Critter News
JULY 10, 2009
The Franklin Park Zoo, a Boston institution that has drawn generations of city and suburban families, might be forced to close its doors and possibly euthanize some of its animals as a result of the deep budget cuts imposed by Governor Deval Patrick, zoo officials said Friday. That they care for the species and animals?
10,000 Birds
MAY 17, 2020
Boston, New York. It’s not a field guide, as such. Drawing of the avian syrinx by Amanda Morgan Riley. __. Birdsong for the Curious Naturalist: Your Guide for Listening. By Donald Kroodsma. Harcourt Mifflin Harcourt. 27, March 10, 2020. ISBN978-1-328-91911-3.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2014
Some people think it’s just plain fun to kill enormous numbers of animals and pile up their bodies, and when there’s no “bag limit” it’s legal to do so. It also brings to mind the uncontested link between animal abuse and violent behavior toward fellow humans. Plain old fashioned Fun.”.
Critter News
DECEMBER 23, 2008
Thought-provoking article in the Boston Globe.some green thinkers are now coming to a surprising conclusion: In exceptional circumstances, they say, the only effective way to protect the environment may be at the barrel of a gun. In Nicaragua, the army patrols beaches to protect sea turtle eggs.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 31, 2011
Animals suffer when killed. It is only the prejudice of our species that justifies culling the deer population while protecting our own. BRANIGAN President, Make Peace With Animals New Hope, Pa., BRINNING Boston, Dec. He says meat tastes more precious when you’ve watched it die. May I recommend a trip to a slaughterhouse?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2013
The story of the cahow, a “Lazurus species” that was thought to be extinct for over 300 years and then discovered to be breeding on a tiny remote island in Bermuda, is part of modern birding legend. This very personal story might seem out of place in a bird book. It isn’t, because it is a part of the whole life of this exceptional man.
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 9, 2008
Eric Chivian Boston, Jan. 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. 7, 2008 The writer is director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment , Harvard Medical School.
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