Critter News

DECEMBER 25, 2009

This man is a meat-cutter from our home state of Washington. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife says Wednesday that William A. Investigators say Page admitted buying 35 gall bladders in 2007 and 2008, including 17 from undercover officers. Tags: wildlife trafficking State of Washington bears.

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Trafficking Washington Investigation Meat 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J. The bird’s skeleton bears similarities to New Guinea’s much smaller (!) crowned-pigeons and is thought to have been a close relative. ” Henderson Archaic Pigeon ( Bountyphaps obsoleta ).

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 275

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2014

I have looked for them in southern California in winter several times, I have looked for them in Washington in summer , and I have looked for them in Costa Rica this month. But I have never managed to see one in my home borough of Queens despite there being at least twenty-one different sightings of Whimbrel since I moved here in 2008.

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Costa Rica Hungary Honduras Birds 194

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

He can do so in one of two ways: either by heeding the advice of scientists calling for the polar bear to be listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act; or, at the very least, by delaying the lease sale while the complexities of the proposed listing are sorted out.

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Endangered Species 40