10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feral cats have become above the law. They would be made up of people who are sick and tired of government-protected species being slaughtered by domestic cats.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Wildlife Rehabilitation 259

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

As a child, poring through the pages of the Encyclopedia of Animal Life (I was gifted this 25 years before I appeared in Audubon magazine myself) birds gripped my attention. Not all the birds, of course, but many of the distinctive and conspicuous species. T&T has five recorded species of woodcreeper, all resident.

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Trinidad Laws Family Hunting 186

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

The general public is out and about, birds and animals are raising their young, and human/wildlife interaction is at its peak. Change in Law. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Why is there no state or federal money available to care for federally protected species?

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Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma New York 250

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

The Northern Spotted Owl is a “ threatened ” species under the U.S. Endangered Species Act and it was famously the subject of extensive and protracted litigation in the late 1980s and early 1990s, mostly relating to forestry management plans in the Pacific Northwest. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S.

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Owls Endangered Species Oregon Friends Of Animals 122

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 17, 2022

A study has shown that they make false alarm calls when seeing other species such as meerkats with attractive food. For the German flag, the “Grundgesetz” (the German basic law) states that the color of the national flag is black-red-gold. They are being parasitized by indigobirds which also use other host species.

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South Africa Africa Birds Cape Verde 193

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.” Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. 12 Rare Animals that are Teetering on the Brink of Extinction.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2022

I was surprised that this species is named for its vocalization – which sounds like laughter. For example, the Diamond Dove is the world’s second-smallest species of the columbidae order ( source ). The Latin species name haematonotus (“blood-backed”) sounds a bit more exciting but not necessarily more accurate.

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Australia Birds Parrots Ostriches 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Now, in 21st century America, we’re entertaining new considerations, in keeping with our modern understanding of wild animals and conservation.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 245

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. No surprise then that the species is listed as Vulnerable. But then, sanity (or maybe respect for you, the reader) prevailed. Fortunately, they are quite common in Shanghai. It is also called Chinese Bulbul.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

…a City Council committee voted 5-0 to recommend a new law that in essence licenses the care and feeding of free-roaming cats as part of a larger effort to reduce their numbers. But about two-thirds of the people speaking supported the new measure, including Dan Niziolek, director of Minneapolis Animal Care and Control.

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Minneapolis 215

Critter News

OCTOBER 9, 2010

A coordinated international law enforcement operation has led to the arrest of 25 individuals suspected of taking part in the illicit trade of tigers, one of the world's most endangered species. Tags: wildlife smuggling tigers interpol asia endangered species. From the PR Newswire.

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International Fund For Animal Welfare Tigers IFAW Nepal 100

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 30, 2012

The legal rights of nonhuman animals might first be achieved in any of three ways. For example, the Treaty of Amsterdam that came into force on May 1, 1999, formally acknowledged that nonhuman animals are “sentient beings” and not merely goods or agricultural products. What is the common law? Why the common law over legislation?

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Critter News

AUGUST 14, 2009

Detectives seized 200 products believed to be made from endangered animals including musk deer, leopards and tigers. The raid took place on the day an amendment to the law controlling illegal trade in endangered species came into effect.

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illegal Wildlife Endangered Species Trafficking 100

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

I finally read SPECIESISM , by Joan Dunayer, which was published a couple of years after ANIMAL EQUALITY , which I wrote about a couple of weeks ago. Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species.

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Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Killing 100

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

One of the major challenges in combating the bushmeat trade is identifying the source species for the meat and products. Once an animal has been carved up, meat looks like meat and leather looks like leather. How is anyone to know if it came from a species that is protected under national or international law?

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Meat illegal Trafficking Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

These are all excellent organizations created to help wild animals live healthy lives in healthy habitats at home and around the world. It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”. It’s imperative that local, state, and federal law enforcement ensure the safety of our land managers.

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Extremist Oregon Wildlife illegal 155

Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. Now, I know you're saying: That's not what animal rights is. than with any genuine concern for species diversity or even animal welfare."

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Animal Rights Rights Broiler Chicken Animal 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2014

This June my brother-in-law and I took off to Kangiq (Cape Crauford), the western edge of of the mouth of Admiralty Inlet to Lancaster Sound. 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. A scant 24 hours to take it in.

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Polar Bears Seals Bears Laws 192

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1. To show how adaptive this species is, the following photograph was sent to me by one of my readers and I use it with her permission.

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Hunters Hunting North America Game 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2016

Some background is required: The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 overhauled the laws governing the Refuge System and one provision of that Act required CCPs. and management issues (invasive species, habitat management, visitor access, etc.). This is obviously the place to start.

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Wildlife Oregon Endangered Species Portland 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

A personal encounter with a wild species changes one’s perspective. As our population grows, so do the challenges we create for native avian species that coexist with us. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2018

The celebration was occasioned by 2018 being the centennial of the passage of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act , a seminal environmental law. (Fun Fun fact: only three species in the lower 48 states are not protected by that statute – the House Sparrow, Rock Pigeon, and Common Starling.).

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Birds Minnesota Protest Protesting 123

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2013

” Not because there’s anything wrong with common or confiding species, but because depending on where you live and what you do with your habitat, darn near anything can be a backyard bird. Anyway, on to this book. I have to admit, I normally have a twinge when I see the phrase “backyard birds.”

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Atlanta Birds Ohio Montana 133

10,000 Birds

MAY 12, 2016

Late April / early May is the best birding season in the south of Europe and wherever you go, you will have 50% to 100% more species than in any other season. Recently, I did a bit of embankment birding, nailing 65 species (several of them firsts for the season, European Bee-eaters among them – always exciting).

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Birds India Africa Serbia 115

Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. He added that the forest ministry, state governments and a separate authority on the management of tiger reserves had agreed to work together to ensure conservation of the endangered animal. But is it enough?

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Tigers India Protection Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

“Below the 40th latitude there is no law; below the 50th no god; below the 60th no common sense and below the 70th no intelligence whatsoever.” (“Antarctica” by Kim Stanley Robinson, 1998). So close to the pole only a handful of bird species can survive, and even so, death toll is very high, hence their populations must be huge (millions).

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Russia Penguins Whales Whaling 178

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

But it wasn’t founded to serve as a refuge for human refugees, but animal ones, specifically elephants. Elephants used to cross the border here before the war, but the fighting increased incidents of poaching as law and order broke down, leading to highly traumatised elephants crossing the border.

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South Africa Elephants Africa Lions 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2012

It concerns the nature of wildlife in Australia, and is perhaps the most remarked about aspect of Australia’s wildlife, at least the impression you’d get if you’ve ever watched ten minutes of Animal Planet. The very dangerous nature of the wildlife. You don’t have to move far off the plane to step into the danger zone.

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Sharks Birds Australia Boars 230

Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2009

And those are just the endangered animals (remember the turkey being ground up during her tv interview?) This listing decision didn't take those efforts into account as required by law." Tags: beluga whale Palin alaska endangered species. First wolves, then polar bears, now beluga whales.

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Whales Whaling Polar Bears Alaska 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

As a result, animals like the Florida panther and diminishing habitats like the prairie grasslands stand a fighting chance. Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. million acres of Refuge lands.

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Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 208

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2016

I am not entirely sure whether most birders outside Germany know or realize that Germany still has a decent population of one of Europe’s most attractive and desired bird species: the Great Bustard Otis tarda. This is prohibited under German nature conservation laws and a moral no-go.

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Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2008

I did have issues with the host country in this case because of the horrible way they treat animals, and their lack of any animal cruelty laws. Continue to abuse many other species with the full backing of the state. Note - this is not a knock against all those that competed. I don't have issues with them.

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Cruelty Animal Cruelty China Game 100

Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

The commentator says that part of her winnings will go to abolish animal cruelty (yes, abolish). Interviewer: "Wait, so you want to abolish animal cruelty, except for chickens and fish, (pointing at the contestant) because she doesn't like them?". I think you actually support animal cruelty." Contestant: "Nope. Well, sort of.

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Lions Animal Cruelty Cruelty Chickens 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2023

Having earned both a Master’s Degree in Engineering and in Law, Germain works as a manager for the construction industry. Birds of different species gather in bird waves to improve foraging efficiency (the insect escaping one bird will most likely be caught by another bird of the wave) and increase protection against predators.

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Birds China Emotional Vietnam 189

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

However, they do emphasize strongly that like humans, the large corvids are animals who rely on being adaptable, curious, and social for their survival, and that this gives them a commonality with us despite our very real differences. Nothing keeps a human reader more engaged than a genuine character, and the birds here are exactly that.

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Humane Emotional Stray Dog Science 147

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2011

Please note the vast generalizations here, but, in the areas of religion, at least orthodox religion and there are varying levels of how fundamental you want to go, there is only one species with a soul and that is the human. What laws should be in effect, blah, blah (I could go on and on. ). We are made in God's image.

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Humane Rights Stray Dog Stray 100