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Wind Farm Company Pleads Guilty to Bird Fatalities

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The case involved the deaths of more than 150 birds, including 14 eagles, at two plants in Wyoming between 2009 and 2013. law against causing the deaths of protected birds without a permit (and no wind-energy farms seem to have such permits). In what is apparently the first case of its kind, a U.S. These fatalities violate U.S.

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2009 Animal Rights Conference Scheduled for July 16-20

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1st Annual Washington DC Week for the Animals

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(Washington, DC) Animal World USA is pleased to announce exciting news about the 1st Annual Washington DC Week for the Animals, which will kick off Saturday, May 30th and run through Sunday, June 7th, 2009.

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We’re Not Racists, So Why Aren’t There More Birders Of Color?

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If only I was a minority, I’m sure that law enforcement would treat me way better.&# One of the biggest and more recent face palm incidents with law enforcement and the outdoors happened in Colorado in 2009 when a large marijuana farm was found growing in Pike National Forest.

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Bird of Prey: The Story of the Rarest Eagle on Earth – A Film Review

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A recent journal article by researchers affiliated with the PEF states that the country has the laws, but law enforcement officials don’t fully pursue or prosecute offenders. ³). The bee footage is actually of Rettig in Gamboa in 2009, but I am going to assume that he had a similar, unfilmed experience in the Philippines.

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Brooklyn Woman Assaults Two ASPCA Agents

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Responding to an anonymous tip about a neglected cat, the Humane Law Enforcement agents arrived at Stewart’s residence to find a seven-week-old, one-pound orange tabby with his whiskers cut off and a serious injury to his right front paw. Brooklyn Woman Assaults Two ASPCA Agents originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 9, 2009.

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Sea Shepherd to be in Animal Planet

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Whale Wars will air on Animal Planet in early 2009. During Sea Shepherd’s Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Migaloo in 2007/08, Animal Planet had a camera crew on board a campaign that saved the lives of nearly 500 whales, leaving the Japanese fleet with less then half of their quota and costing them tens of millions of dollars.

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