Animal Person

APRIL 7, 2009

" Surge in Abandoned Horses Renews Debate Over Slaughterhouses " in today's New York Times begs a lot of questions that I wonder how you would answer. Abandoned horses tied to telephone poles. If you want to address the problem, you do something about the people abandoning and neglecting horses.

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Horse Slaughter Horses Unwanted Horses Slaughter 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2011

There are three species of waterfowl that birders in most of the eastern United States are going to encounter on almost any birding outing that includes a pond, lake, or other body of water – The Usual Waterfowl. Pity the hen Mallard that gets abandoned by her mate and left to raise a nest full of ducklings completely on her own.

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Canada Geese United States Abandon 165

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

Those with a good grasp on the geography of the northeastern United States, or with access to my Facebook page, will know that this means that I have spent quite a bit of time in Camden as well as the rest of Camden County, Gloucester County, and Burlington County.

New Jersey 150

New Jersey United States Philadelphia Delaware 150

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2018

Articles covering the impending closure have placed some of the blame on industry-wide trends of overzealous expansion and an increasingly fragmented and localized craft beer market crowded with over 6,000 breweries in the United States at last count.

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United States North America Abandon Abandoning 100

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 24, 2010

According to the RSPCA, in 2008 there was a 57% increase in the number of animals abandoned by their owners in the UK. A similar problem is also occurring in the United States, where the Humane society of the United states claims that up to 8 million animals enter animal shelters each year, showing that this is an international problem.

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Pets Humane Society Of The United States Vet United Kingdom 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Despite the Cattle Egret ‘s rapid expansion there are some areas that Cattle Egrets once occupied, but have now abandoned for reasons that are as unclear as the expansion was to begin with. In the northeastern United States, Cattle Egret rapidly advanced in the 1960s and 1970s, before declining just as quickly in the 1980s and 1990s.

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Cattle South Korea Suriname Seychelles 170

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

After looking through every bar, we concluded that all had abandoned the ship without warning us. New species started to pop-up like our first sightings of Macaroni Penguins , Blue Petrel, and several prion species that were called out by our expert birding guides using loudhailers, or as we know them in the United States megaphones.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 15, 2010

In the last year alone, foreclosure rates have risen 15% in the United States (a total of about 300,000 properties), while almost three million homes were threatened with foreclosure. And with the economy continuing in a state of recession, these numbers will continue to go up over the coming years.

Pets 100

Pets Homelessness Shelters Unwanted Animals 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

The southeast tip of the Florida peninsula is not well endowed with a wide variety of sparrows in winter like the rest of the southeastern United States. The three most common species by far are Savannah Sparrow , Grasshopper Sparrow , and Swamp Sparrow.

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Sparrows Florida Atlanta South Carolina 153

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Our late autumn has been absurdly warm in the northeastern United States and though winter is only days away it seems no one has notified the weather. Bob had agreed to finish the coastal area while Seth and I headed to College Point to see if anything was around the long-abandoned Flushing Airport.

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2011 Birds Sparrows Ducks 160

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

… The ordinance would allow Minneapolis residents to establish cat “colonies” where abandoned and wild cats can be fed but also vaccinated, neutered and identified in an effort to humanely cut their population and control disease.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 219

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

O’Sullivan informs us that a fertile egg is finally produced (not clear if it’s from The Stud or the other male, the Bronx Zoo only has two males) and abandoned and successfully nurtured by a pair of Ring-necked Doves. On the WCS web page, Ms. What happened to Thelma and Louise? Or any of the other female Pink Pigeons (there are 8!)?

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Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 102

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Though the third-most densely populated county in the United States (as of the 2010 census, thank you Wikipedia), about 25% of Bronx land is open, public space. ” This makes a lot more sense once you know a little more about the area and its history. Remove Phragmites and replace it with cattails.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 156

Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

If we are to live in a more peaceful world, we must abandon the cruelty on our plates. In the United States pork industry, the vast majority of the more than 100 million pigs raised each year are housed in climate-controlled buildings that protect them from the elements, illness and disease and that allow for individual care.

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