Critter News

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

It applies to breeding pigs, egg laying hens and veal calves. Proposition 2 ends the practice of confining certain animals raised for food in crates and cages so small the animals can barely move. Prop 2 requires that factory farms provide enough space for animals to stand up, turn around and extend their limbs.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

The Tides are particularly important for the rich and varied crab population, mudskippers, crocodiles (for their breeding and other behavior) and all the other creatures we are going to be filming for this project. The program is going to include large animals such as the hippos and their movements through the system.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

The story of the cahow, a “Lazurus species” that was thought to be extinct for over 300 years and then discovered to be breeding on a tiny remote island in Bermuda, is part of modern birding legend. In 1951, there were 18 breeding pairs of cahows discovered on three tiny islands. This is a good read, informative and engaging.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 11, 2012

Cats and dogs are the most popular pets, along with hamsters, rabbits and guinea pigs also being amongst the favourites. If, on the other hand, you opted for females of a dairy breed, these would require milking twice a day whilst they are lactating. Have you considered keeping goats as pets?

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In this film, we see farmers interacting with the animals they will eventually transform into food (chickens, pigs and cattle). One of the farmers interviewed says: "We give our pigs and our chickens many weeks of relatively happy life." This is as humane as "humane farming" gets.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

last year—28 million pounds—went to pigs, chickens, and cows, which in turn creates a perfect breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant super germs. In 2008, the FDA issued its second limit on the use of cephalosporins in cows, pigs, and chickens, citing the importance of cephalosporin drugs for treating disease in humans.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast. Feral cats have been able to adapt very well in Australia and have grown larger over the years and can survive in areas that you would not expect.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 27, 2008

We encourage kids to gently pet baby lambs, cows, chickens and pigs, but we deny them this loving connection when we serve animals for dinner by surreptitiously calling them chops, hamburger, nuggets and bacon. And there is no good reason to breed, confine and kill animals for food unless we believe that economic benefit justifies killing.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

Known breeding localities are now limited to only a few of the islands in the Caribbean including the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Turks and Caicos, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands and Antigua/Barbuda. Willie Ebanks, at Hutland, Northside, in Grand Cayman. So he began to put out extra feed for the birds.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

Consider some of the victories: On November 5th, 2002, more than two and a half million Floridians voted "Yes" on Amendment 10 to amend the state constitution and prohibit the use of gestation crates , narrow metal cages where breeding pigs are kept for most of their lives. The full text of the amendment is available here.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2013

Apparently they breed to the south and return to feed at Lake Bindegolly. There was evidence of terns breeding at some earlier stage by the remaining carcasses in the bush. There was also evidence of the damage that feral pigs can do all along the trail and along the water’s edge and we soon came across a small group of them.

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Animal Person

MARCH 26, 2009

This occurs in all animal breeders: bovine, horses, dogs, cats, pigs, and other animals. There is no wrong in using a breeding rack, it does not damage an animal. My internal conflict in my own statement would be, "Wouldn't it be the same for the breeder who is looking to make money off breeding animals forcefully?"

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