10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2014

My friend Ruth, who is from Northern England, has a phrase she uses when her dog bursts into fits of irrational exuberance. A few days ago my friend Melissa Gilmer called me from the Bear Mountain Zoo in New York’s Hudson Highlands. “We Look at him,” she says, as he races madly around the yard. He’s gone crackerdog.”.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 28, 2009

This week's stories: PETA demands that the National Institutes of Health take back grant money awarded to the University of Kansas; The Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums prepares to investigate the Calgary Zoo next year; Convicted dog fighter Michael Vick receives an award in courage from the Philadelphia Eagles; Canada tries to find a public (..)

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

” A Nicobar Pigeon bathes at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington © David J. Thankfully not extinct: Western Crowned-Pigeon ( Goura cristata ) at the National Zoo © David J. Solomon Islanders say that the species was driven to extinction by cats and dogs introduced by Europeans.

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