Critter News

AUGUST 8, 2009

Now that the species is listed in the US as "threatened," hunters can't import the dead body parts (aka hunting "trophies") in from Canada. Supposedly, environmentalists and animal rights activists have "unfairly made the polar bear into 'the panda bear of North America.'" insert crying baby picture here.)

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

The fallout from the huge puppy mill seizure is fueling calls for a review of Quebec's animal rights laws, which are abysmal even for Canada. Animal welfare workers are calling for stricter laws on breeding facilities after more than 500 allegedly malnourished dogs were seized from a Quebec puppy farm last week.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 3, 2011

The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo. Animal rights groups are seeking leave to appeal to the high court in their ongoing fight to have Lucy the elephant moved to a warm-weather U.S. Excerpted from CTV News. wildlife sanctuary.

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Critter News

MAY 23, 2011

An animal rights group based in the United States has ranked Quebec “the best province to be an animal abuser” in a report on Canada’s animal welfare record. That sucks. From the Montreal Gazette.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

However, as the zoo is (at the time of writing this post) closed due to covid, you still have to leave Canada and come to Southeast Asia to see it. My suggestion would be to just do any animal studies at the zoo with the nicest weather. Which (due to covid) you probably cannot. Another local star is the Blue-rumped Pitta.

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Critter News

MARCH 22, 2009

From the article, animal activist group Equanimal is working on it from the European end. Here is a link to the Google translated page of this group (it's in Spanish). Tags: canada barbarism seals. The only way it will end is if the market for this product in Europe dries up. The US already has such a ban in place.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 5, 2010

We recently got an email from a rescue group that specializes in blind dogs. The Blind Dog Rescue Alliance is a small group of volunteers in the United States and portions of Canada dedicated to helping blind and visually impaired dogs. Blind Dog Rescue Alliance originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 5, 2010.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Bowing under pressure, they are allowing an outside group of experts review their operations. think it’s an extreme animal rights organization that wants to close all zoos,” Steve Feldman {AZA spokesman} said. The latter comment is in reference to Zoocheck Canada , a zoo watchdog demanding the independent investigation.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says Vancouver's Olympic organizers have the clout to convince the Canadian government to end the controversial seal hunt on the East Coast. The group will launch a new campaign on Wednesday featuring the 2010 Inukshuk logo clubbing a seal, with the five Olympic rings dripping blood.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2018

We had stopped at one of the massive over-looks near Roosevelt Lodge, when a small group of Pine Siskins flew all the way across the canyon, and landed in the tree above me. The location was super, and while there was nothing new, there was a nice group of birds. Here are the rest of the animals that we did see.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

and Canada, including some species as far north as Alaska, an increase over the 500 species covered in the first edition. As in the ornithological world, there has been a major shift in groupings and scientific names of mushrooms. Like Boletes, they have tubes, but they are separate groups according to my reading.).

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Lanthier, a veterinarian and walrus researcher who took the helm in Calgary two years ago, says the cancellation of the polar bears exhibit might please some animal-rights extremists, but the reality is a blow to Canada's white bears. One thing for sure -- all of the animals in the zoo will die eventually," said Lanthier. "We

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 19, 2009

When I designed my first website several years ago ( Aimee’s Animals ) the goal was to help animals find homes. The internet evolved, and this site was created with a bigger, better vision, but the goal remained the same… help animals find homes through promoting rescue groups.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2014

One described how he could see down the bears throat as its jaws closed round his head, the animal’s paw pushing him further into its maw. Luckily attacks are rare, but we made plans to stay in a refuge cabin at the point, and joined up with a group that had brought a dog, which acts as an early warning system.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 24, 2010

We recently got a chance to check out a lovely line of jewelry that celebrates animals, and supports the ASPCA! It’s called Heart U Back , and they offer a lot of fashion forward choices for animal lovers. This special grouping of bracelets, charms, pendants, and earrings is fashionable and fun to wear.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 13, 2009

Readers in Canada, this is for you! Bark Busters , the world’s largest dog training company, announced today its search for Canada’s Naughtiest Dog. It’s unnecessary for dog owners to live with and be frustrated by their dog’s poor behaviour,” says Jeff Cooke, President, Bark Busters Canada. Do you have the naughtiest dog?

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 8, 2010

The third season started on June 5th, and features a great group of cat lovers, including Carrie Ann Inaba from Dancing With the Stars. on Animal Planet. This is open to the USA and Canada. Giveaway: Housecat Housecall originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 8, 2010. The show airs on Saturdays at 10:30 a.m.

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Critter News

MARCH 15, 2012

Quebec is not known for its animal welfare concerns or laws. I think the issue stems from this being an Islamic practice and the fear of contaminated meat, not concern for the animals. It wants to know how many companies are involved in producing halal meat and the number of animals are being slaughtered annually under Islamic ritual.

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Critter News

JUNE 14, 2012

Animal right groups are very angry and fear the baby might die by itself. Canadian authorities want to release an orphaned baby bear into the wild at 6 months when mother bears usually push their children out at 18 months. I can't blame the activists. This decision makes little sense to me.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2014

Spotted knapweed arrived in Montana in the 1920s, most likely in a batch of alfalfa seed or perhaps on the creep down from western Canada, where it may have come ashore in the ballast of ships. Since then, it has been pulled and plucked, sprayed and dusted, mowed and set on fire. So, a big no on knapweed. But what has this to do with birders?

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

War has erupted between Toronto Zoo elephant keepers and the animal rights group helping to co-ordinate a move of three aging elephants to a California sanctuary. Excepted from the Toronto News. That’s insubordination — city staff can’t go above their managers’ head and do those kinds of things,” Woodyer said.

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Critter News

JANUARY 31, 2011

An animal rights group claims the dogs were killed inhumanely by an outdoor adventure company and thrown into a mass grave. Throats slit' The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) in British Columbia, alleged that an Outdoor Adventures employee was told to cull the dogs in April last year.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2015

Barker, and Carroll Henderson is a well-researched, copiously illustrated, engaging study of bird feeding practices, personalities, inventions marketing, and companies that developed in the United States from the late 19th century to the present day, with a little bit of Canada, Europe, and South America thrown in. If you are one of those 58.2

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Critter News

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Animal rights groups are calling for a ban on the sale of horse meat after disturbing video at a slaughterhouse in west Quebec was sent to the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition. Excerpted from CTV.CA. The footage was shot with a hidden camera inside Les Viandes de la Petite Nation near Montebello.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 26, 2012

We always see one or two of them about town in the spring, this year they are in groups of six or seven. In the evenings as we take our drives, we often find small groups all along our route. Some times the boxing erupts in conflict while the animals are feeding. Foraging, napping, fighting. I’m a messy eater.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2011

When I related the story of it to him, he told me that a group of Ravens had recently started hunting Arctic Hares ( Lepus arcticus ) in the vicinity of our dump. The Gyrfalcon in question, after being released The day of the predation of the King Eider I happened to have an elder in my office.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Her writing is based on keen observation of animal and human behavior, and she likes to interweave solid natural history information with larger philosophical themes to challenge and inspire the reader. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009?

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Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

No wonder rBGH has been banned in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. June 29, 2007 The writer, a consultant, was vice president for agriculture of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a trade group, from 1997 to 2005. There is in reality no greener approach than biotechnology. Val Giddings Silver Spring, Md.,

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