Critter News

DECEMBER 11, 2008

This news story slipped by in November. The Humane Society has another great investigation into the shady practices of a corporate giant. It has about 140 stores nationwide that sell puppies that supposedly come from "good" breeders (are any breeders good? Not so, says the Humane Society. but that's another post.)

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Puppy Mills Humane Broker Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

These two islands are about halfway between the tip of South Africa and Antarctica in the Subantarctic Indian Ocean, have had relatively few human visitors, and are primarily inhabited with some of the rarest seabirds in the world and a smaller number of mammals. Which makes it a haven for seabirds….and and seabirders.

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South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 264

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

Not all habitat change is due to humans; there is Chestnut Blight destroying American Chestnuts in the early 1900s, and the more recent Dutch Elm disease. The authors’ detailed delineation of problems with the accuracy of NYC breeding bird surveys or with the limits of historical writings may test a reader’s patience.

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New York City New York Birds Breeding 167