4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 30, 2011

Having pets at a young age instills kids with a sense of confidence that they can take care of an animal and help it to live a thriving life. Have you ever seen a kid talk to a pet and the animal responds by wagging its tail or purring? Animals are unbiased companions, just what many kids need.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2021

As all my cats are indoor animals, I do not feel particularly responsible or guilty for this. The Pacific Golden Plover “is an aristocrat among birds”, according to Gabrielson and Lincoln (1959), The Birds of Alaska (as found on HBW). In April, many birds come to Shanghai, stay for a day or two and decide to move on.

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OCTOBER 28, 2023

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AUGUST 18, 2022

In areas where there is a high density of these animals grazing, less than 50% of all nests are successful ( source ). The Pacific Golden Plover gets the rare honor of its HBW entry starting with a quote from a 1950s Alaska bird guide: “The Golden Plover is an aristocrat among birds.

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Critter News

AUGUST 30, 2008

Why has John McCain chosen Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as a running mate? This may not seem like an animal issue, but it is. For me, I've been deluged for months by Defenders of Wildlife material about Alaska's heartless treatment of wolves. A big F-U to animals. Treatment headed by this woman's administration.

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Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2009

And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?) For this reason, the state of Alaska contends that additional regulation is unnecessary. Tags: beluga whale Palin alaska endangered species. First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales.

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JULY 6, 2023

The research used data collected by coastal residents along beaches from central California to Alaska. Seabirds spend a significant amount of time at sea, making them difficult to study.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2016

It is found as far north as Alaska and as far south as Mexico, taking its place as one of Mexico’s official symbols. In fact, according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , “The Golden Eagle is the most common official national animal in the world – it’s the emblem of Albania, Germany, Austria, Mexico, and Kazakhstan.”

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Alaska’s long-lining fleet now must have bird-deterrent measures in place, which means a lot more Laysan, Black-footed and Short-tailed Albatross are not being injured or drowned in fishing gear. Aleutian Cackling Geese on Buldir Island, Alaska, where they made their final stand. is on a boat in the Aleutian chain.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

Eleven million gallons of oil suffocated 1,300 miles of shoreline in my beloved Alaska. Terrestrial animals could drown; will not be able to access the necessary ranges; be trapped; suffer diminished genetic diversity; and possibly become extirpated and/or extinct. Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again.

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JULY 1, 2021

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Picture being a Blackpoll Warbler being born in the boreal forests of Alaska. Almost as soon as you leave the nest, you have the strong urge to migrate to a place called “Venezuela” Can you imagine how many potential choices and decisions are involved in flying from Alaska to the Atlantic Seaboard, flying down the eastern U.S.,

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Animal Person

MARCH 26, 2009

A reader from Alaska sent the following e-mail, with his name, a nickname and phone number, and this is indeed a serious comment. Dear Ma'am, There is nothing wrong with bestiality unless the animal is being bound or forced, in relation to bondage, where the animal can not bite or flee.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 26, 2012

Big Miracle is a film inspired by the true story of a small town news reporter (played by John Krasinski) and an animal-loving volunteer (played by Drew Barrymore) who are joined by rival world superpowers to save a family of majestic gray whales trapped by rapidly forming ice in the Arctic Circle.

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Critter News

MARCH 16, 2009

Although few people outside the Arctic realise it, there is still a major legal hunt for the animals in four out of the five states that host the bears: Canada, Greenland, Alaska in the US, and Russia. In Norway, stalking is banned.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2011

Not that the species status of the Black-tailed Deer we saw really mattered because it was a really cool animal. But the best part of seeing Black-tailed Deer up close was being able to share them with Desi, who, at less than two years, is fascinated by everything, but especially by big hoofed animals.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2008

Seems that the guy that wrote Sarah Palin's convention speech was none other then noted conservative and alleged animal rights supporter Matthew Scully. Palin is known as an avid hunter; Scully is best known for his vigorous defense of animal rights. The Palin-Scully pairing is anything but a guaranteed fit, though.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

While it makes a passing attempt to say not all scientists are like these monstrous fiends (or truly arrogant, as she dubs them) it mostly focuses on these monstrous fiends simply to prove that scientists in wildlife conservation can be monstrous fiends, particularly compared to the environment-loving oil industry of Alaska.

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MARCH 29, 2021

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MARCH 14, 2021

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2016

NWRs in Alaska are governed by their own rules.). The CCP also identifies challenges, whether endangered species, invasive plants, fish, or animals, pollution from adjacent lands, encroaching development, or any number of others. According to the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 9, 2018

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (“ESA”) protects species of plants and animals threatened with extinction by listing them as either “endangered” or “threatened,” which in turn confers certain legal protections. What does that mean?

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

As her website attests: “This year I’ve also designed a knitted curlew for the RSPB to promote their Curlew Recovery Program , and a knitted sandpiper for the Net Loft in Alaska, for their Birds By Hand project, to raise awareness of the Cordova migration flyway.”

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10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

Holt also travels up to Utqiavik, Alaska every June, and has been for over 30 years, to study Snowy Owls and Brown Lemmings. “Well, that’s great,” you may be saying, “but what does that have to do with owls?

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JULY 24, 2021

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia. Protecting a species under the ESA provides a means for federal, state, local and private organizations and landowners to work together to restore an animal or plant to ecological health.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

They feed on insects stirred up by the herds, at times sitting on the animal itself picking off ticks and other insects. The species has been recorded as far north as Alaska and as far south as some of the islands off Antartica. I’d like to introduce you to a diminutive heron, the Cattle Egret Bubuclus ibis.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Elizabeth Bradfield’s “Buried Birds” muses on seabirds as a way of understanding feelings of difference, giving one of the book’s finest quotes: “We resonate with certain animals, I believe, because they are physical embodiment of an answer we are seeking.

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JUNE 8, 2021

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MARCH 2, 2021

and Canada, including some species as far north as Alaska, an increase over the 500 species covered in the first edition. They have symbiotic relationships with plants and trees and assist with the decomposition of dead plants and animals. For example, recent studies have determined is closer to animals than plants.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

They feed on animal plankton and build their nests by burrowing in the dirt on offshore islands. Their total population, from the Baja Peninsula to Alaska’s Aleutian Islands, is estimated at somewhere between 1 million and 3.5

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2008

When it comes to wildlife and the environment (to which I'll limit myself in this post) I think she will also have a strong motivation to continue and EXPAND her Alaska policies. Keep women in their place and remember to hunt and kill the wolves and any other animal that gets in their way.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2013

An endangered species success story, these ungodly cute animals are now thriving after their populations (most Channel Islands have an Island Fox population) scraped against the brink of extinction for years. Aside from birds, people really seem to like Island Foxes. They are small and adorable.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

He’s also worked with the National Wildlife Refuge System, co-led birding tours to Alaska, and co-authored A Guide to the Nests, Eggs, and Nestlings of North American Birds (1997). Baicich worked for the American Birding Association from 1991 to 2003 as editor and Director of Conservation and Public Policy. Margaret A.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 9, 2008

Sarah Palin of Alaska, the scientific literature is very clear that polar bear survival is highly threatened in the wild. Sarah Palin of Alaska—that the Fish and Wildlife Service should not list the polar bear as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because science doesn’t support doing so—doesn’t persuade.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2012

Animal Behavior , 55 259-275 Owens, IPF (2002) Male-only care and classical polyandry in birds: phylogeny, ecology and sex differences in remating opportunities. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society , 25 77-104 Jenni, DA (1974) Evolution of polyandry in birds. Competition among females. Poole, Ed.).

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

In my earlier post "Children and Heart Disease" available here , I noted that, in the seventh and final edition of Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care: A Handbook for Parents of the Developing Child from Birth to Adolescence , Dr. Benjamin Spock no longer recommends feeding animal products to children after two years of age. The answer is "Yes."

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