10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
An enigmatic line of text emblazoned across the can of this week’s featured beer – the Sherwood Double New England India Pale Ale from Connecticut Valley Brewing Company – implores us to “Rise and Rise Again”. I can’t imagine they were expecting anyone to research the line as much as I now regret doing!
10,000 Birds
MAY 21, 2013
The results of this research paper appear in the Journal of Zoology. It is probably the case that the rapid spread of Lyme Disease from Connecticut to the rest of the United States and adjoining regions of Canada was because some species of birds (but not all) can carry Lyme disease, and can also carry the ticks that carry the disease.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2018
According to the study, since 1984 heightened temperatures and resulting aridity have caused fires to spread across an additional 16,000 square miles than they otherwise would have—an area larger than the states of Massachusetts and Connecticut combined 1. Some animals are injured and killed by wildfires.
Critter News
JULY 2, 2009
I had forgotten all about Michael Jackson and his chimp Bubbles whom he rescued from a research facility. Apparently, Bubbles is now 26 years old and living at an animal sanctuary. Chimpanzees, like Travis the chimp who mauled the woman in Connecticut, are not meant to be family pets. But I thought he was at an animal sanctuary?
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Consideration of the needed legislation comes just one week after a woman was critically injured in a vicious chimpanzee attack in Stamford, Connecticut - leaving no doubt that the danger of nonhuman primates in homes and to communities must be addressed. The Captive Primate Safety Act is bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps.
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