Critter News
DECEMBER 29, 2011
New legislation in California increases the misdemeanor penalty for animal neglect and makes it a crime to sell a live animal on any street, highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, or carnival. California SB 917 Two new laws in Oregon and California prohibit the possession, sale, trade or distribution of shark fins.
Critter News
JANUARY 25, 2012
To offset yesterday's crappy news about California, here's good news from the EU! The law, finalized in 1999, comes after a 12-year "phase-out" period meant to allow egg farmers time to implement the costly transition away from battery cages. Full article on Food Safety News. As of Jan. As of Jan. Duncan, Ph.D.,
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2019
I first encountered Molly Hashimoto’s bird art in California. And, John Laws widely praised The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds (2012) is mysteriously missing. 118-119) was split into two species in 2016–California Scrub-Jay and Woodhouse’s Scrub-Jay. (I Western Scrub-Jay (pp.
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 21, 2012
To the Editor: “ Some in California Skirt a Ban on Foie Gras ” (news article, Aug. 13) might give readers the impression that California chefs are free to serve foie gras as a complimentary side dish and so evade the state ban on sales. PETA urges everyone to avoid this product of cruelty to animals.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 10, 2012
In June 2012, I had the great fortune to visit Trinidad and Tobago in a group that included birder and artist Matthew Dodder. He teaches Advanced Birding at the Palo Alto Adult School in California, regularly leads field trips throughout the state, and is a pelagic trip leader out of Monterey Bay and Half Moon Bay.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2016
Back in December I was in Orange County, California, enjoying the holidays with my in-laws. In 2012 I got my 500th bird in the ABA area when I twitched a Painted Redstart at Lacy Park in San Marino, California. Man, I wish they all could be southern California birds… What more could I want?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2018
It is also a month when the Law of Diminishing Returns over-took itself. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). California Thrasher – Toxostoma redivivum.
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