4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 10, 2012
There are also tales of dogs who weren’t specially trained, but who turned out to have skills that helped their humans in unexpected ways! Bilbo, a Newfoundland, who was Britain’s only canine lifeguard in 2005 and named “Pet Hero of the Year” at a ceremony for the U.K. Boomerang Pet Awards in London.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 9, 2011
Leucism “is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans.&# Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. The proposal from U.S.
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Animal Ethics
MARCH 16, 2007
They may be killed in order to protect the health of humans (and other animals) if they are infected with a serious disease and cannot be quarantined. Hence, unlike humans, they cannot be called upon to sacrifice even for the good of other animals. This follows from everything said in the text about the rights of animals.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 7, 2020
Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease. The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. This is big, global-level stuff with amazing findings but worrisome data. Weidensaul, master nature writer, understands that the best way to communicate “big stuff” (my words, not his!) birding tour company.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Other birds with webbed feet, including ducks and geese, have only three webbed toes; the hallux (which in birds is usually the “hind toe&# and in humans, the “big toe&# ) is free. For all of recorded history, humans have classified other living things by their physical characteristics. The proposal from U.S.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
This book is the story of his search for his grail and what he does with it and why, a quest that took place from 2005 to 2010 in the Russian province of Primorye. How when he needed a dissertation topic in 2005 (studying at the University of Minnesota), it was either Hooded Crane or Blakiston’s Fish Owl, both iconic birds of the area.
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