4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The love that we have for all animals is what inspired us to begin this blog in 2007. So animal cruelty, of any kind, is something we do not take lightly. There are probably not many people who know and … Continue reading → The post ASPCA Change Your Chicken Challenge #ChangeYourChicken appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.

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ASPCA Chickens Animal Cruelty 2007 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2011

Since it was launched in 2007 the fund had raised “over £3m for local and international conservation work.&# The BBC has decided to close the BBC Wildlife Fund as a cost-cutting measure.

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Wildlife 2007 Raised 170

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2014

On July 1st 2007 an egg was laid by a Pied Oystercatcher that was known to be an adult in 2002 and had been banded in nearby Roebuck Bay. They fed well in that area and by 18th September 2007 the young Pied Oystercatcher had learnt to fly. A second egg was laid the following day and the two eggs hatched at the end of the month.

2007 172

2007 Eggs 2014 2002 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2015

2007 – 26 March. If you are interested, here are the dates of my first phoebe from each of the last ten years. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2009 – 15 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2006 – 03 March. Great, I’m your first phoebe of 2015.

2015 173

2015 2006 2014 2007 173

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2012

an American Robin on a nest in Prospect Park, Brooklyn … This post was originally published on 6 May 2007, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives ! And remember to keep an eye out – it won’t be long before robins are nesting. ……… a.

Eggs 250

Eggs 2007 Deer New York 250

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 12, 2012

See Fain and Houde 2007 and Baker et al. 2007 ) So though things haven’t moved just yet, it seems likely that additional data will accumulate eventually, compelling action by various taxonomic bodies. Baker et al.

Family 196

Family 2007 Iceland Louisiana 196

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The population has stabilized with neither increases nor decreases of greater than five percent since 2007. Their were 1,805 pairs of Kirtland’s Warblers found in Michigan this year, second only to 2009′s 1,813. A couple dozen pairs also nest in neighboring states and provinces.

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Michigan 2007 2009 169

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2014

2007 – 26 March. Here are my arrival dates for my first Eastern Phoebes of the year for the last nine years: 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2009 – 15 March. 2008 – 21 March. 2006 – 03 March. What about you?

2014 194

2014 2006 2007 2008 194

Reddit Animals

OCTOBER 10, 2023

In 2007, a former environmentalist from the World Wildlife Fund for Nature-Philippines and a town councilor in Sibuyan, Armin Marin, was shot dead by heavily armed guards after leading a rally against a mining attempt that could destroy Sibuyan’s precious ecosystem. This ongoing battle for Sibuyan Island has already resulted in tragedy.

Philippines 40

Philippines illegal 2007 Wildlife 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2016

2007 – 26 March. Below are my first dates for the last ten years if you are really interested in such things… 2016 – 18 March. 2015 – 28 March. 2014 – 29 March. 2013 – 24 March. 2012 – 15 March. 2011 – 19 March. 2010 – 31 March. 2009 – 15 March. 2008 – 21 March.

2016 104

2016 2015 2007 2014 104

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2013

March 2007. Sitting in a car parked by the roadside, I am observing a distant electricity pylon. It is barely visible, but on it there seems to be an endangered Saker Falcon. Gentle March sun, bare oak branches, short grass, and bird migration in full swing. Since the spring has come early, the latter was the norm of the day.

Falcons 237

Falcons Serbia 2007 Europe 237

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2020

In December 2007, they reached a record 6750 individuals, or 10 per cent of their European and 4% of their global population. Where to find the 20 most wanted birds in Belgrade? Pygmy Cormorants in winter. In Belgrade, Pygmy Cormorants reach their peak numbers in late November to early December.

Serbia 317

Serbia Sanctuary Birds Bosnia 317

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2020

After moving to Costa Rica in 2007, my fall migration took on a different approach. Back then, the Sharp-shinneds were much more common, the populations of Cooper’s still steadily getting back to normal after the chemical onslaught of the 50s and 60s and merciless avian murder before then.

Costa Rica 331

Costa Rica West Virginia New York South America 331

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2012

We had both failed at checking off Eastern Screech-Owl or Great Horned Owl on our New York lists so far in 2007 so we figured we’d take a shot at tracking down either silent nocturnal killer. … This post was originally published on 22 March 2007, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives !

Owls 167

Owls 2007 New York Fox 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Oddly, in 1936 this mountain was declared a national park, the first in Serbia, but in 1946 it was stripped of its title and got a lower protection status, further confirmed in 2007. Officially a mountain, it is more of an oversized hill than a true mountain.

Woodpeckers 251

Woodpeckers Serbia 2007 Species 251

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2012

This particular pair of Pied Oystercatchers first arrived on Cable Beach in 2007 to claim a territory. No eggs were laid in 2007, but in 2008 they laid their first two eggs and after three days they did not seem at all interested in sitting on them.

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Family Eggs 2007 2008 195

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

With financial support from a major donor, FixNation launched in July 2007, but after this year that five year start-up grant has ended and officials with the organization say they’re on the verge of having to dramatically cut back operations in 2012.

Trap Neuter Return 100

Trap Neuter Return Feral Cats Neutering Spay 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2011

She successfully raised a chick in 2007, which has been living in a large flock to the south of Broome. Her partner from 2007 has disappeared and she is currently with a new mate, which was also caught and banded in 2002 on the same day… so they are old friends! Time will tell!

2002 167

2002 Feral Cats Eggs 2007 167

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2011

Back in 2007, I tried to streamline my bird blogging workflow by establishing some expedient shorthand for trip reports. Bird blogging is a privilege, in that recounting one’s birding excursions is a lot more fun when an audience actually follows the action.

New York 160

New York United States 2007 Canada 160

Critter News

JANUARY 27, 2009

In contrast, the 2007 murders of 10 gorillas occurred under the Congolese government's control. The population—made famous by a series of murders in 2007—has grown by nearly 13 percent in the last 16 months, despite having no protection from civil war or poaching for 15 months, park rangers said Monday.

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Gorillas Congo Endangered Species 2007 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 5, 2014

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Horses 100

Horses Rabbits Pets 2000 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2017

The first record in eBird for this southeast Asian native is from 2007 and then none show up in the eBird database until 2011. It is unclear when, exactly, the Pied Imperial Pigeon became established on New Providence in the Bahamas other than it happened in the last decade.

Bahamas 104

Bahamas Papua New Guinea Guinea 2007 104

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2012

A Black-backed Woodpecker at Bloomingdale Bog in the Adirondacks, which kind of made up for the bird dodging him when he did a New York State big year in 2007. His Best Bird of the Weekend? How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend? Tell us in the comments section about the rarest, loveliest, or most fascinating bird you observed.

2012 116

2012 New York Malaysia Singapore 116

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2014

The featured image above shows a female incubating eggs from my first resident breeding pair back in 2007. Every few years I am lucky enough to have Violet-green Swallows ( Tachycineta thalassina ) take up residence on one of my Bluebird trails. This year I have two pair nesting on two different trails!

Eggs 164

Eggs North America 2007 Woodpeckers 164

Critter News

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

He said 25 pigs were used in 2006, 19 in 2007, 40 in 2008, and 35 in 2009. The tests "saved many lives" in Iraq and Afghanistan due to improvements in post-traumatic techniques, junior defence minister Quentin Davies said.

Pigs 100

Pigs Afghanistan Iraq 2006 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2010

They include reports on 16 incidences of fractures received by primates and one swine during handling between 2007 and 2009. The documents, disclosed to OutsourcingPharma.com by Executive Director of SAEN, Michael Budkie, are said to have been released anonymously from a past or present employee.

Research 100

Research Animal Welfare Act Animal Welfare Primates 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Here are the posts from December 2007.

2007 40

2007 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2017

I saw 425 in 2016, 510 in 2015, 560 in 2014, 517 in 2013, 529 in 2012, 375 in 2011, 601 in 2010, 609 in 2009, 313 in 2008, and 459 in 2007. Over the last ten years my year list totals have varied quite a bit. So having reached 500 or more species in six of the last ten years makes me confident I can do it again.

2017 105

2017 Puerto Rico 2016 Austria 105

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Here are the posts from November 2007.

2007 40

2007 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Here are the posts from October 2007.

2007 40

2007 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Here are the posts from September 2007.

2007 40

2007 40

Critter News

JANUARY 13, 2009

At the end of 2007, the World Society for the Protection of Animals selected the McKee Project to work on spay/neuter programs in Guatemala. This is a great group that I've spotlighted before. Although they are best known for their work in Costa Rica, they also work in Mexico and Panama.

Guatemala 100

Guatemala World Society For The Protection Of Animals Spay Spaying 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 15, 2008

Remember that Virunga National Park has been under Congolese rebel control since 2007 and the park rangers have only just been allowed back in. Pretty amazing that the 7 mountain gorilla deaths recorded thus far in Virunga have all been due to natural causes. Two of the deaths were newborns killed by a silverback.

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Gorillas Congo 2007 Killing 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 22, 2011

Prior to that trip to Kazakhstan the only other time I had seen Hooded Crows was in Germany in 2007, when my best looks at a Hooded Crow were along the shore of the Baltic Sea. My last encounter with a Hooded Crow was in May of 2009 in the Tien Shan Mountains of Kazakhstan.

New York 228

New York Kazakhstan North America New York City 228

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 7, 2017

Here are the posts from August 2007.

2007 40

2007 40

Critter News

DECEMBER 25, 2009

Investigators say Page admitted buying 35 gall bladders in 2007 and 2008, including 17 from undercover officers. Page, a meat cutter from Curlew, was sentenced to a year jail in Ferry County Superior Court after being convicted on six counts of unlawful trafficking in wildlife. Page, 63, was sentenced Dec. 18 and was also fined $3,000.

Trafficking 100

Trafficking Washington Investigation Meat 100

Critter News

NOVEMBER 15, 2008

A Congolese minister says that "In 2007 alone, we recorded the slaughter of 15 mountain gorillas and more than 20,000 antelopes,".adding Things are very, very bad. It's a humanitarian and ecological disaster. The UN has got to wrap this up. adding that in the past decade the number of hippopotami had fallen from 30,000 to 1,000.

Congo 100

Congo Gorillas Slaughter Slaughtered 100