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The Biggest Urban Pygmy Cormorant Roost is Finally Protected!!

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By both Serbian legislation and the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected species. By both Serbian legislation and the Bern Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats, Pygmy Cormorant is a strictly protected species.

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Humane Society University to Offer Courses in Fall 2009

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nonprofit organizations that seek to protect, provide services to or advocate for animals, and to advance scholarship in the field. Undergraduate degrees and graduate certificates in animal studies, animal policy and advocacy, and humane leadership will begin in fall of 2009.

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Can Birds Be Safe? If Only.

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Birdsbesafe was invented in 2009, has a website filled with testimonials, and has received high praise from St. Birds birds and cats Birdsbesafe cat collars protect birds from cats' Bells don’t work; cat bibs sometimes do, but cat owners rarely use them – saying they’re “too restrictive.”

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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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Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

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And though the satellite transmitter let Machi be tracked it did not protect it from the hunters’ guns. The Migratory Bird Treaty Act was passed, in part, to protect dwindling numbers of birds that migrate across country borders. Machi getting fitted with transmitter in 2009. Image courtesy of Barton Paxton. … a.

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Is The Hooded Grebe About To Go Extinct?

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During the breeding seasons 2009/2010 and 2010/2011 we monitored 251 lakes on the main plateaus of Santa Cruz province, southern Patagonia, Argentina, where the entire population of Hooded Grebes spends the breeding season. We only observed 6 breeding colonies, two in 2009/2010 and four in 2010/ 2011, totalling 242 nesting attempts.

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Online Survey on Ethics and Animals

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A new survey is getting the attention of many within the global animal protection community. The survey is at EthicsAndAnimals.questionpro.com , and its closing date has been extended to Monday, July 13, 2009. The survey is at EthicsAndAnimals.questionpro.com , and its closing date has been extended to Monday, July 13, 2009.

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