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Changing Bird Names (Again)

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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. The Bird Names for Birds group (and others) have raised significant issues and they have done the birding community a service.

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November is. Awareness Month

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Here's my attempt to bring it all together in an Animal Person post. I am a vegan who has adopted a diabetic greyhound who eats vegan food ( Natural Balance ), and who is adopting a boy from Russia. As a vegan, part of what I believe is that bringing animals onto this planet to use them as food or as pets isn't ethical.

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Awkward Fostering

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It turns out that people are not the only ones, who can adopt children – animals are good at this as well. Especially it is associated with dogs, which may raise kids of other species and even of scary and dangerous representatives of wildlife! Puma rejected her children and they were given to Mary.

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The “Rufa” Red Knot is now protected under the Endangered Species Act

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The other sub-species, Calidris canutus roselaari , migrates along the Pacific Coast and breeds in Alaska and the Wrangel Island in Russia. Protecting a species under the ESA provides a means for federal, state, local and private organizations and landowners to work together to restore an animal or plant to ecological health.

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Miracle Babies; Pandas and Leopards

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Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild. Found in the frozen forests near Russia’s border with Korea, the cats are feared to have just 30 members left in the wild. Miracle Babies: Leopard Love. Tuesday, September 13, at 9P ET/PT.

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