Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Thanks to PETA's undercover investigation of University of Utah labs for bringing this issue to media attention. Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. From the AP.

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Critter News

JULY 5, 2010

One hundred and twenty beagles who faced lifetimes being used in medical research experiments have been freed — just in time for the Fourth of July weekend. Best Friends Animal Society headquartered in Kanab, Utah, and Pets Alive Animal Sanctuary, based in Middletown, N.Y., and Elmsford, N.Y., and Elmsford, N.Y.,

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Rescue Medical Research New Jersey Animal Sanctuary 100

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APRIL 2, 2019

It will be interesting to see if the proposal is adopted and this guide becomes the first to employ the new official usage, or if it sparks other bird guide authors to revolt against the system. For example, Wright doesn’t just say that Abert’s Towhee can be found in Utah. Rick Wright agrees.

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North America Sparrows America United States 164

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Long before that time Mexican domesticated Turkeys had been adopted by Native Americans in the American Southwest as well. Early Holocene Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) Remains from SOUTHERN Utah: Implications for the Origins of the Puebloan Domestic Turkeys. The Spanish Colonial Experience and Domestic Animals. Kiva 78(1):37–60.

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MARCH 6, 2011

Informed literature bears out my experience that most birds are seen singly or in pairs. The nom de blog Redgannet was adopted to add an air of mystery and to make himself more attractive to women. Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. The proposal from U.S.

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