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2015 Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge Western Regionals

4 The Love Of Animals

This weekend is the 2015 Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge Western Regionals. The event features amazing athletic dogs from all backgrounds and breeds competing for the title of Purina Pro Plan IDC Champion.

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Birding Singapore

10,000 Birds

The only bird-related activity I can think of is looking at bird photos I took in Singapore in 2015, and adding some irrelevant comments to them. Plus hopefully, you will be arrested for mistreating animals. Writing this post, I have been in lockdown in my Shanghai compound for 60 days.

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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

27, 2015 Christian Gutierrez, Raymond Justice, and Carter Mesker went on a camping trip to Ka’ena Point Natural Area Reserve on Oahu, Hawaii. Ka’ena Point is also a breeding ground for the Federally protected Laysan albatross, where 45 nests were being carefully monitored by the non-profit Pacific Rim Conservation.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

June 9, 2015 – It’s deja vu all over again. It provides shelter for many songbirds and water-associated animals, including the river otter, turtles, beaver, American pelicans, ospreys, and migratory songbirds. Swan Lake Refuge is managed as “a refuge and breeding ground for migratory birds and other wildlife”.

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The Ross Sea – the Last Intact Marine Ecosystem on Earth – and I

10,000 Birds

The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth. There are 11 species of birds that breed in the Ross Sea region. Enough History – Back to the Future. And the Mammals.

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Prop 2 Passes in California

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4, 2008) – Voters in California approved an historic ballot measure to halt the inhumane confinement of animals on factory farms by an overwhelming margin. All animals deserve humane treatment, including animals raised for food.” It applies to breeding pigs, egg laying hens and veal calves.

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For the Birds: Midway Atoll Mouse Eradication and NEPA

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The Northwestern Hawaiian Islands are home to some of the largest assemblages of breeding seabirds in the United States. In 2015, mice suddenly started attacking albatrosses sitting on nests and attacks have been steadily increasing since. Invasive species , particularly rodents, have long been a problem on the Hawaiian archipelago.

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