing any old research, this was the FIRST research project investigating why birds fly into glass.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2019

Well, the tragic news is that, of all my favorite spots, this is the one that is most rapidly being destroyed. It seems like every time I go a new section has been fenced off or wooded. The only good news was that its increased erosion washed out a new access road that had has been put in next to a clear-cut section.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

This is the news story that's sweeping the Internet. The video below is from the local news station and shows some edited footage of the abuse. By the way, the cat Dusty is with a vet pending the results of the investigation. The worthless piece of excrement abusing the animal is Kenny Glenn, from Lawton OK.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The following emails were intercepted by our crack team of investigative journalists. Good news, though! They are from the internal communication system of a shadowy organization of bird enthusiasts that we haven’t even managed to put a name to as of yet. They are reprinted here in their entirety in the public interest.

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JULY 26, 2010

From CBC News. But he said in the case, the pain was necessary and scientifically justified.However, Leslie Norins, the publisher of the newsletter that led to the council's investigation, questioned Mogil's research methods. There's just something that sits in my gut and says this is wrong.

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DECEMBER 11, 2008

This news story slipped by in November. The Humane Society has another great investigation into the shady practices of a corporate giant. Among the investigation findings. The investigation revealed that some of Petland's brokers are also buying from puppy mills. but that's another post.) but that's another post.)

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

But it points to new areas ripe for investigation. The research doesn’t fully explain why “supernumerary” (as if they were extras in an opera!) sperm are crucial to the development of avian life. Meanwhile, until those answers are found, just relax and let Monty Python explain it all.

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JUNE 28, 2009

It's a study funded by the US Department of Agriculture. One would think it would be elementary. Crowded and filthy conditions mean suffering for hens. But it's not just about the hens.it's about the money. How much suffering can and should they endure without significantly affecting the human pocketbook. Or corporate net income.

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MARCH 9, 2010

Lots of jerks in the news lately. His remarks left delegates, including wildlife crime investigators, shocked and bewildered. Sheriff Kevin Drummond is claimed to have told a police conference on wildlife crime last month that offences against animals were not even “on the second page” after serious crimes such as robbery and assault.

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AUGUST 18, 2008

The sentence follows a long running international investigation by special agents of the U.S, Tania Julie Siyam, a 32-year-old Canadian art dealer, has been sentenced to serve 60 months in prison and pay a $100,000 fine for illegally smuggling ivory from Cameroon to the United States.

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JULY 4, 2010

Interesting short interview with Kathy Guillermo.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 9, 2009

On July 23, ASPCA Supervisory Special Investigator Annemarie Lucas and Special Agent Kristi Adams arrested Brooklyn resident Andrea Stewart, age 39, after the woman attacked the two Agents. Tags: ASPCA news. Use this hashtag to tweet on this article: @aspca and #AgentsAttacked Permalink: Brooklyn Woman Assaults Two ASPCA Agents.

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MARCH 23, 2009

News of the Weird Owners claim dog died from being in non-ventilated Animal Control vehicle. Department of Agriculture investigative report. How should Animal Control evaluate their claim? Stick another dog in the same situation and see if it dies too!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2012

On April 20th 2010, the world received news that eleven men working on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig died in an explosion on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill.

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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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FEBRUARY 1, 2012

KING-TV reports that both the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are investigating the deaths. Investigators say they do not know who is responsible. The bodies of seven sea lions with bullet wounds were recently found on the Nisqually River.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

An undercover PETA investigator shot hours of footage of alleged mistreatment of animals. Tags: universities animal research utah undercover investigation PETA. A University representative denied any mistreatment: "None of the things she alleges are substantive," said Tom Parks, the U.'s s vice president for research.

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