Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
Another animal dies at the Calgary Zoo and more questions are being raised about their practices. They were a part of the zoo’s breeding program for the rare birds. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare. Look at all these incidents that have occurred there (listed in the Montreal Gazette article in the above link).I
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Field guides listed two subspecies – delicata (which would eventually become the highly migratory Wilson’s Snipe ) and paraguaiae (breeding resident South American Snipe ) – which were extremely difficult to discern from one another in the field. On Trinidad it took me some more time until I saw my first snipe.
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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. News flash: Slaughtering horses does not promote their welfare.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life. Or is the mandate to protect the welfare and habitat of our state’s wildlife?
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2023
Birders often play a vital role in monitoring bird populations, contributing data to scientific research, and participating in citizen science initiatives that help track bird distributions, migration patterns, and breeding behaviors. Code of Ethics: The ABA has established a Code of Birding Ethics to promote responsible birding practices.
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