Critter News
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. They say cats and dogs at the lab get excellent veterinary care and survivors are placed into a volunteer-run adoption program. From the AP.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
” Given the vagaries of spring migration in our climate-changing world, perhaps this is the model that birders ought to adopt; but given how long it takes us as a community to decide whether that Ash-throated Flycatcher was a hybrid or what, we’d find out when to start our list for any given year about half a decade later.
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Critter News
AUGUST 15, 2010
The rising consumer preference for more “natural” and local products and concerns about pollution and antibiotic use in giant livestock operations are also driving change. Similar limits were approved last year in Michigan and less sweeping restrictions have been adopted in Florida, Arizona and other states.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2020
For starters, the official national animal is the unicorn, a fairy-tale beast chosen by Scottish royalty in the Middle Ages for its reputation as the natural enemy of the lion, the adopted mascot of English kings.
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 7, 2009
That's because those who read Animal Ethics with regularity know that there are many compelling reasons to adopt a vegetarian lifestyle. Livestock's contribution to environmental problems is on a massive scale." I suspect that many regular readers of Animal Ethics are already vegetarians.
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 28, 2007
962), which would phase out antibiotics use in livestock for growth or preventative purposes unless manufacturers could prove that such uses don’t endanger public health. It also provides money to help farmers adopt alternative approaches to preventing illness among their herds, like cleaner housing and natural supplements.
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 10, 2007
But today these livestock operations don’t have to be unwelcome neighbors in their communities. Producers like me are ready to comply with tough new Environmental Protection Agency regulations that protect the nation’s water supply, by adopting a policy of zero discharge into rivers and streams.
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