10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

The pair of Pied Oystercatchers have been successful in raising a chick on two occasions that we are aware of in recent years and that was in 2008 and 2011. In fact they were the only pair to successfully raise a chick in the 2008 season and only one other chick survived in 2011.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

The closer one raises her head, than lies back. Telia watches him in half-amusement, then raises and gives a low, bull-like roar, provoking the lapwings to an excited screech, makes a few steps and lies down. Telia yawns, raises and sprays her urine on a dead tree stump, marking her territory. The other two are motionless.

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Tigers India Killing 2012 243

Critter News

JULY 2, 2009

Things have been tough at the San Francisco Zoo after Tatiana the Siberian tiger attacked those three people in 2007. The zoo made major changes to its emergency-response procedures, including raising the wall of the tiger grotto, found to be about 4 feet shorter than what national standards recommend. It's a long list.

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San Francisco Zoos Tigers 2009 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 30, 2009

The funds raised covered all the costs associated with the training, graduation, food and medical bills for Butterball’s lifetime. kicked off on the 4th of July and covered over 400miles of side roads in an effort to raise awareness and support for the campaign. Founded in 2007 in Charlotte, N.C., to Washington, D.C.,

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Dogs Charlotte 2009 Campaign 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 11, 2009

The national raffle for the Dream Bike and Sidecar will help to raise the funds needed to sponsor the life of a service dog for an individual in need. The foundation’s fund raising goal of $20,000 will help to cover all the costs associated with the dog’s training, graduation, food and medical bills for the dog’s lifetime.

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Dogs Charlotte Washington Raised 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

Puck’s Good Idea ” (editorial, March 26): Thank you for writing about the restaurateur Wolfgang Puck and his desire to buy meat raised humanely. March 27, 2007 To the Editor: Livestock producers raise their animals under humane standards and under the care of a veterinarian. Judith Abeles San Diego, March 26, 2007

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New York Times New York San Diego 2007 40

Animal Ethics

MARCH 21, 2007

To the Editor: I appreciate Nicolette Hahn Niman’s efforts in raising awareness about the conditions in which pigs are raised (“ Pig Out ,” Op-Ed, March 14), but I was struck by her comment that it is incumbent on us to ensure that animals have decent lives because we ask them to make the ultimate sacrifice for us. Jill Appell Pres.,

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New York Times New York Pigs 2007 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Just think of the savings in water use if we didn’t have the need to raise millions of animals for human consumption! On top of that, think of the growth of a healthier and slimmer population that wasn’t burdened by the costs of poor health brought on by animal consumption. Roy Esiason Granville, N.Y.,

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New York Times New York United States Vegetarian 40

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 5, 2007

Cruelty to animals on such a scale should be the centerpiece of any discussion on raising animals for food. Mary de La Valette Porter Cove, New Brunswick, July 31, 2007 The problem is that there is no possible answer to why we allow such cruelty, other than that we are barbarians. Shame on us.

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New York Times Factory Farm Factory Farming New York 40

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 25, 2007

In this country, this lesson is usually less direct: that it is somehow logical to teach kids to love and respect animals while feeding them animals that have been raised and slaughtered in genuinely terrible conditions. 19, 2007 Note from KBJ: I would replace "living" with "sentient." Machtinger San Francisco, Nov.

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New York Times New York San Francisco Animal Cruelty 40

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 22, 2007

Indeed, if public sympathy is changing in China regarding how we treat animals raised and killed for food, as it is here in the United States, then we can only expect future improvements in the welfare of farm animals. Wayne Pacelle President and Chief Executive, Humane Society of the United States Washington, Aug.

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New York Times International Fund For Animal Welfare Wayne Pacelle Humane Society Of The United States 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 3, 2007

Thank you so much, Wendy Hankle Farm Sanctuary , Communications Assistant 607-583-2225 x 250 Farm Sanctuary’s Farm Animal Forum April 29, 2007 National Constitution Center 525 Arch St. Philadelphia, PA Find out how you can become an active participant in national efforts to protect farm animals from abuse at this one-day conference.

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Farm Sanctuary Farm Animal Farmed Animals Farming 40

Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2007

Amy Joy Lanou Washington, May 21, 2007 The writer is senior nutrition scientist, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. May 21, 2007 To the Editor: “Soy milk and apple juice” is not a vegan diet. Kelly New York, May 21, 2007 To the Editor: Thank you for publishing Nina Planck’s excellent article, “Death by Veganism.”

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New York Times New York Vegan 2007 40

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

It is not in dispute that, in modern factory farms, animals are raised in massively overcrowded, unnatural warehouses. For more detailed descriptions of the conditions in which farm animals are raised, see here , here , and here. Premise (4) is widely acknowledged. Running time: 12 Minutes. Trivial or insignificant reasons won’t do.

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Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

I subsequently helped with The Atlas of Wintering Birds in Britain and Ireland (1986), The New Atlas of Breeding Birds in Britain and Ireland: 1988-1991 , and most recently Bird Atlas 2007-11. The breeding and wintering birds of Britain and Ireland.

Ireland 217

Ireland Turtles Geese Farming 217

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

Originally released in 2007 as The Black Grouse, the Smoky Black version is a peated whisky that introduces an altogether new species to The Famous Grouse roster, the Black Grouse.

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Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 196

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Sure, occasionally a bird has given me problems, like Black-backed Woodpeckers back in 2007 when I was doing an alleged Big Year in New York State, but not seeing a bird for a single year does not make it a nemesis. I have never before had a true nemesis bird. But Black Woodpecker ? I hate them with the passion of twenty burning suns.

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Woodpeckers Austria Europe Hungary 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

They raise their trunks, sniffing the air. This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better politics: in 2007, poachers killed only 13 rhinos in South Africa, but in 2008 already 83, in 2009 – 122, in 2010 – 333, in 2011 – 448 and in 2012 a staggering 668! Sniffing us.

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 190

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

A 2007 genetic review of pigeons and doves ( Pereira et al. 2007 ) found three major clades within the order Columbiformes, which are nicely laid out by John Boyd here. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 275

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2018

The last time I observed an Imperial Eagle here was in 2007, but that was a non-territorial, immature bird. On that occasion, a raptor expert Sasa Marinkovic raised an important and still unanswered question: How should we treat a locally extinct threatened species in a wind farm environmental impact assessment? I must digress further.

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Serbia Eagles Falcons Farming 122

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

There had a been a Fairy Pitta in Derby in 2007 , but we were unable to get away from work to see it, so this would be a first for us. It also raises the question on how many other rare vagrants make it to Australia and don’t even get noticed. This was only to be the second record for Australia.

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Australia Litter Geese Cats 119

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The beginning of each chapter begins with a stunning, full-page photograph of a gull on the left; each photo shows the gull with wings raised, facing right as if in expectation of wonderful things. And, then there is a Hybrid Gulls chapter, covering five well-documented hybrids.

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North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 199

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

The Natural History section points out that Red-tailed Pennants hold their wings flat or slightly lowered, while the skimmers tend to raise their wings. The Identification section points out the differences: the skimmers are larger and their thoraxes are purple. I am going with the Red-tailed Pennant identification for now.

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 231

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

million hectares in 2007. This certainly raises a question of ethics for any birder contemplating a visit; should you hurry to Ghana’s forests and witness the last of this diversity as it is being destroyed or is it better to simply stay away? Figures I could obtain indicate that Ghana’s forests have reduced alarmingly from 8.2

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Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 191

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

Raised in the Galapagos, she’s been exposed to penguins her whole life. These were not easy journeys, and we can only guess how much time was spent making contacts and raising funds to go to the ends of the earth or the middle of nowhere, where the penguins live. That’s a lot of books about a bird family that cannot fly.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 197

Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

I was told by a Panamanian bank vice president, “Every multinational knows that if Honduras raises its hourly rate, the rest of Latin America and the Caribbean will have to follow. In throwing out Zelaya they are sending frightening messages to all the other presidents who are trying to raise the living standards of their people.”

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Honduras Los Angeles Obama 2009 100