4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Busch Gardens participates in the American Zoological and Aquarium Association (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP) to ensure genetic diversification among threatened and endangered animals in zoological facilities. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on November 13, 2009. Tags: cute animal photos cute of the day.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Fortunately, there are some people working to protect the Scarlet Macaws of Honduras. Though Scarlet Macaws are threatened in Honduras there is hope that they will get protection and recover at least some of their numbers and former range. These Blasts From The Past Where Are You Birding This Last Weekend of November 2009?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.

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Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

When I was asked if I wanted to read Jeff Corwin's 100 HEARTBEATS (Rodale 2009) I was ambivalent. It has entertaining stories, includes animals people care about because they like them (and also addresses that concept), and it describes how the numbers of various species decreased to the point of being classified as "endangered" or worse.

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Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Read Tim’s account and enjoy his (and the Tambopata Macaw Project’s Alan Lee’s) photos judge for yourself… (NOTE: we first published this post in January 2009 but have to run it again because it is so good!) Each bird, regardless of species, seems perfectly content to wait for the other to make the first move toward the colpa.

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Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

March 2009 Contact: David Cantor, 215-886-7721 or RPA4all@aol.com Arriving at all 50 states’ governors’ offices in mid-March, a special request: Get our land-grant universities (LGUs) out of the meat industry. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. -- if you'd like assistance or more information. Thanks and best wishes!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum. The hope was that they would be recovered with the tags attached. Prized for their feathers, most of the birds that are recovered do not have their tags, the biodata, attached. And, rage and frustration. Mostly adult males.

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