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Humane Society Exposes Petland Practices

Critter News

It has about 140 stores nationwide that sell puppies that supposedly come from "good" breeders (are any breeders good? The investigation revealed that some of Petland's brokers are also buying from puppy mills. Some of the breeders were found with sick or dead dogs in their cages. but that's another post.)

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

So, Yellow Rail is included (2 dead birds and one live one are documented for the study area), but Ash-throated Flycatcher, a vagrant found in areas nearby as well as in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island, but not in the study area, is not. . Norse was a Wall Street broker; John Kieran was a sports reporter and radio panelist.