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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

10,000 Birds

On April 20th 2010, the world received news that eleven men working on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig died in an explosion on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. April 20, 2010 At 9.45 April 20, 2010 At 9.45 April 22, 2010 After burning for two days the rig sank in 5,000 ft of water, leaving behind a large and growing oil slick.

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Flight Paths: A Book Review Written During Migration

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Schulman, 2010. There are many strands that make up the scientific investigations into the question, “Where do the birds go?” Warblers caught in mist nets and placed in net bags, waiting, some impatiently, to be weighed and banded. Photo taken at the Sandy Hook, N.J. banding station, 2020. NOT IN THE BOOK.

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Mysterious Sled Dog Deaths

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Canadian police are investigating the reported killing of 100 huskies which had been used to pull tourist sleds in the ski resort of Whistler. Local media reports say business slumped after the 2010 Winter Olympics and the dogs were no longer needed. Full article at the BBC News. The company could not be reached for comment.

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Podcast Uploaded for Week Ending 02/06/10

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In this week's podcast ending February 6, 2010: **Willet Dairy the subject of a Mercy for Animals undercover investigation suspends a worker shown abusing cows; **The Humane Society applauds the Allergan Corporation for progress on the replacement of animal subjects in Botox testing; **PETA files a lawsuit to free Lucy the elephant from the Edmonton (..)

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Come@me:Cameras with AA batteries are the best

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With the development of digital cameras we delayed purchasing one for quite some years, but finally we investigated our options. Sadly this Nikon camera ceased to work at the end of November 2010 and I was already writing for this website and I couldn’t delay getting another camera that took AA batteries.

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Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?

10,000 Birds

I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bird-banding workshops being held this June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata in south-eastern Peru.

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26 Dogs saved by the ASPCA

4 The Love Of Animals

“It’s bad enough that these dogs were treated cruelly and raised in horrible conditions,&# said Tim Rickey, the ASPCA Senior Director of Field Investigations and Response. 26 Dogs saved by the ASPCA originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on February 23, 2010.

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