Critter News

JANUARY 24, 2011

The arrival of 48 monkeys on a flight from China this weekend has brought Air Canada under fire for shipping primates destined for research laboratories, but the airline says it is obliged by federal law to accept monkeys as cargo. Air Canada is one of a small number of airlines that continues to transport these primates, Kite said.

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Critter News

JANUARY 16, 2011

In order to offset the loss of the seal product market in Europe, Canada has made a deal with China. Although 40 Chinese animal rights groups have protested, they don't really have any political or financial clout to change anything. I'm not surprised.

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Critter News

JUNE 16, 2009

I criticize PETA a lot, but in this case I think they are right on the money. I like Canada. I'm an American, but I grew up seeing Noltan Nash, the Beachcombers and Hockey Night in Canada on the TV. On environmental and animal issues, not so much. I hate the seal slaughter. I think it's barbaric and should be ended.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2022

Maybe author Sy Montgomery is right when she says that “birdwatchers often look down on falconry,” and maybe not. As Montgomery shows, falconry is different from any other human/animal interaction. Atria Books, New York, $20 (U.S.); $27 (Canada), 79 pp., The Hawk’s Way: Encounters with Fierce Beauty, by Sy Montgomery.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2008

A judge has found five animal-rights activists not guilty of getting too close to seal hunters during the 2006 hunt off Canada's east coast. That's good news. The five were charged with coming within 10 metres of seal hunters on March 26, 2006 while filming the annual slaughter in the Gulf of St.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2009

The provincial government says it's gone from "worst to first" and Ontario is now the only jurisdiction in Canada with special protections for law-enforcement animals like police dogs and horses. Pet owners convicted of a crime under the act can also be barred from owning any animals for life.

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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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10,000 Birds

MAY 17, 2020

Kroodsma waited for years for the right opportunity to record its different songs, a “cascade of sweet and liquid notes,” one naturalist said, “like the spray of a waterfall and sunshine.”. Like he does, say, for the Canyon wren. He had long wondered, Kroodsma says, how many songs, exactly, the Canyon wren has in his repertoire.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 19, 2011

I hope, when I reach their age, I'm as active and effective as Bob Barker and Betty White are in the animal rights movement. Toronto city council voted in October to move the elephants to a facility run by PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society) near Galt, Calif., Excerpted from CBC News. called ARK 2000.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2020

The artwork of this edition is by Jenny Keith – an Edmonton, Alberta-based artist with a penchant for depicting animals and natural curiosities.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2019

Prior to serving in the Confederacy, Driver notes, McCown played leading roles in genocidal campaigns against indigenous peoples on the US-Canada border and against the Seminoles in Florida. McCown is an extraordinary case. Well, no more! Or, at least, pointing out some names that suck.)

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

One of the largest animal rescue operations in Canadian history just got a lot bigger: about 90 puppies have been born since hundreds of dogs were seized northwest of Ottawa. "We We have a lot of puppies here and a lot more puppies coming," said Rebecca Aldworth, the executive director of Humane Society International Canada.

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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

APRIL 26, 2009

Thanks to Animal Rights Person for the heads up on this. EU nations agree to ban on seal products * Ban would lead to trade clash with Norway and Canada * Final approvals seen as a formality. Tags: canada norway europe trade seals. As of last Friday. *

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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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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2014

After all, someone is taking care of all those cats, right? Example two is from Canada, Ontario to be exact. The truth is that feral cat colonies normalize the idea of outdoor cats and actually encourage cat-dumping.

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Critter News

APRIL 25, 2010

Unfortunately, a record number of horses are now going to Canadian and Mexican slaughterhouses, where there is no USDA control over animal welfare conditions. I don't support the slaughter of any animal, but if an animal will die anyway, don't we want the best possible conditions? I just don't know. He's such a douchebag.

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Animal Person

APRIL 24, 2009

Yesterday, regarding being a minority within a minority , mikey commented (among other things): While I am fairly new subscriber to this blog, therefore not knowing your particular stance, I've often felt like a minority within a minority for my stance on animal birth control.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Now, in 21st century America, we’re entertaining new considerations, in keeping with our modern understanding of wild animals and conservation. A new willingness among scientists to consider certain moral and ethical implications with respect to wild animals, where previously utilitarian ideas prevailed, including ideas of intrinsic value.

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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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Critter News

FEBRUARY 1, 2009

The Inuit harvest, or hunt, polar bears in Canada. "In In the past, Inuit always considered the WWF Canada as our friend," {Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.'s He said that a lot of Inuit feel betrayed by the animal rights movement, and by some biologists when it comes to polar bears. But not with polar bears."

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Critter News

MARCH 3, 2009

The Vancouver-based animal rights group Lifeforce wants the Vancouver Aquarium to free Daisy the porpoise. Tags: porpoise captivity canada aquariums vancouver. Here is a video from the group.

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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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Critter News

DECEMBER 15, 2009

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. Tags: zoos canada. They’re basically a bunch of ambulance chasers.”

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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. This is big country, Kangiq is just off the right of the photo, jutting out into Lancaster Sound. Trips Arctic Canada' Ah, that’s a better photo of a guillemot.

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Critter News

JANUARY 25, 2012

1, 2012, egg-laying hens across many European countries will live with fewer discomforts: The European Commission has officially implemented its ban on battery cages, the notoriously cramped cages used by many egg farmers and criticized by animal rights proponents and veterinarians who call them cruel and harmful to the birds' welfare.

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Animal Person

MAY 11, 2009

Yesterday's " Do Small Victories Affect Big Picture in Animal Rights Debate? Both, of course, were seen as victories, but the article's author, Richard Foot, asks: Do such successes mean the animal rights movement is winning its long, controversial campaigns to gain the same legal protections for animals as those ascribed to humans?

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Critter News

JUNE 20, 2010

To many people, the number of animal fatalities at the Calgary Zoo in newer years seemed very high. It reported that human error surrounded more deaths than at any other zoo and forced immediate plans be taken to make sure of the animals’ safety. The study reported that the zoo was not properly able to handle the marine animals.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Pet Care has a super fun contest going on right now called How Far Would You Go For Your Pet ? I think that we have all experienced the healing power of our own pets at times, but I love that animals are being used to help people in hospitals and other situations too! Tina has put together a great list of 50 Novels for Animal Lovers.

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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. There are three to five species described on each page, text on the left, illustrations on the right. For example, recent studies have determined is closer to animals than plants. copyright © 2021 Karl B.

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Animal Ethics

JUNE 7, 2016

In light of this horrible incident, is it right for the zoo to carry on a breeding program that subjects more animals to such unnatural lives? Michelle Nadon, Aurora, Canada To the editor: Bars? The zoo, surely, carries responsibility for deficiencies in its enclosure. Finally, what of the audience?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Now, the stunning mountain vistas, incredible waterfalls, seemingly bottomless canyons and a bunch of incredible animals certainly have kept this part of the drive adventurous. As we get a little farther north, my target list for bird species has diminished a bit, as there are a lot of repeats, and not many new bird opportunities.

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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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Animal Person

MAY 12, 2009

Reading Deb's post about the goslings at Poplar and getting Jenny 's request to sign a petition to save the Canada geese of Ballwin, Missouri from mass extermination reminded me how much I miss the wildlife at the neighborhood we lived in from 2002-early 2005. This is Girlie Girl. Not to be confused with Little Girl, of course.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. I don't see what they get out of it, unless they want to impress Europe, which has already banned seal products. Excerpted from the Globe and Mail.

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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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