Critter News

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

Is there a different culture regarding animals in Europe? Are animal rights organizations more effective? At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing.

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Medical Research Belgium Animal Animal Suffering 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2021

And summary and discussion of recent research on how birds have changed the frequency and pitch of their songs in response to human noise and the possible consequences of those changes (again, we know that we don’t know). I do wish there was more about research on female bird song. And, that’s it.

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North America Research Birds Groups 279

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

The Great Elephant Census found that populations of Savanna Elephants Loxodonta africana have fallen by 30% between 2007 and 2014 (around 144,000 animals poached or population shrunk at a rate of 8% a year, a level higher than their reproduction rate; source https://peerj.com/articles/2354.pdf One may say so. Block of 28 votes did.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 14, 2010

It was through her research that she learned how chimpanzees make and use tools, eat meat and engage in war-like activity. Hundreds of lecture tours and conferences. Happy 50th Anniversary Jane Goodall Institute originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on July 14, 2010. Tags: people helping animals.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

It was the year that I attended the Ornithological Society of New Zealand’s conference in Kaikoura. A PhD student was presenting her research into the population in Westland, the relic population of Grey Duck. I mentioned 2008 as the year I became aware of the issue. The news wasn’t good.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 172

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The first was Lewis Binford, who noted, correctly, that if you look at actual animal bones from actual archaeological sites, you could not objectively see clear evidence that would distinguish hunting from scavenging, and if you compared these “food remains” to hyena food remains, they looked roughly the same.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 8, 2011

He was named the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Cat of the Year for 2010, and he has authored two critically acclaimed books. The healing messages and challenges are for humans, the profits, above printing costs, go to help animals. People speak to animals differently and more openly,” says Conheim.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2021

There was only modest discussion of the significance of the stability of animal names (a universal goal in zoological nomenclature ) or the potential impact of suddenly having multiple names for dozens of birds. My suggestion to some panelists is to use headphones with a microphone for virtual conferences.). Did the process work?)

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. But one in particular did not even involve contact with an animal. It was the first time I went to a wildlife rehabilitators conference. He said, “Figure it out. Read Carl Hiaasen.”. Your last post for 10,000 birds was in 2017.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 275

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

An Archaeopteryx-like theropod from China Then one day you go to a conference of historians and there is a special symposium being held by some well regarded colleagues, who have been working for months with some archaeologists on a secret project. Body size would be an example of a trait with too much lability in many animals.

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