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Air Canada To Stop Shipping Lab Primates

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Animal advocacy groups have been lobbying for this for a while. Thank you Air Canada! Today, more than 40 animal advocacy organizations across Canada praised Air Canada for its recent decision to stop shipping non-human primates into the country for use in research laboratories. Excellent news!

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Halal Slaughter Causing a Furor In Quebec

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Two political parties in Quebec are speaking out about the ritual slaughter of animals, but a Jewish advocacy group is confident that kashrut is not being targeted. I think the issue stems from this being an Islamic practice and the fear of contaminated meat, not concern for the animals. From JTA, the Global News Service of the Jewish People.

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The Wonderfulness of Local Field Guides: Reviews of ABA Field Guide to Birds of Maine & Birding Guide to the Greater Pasadena Area

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A statue now memorializes the Great Black Hawk at its favorite place, Deering Oaks Park, but the Steller’s Sea-Eagle is alive and roaming and has intermittently been spotted in Canada, it may return to Maine soon.) Nick Lund is the perfect person to write this guide.

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Birding According to ChatGPT, Part II

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They engage in advocacy efforts, raise awareness about conservation issues, and collaborate with other organizations and initiatives to preserve and restore bird populations and their environments. They maintain a checklist of bird species recorded in the ABA area, which includes the United States, Canada, and certain territories.

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PETA to Start Using Porn in its Advocacy

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Combining porn and images of abused animals is “repulsive,” insisted Gwen Landolt with Real Women of Canada. Peta.xxx will have sexually explicit content and address animal rights issues. This exploits women and is an abuse of people. They have lost all sense of balance. Their extremism has goes beyond common sense.

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A Connecticut Yankee Goes to Washington: Senator George P. McLean, Birdman of the Senate

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Schulman The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA) is the legislative implementation of the Migratory Bird Treaty negotiated with Great Britain, on behalf of Canada, in 1916 (subsequent treaties with Mexico, Japan, and Russia have been incorporated into the Act). 2023, Donna L.