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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman

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Described in the “Territoriality and aggression” chapter, this is a sublime example of behaviour from the “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman, an Emeritus Chair in Behavioural and Environmental Biology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman.

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“A blogger saved my life”

4 The Love Of Animals

During the course of his concert he talked about how a blogger saved his life. Many of us share animals in need of homes on our sites, our Facebook pages and our Twitter. Many of us share animals in need of homes on our sites, our Facebook pages and our Twitter. And for you too fellow animal lovers.

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On Fighting for "Animal Rights"

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A couple of years ago I wrote about whether it's a good use of my time to be a purist about the term "animal rights" when most of the world doesn't have the same understanding of the term as I do. Or how a paragraph would refer to animal rights and animal welfare as if they're interchangeable. But that's me.

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On What the Animal Ag Alliance Thinks of Us

Animal Person

Bea directed me to an interview with Dr. Elizabeth Parker , the "chair man " (my emphasis) of the Animal Agriculture Alliance at CattleNetwork, which apparently is "The Source for Cattle News." Of course, Lobo is missing the point entirely. I wish their mission was to end animal agriculture. The HSUS isn't even anti-hunting !

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Birding Shanghai in March 2023

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And of course, the photos here show a female, as far as I can tell. Of course, this factoid should be presented with a photo of a male, not a female rosefinch. The Light-vented Bulbul apparently benefits from being a social animal, which I personally (being not very social) find a bit unfair.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

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It takes a lot of nerve—or something that can’t be printed here—to name your rat poison after the animals that so effectively and efficiently control rodents but that are also being poisoned—as “non target” animals—by your product. Motomco also makes “Jaguar” and “Tomcat,” complete with cat icons, of course.

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The Top 5 Avian Ambassadors of Costa Rica

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Some might even protest at being kept separate, raising their voices as they eye the main conference birds with hungry intent. The Rufous-naped Wren is a very animated, common species in Costa Rica. The best and real way to meet those birds is by of course coming to Costa Rica and watching them in person.