10,000 Birds
MAY 9, 2014
Reputable companies belong to the International White Dove Society or the National White Dove Release Society, organizations which set rules of conduct and ethics. Ethical businesses post notices on their websites stating that unless the released birds are properly trained and conditioned, they will not survive. Why do this?”.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2022
Additional helpful design features include the names of family groups against a yellow-and-white striped background on every page corner and having every bird image facing right (except for that Common Loon chick!), I found the latter, printed on one page and easily accessed on the inside back cover, particularly useful.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 3, 2021
And, that sparrow I heard in California that sounded so different really is a Song Sparrow?” The six chapters that follow explore bird communication in mating; defending territory; rearing children; responding to predators; interacting with neighbors and functioning in large groups; and communicating successfully in a noisy human world.
Critter News
NOVEMBER 21, 2011
An animal rights group has called for a federal investigation into the death of an elephant at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The Northern California-based In Defense of Animals called for the Department of Agriculture, which does inspections of zoos, to investigate Umoya's death. Here's the full article from the Los Angeles Times.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 1, 2021
The National Audubon Society Birds of North America covers all species seen in mainland United States, Canada and Baja California. Color-coded page headings denote bird groups, matched by color-coded bird silhouette icons located midway down the edge of the page. GUIDE COVERAGE. These are all informative and current.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 11, 2011
Brown Boobies ( Sula leucogaster ), Islas Coronado, Baja California © David J. In 1903, the distinguished Elliott Coues declared , “This is a definite and perfectly natural group, which will be immediately recognized by the foregoing characters, one of which, complete webbing of hallux, is not elsewhere observed among birds.&#
Animal Ethics
APRIL 18, 2007
Since a number of "Animal Ethics" readers reside in the northern Illinois area, I thought I would call your attention to an exciting lecture that is taking place on Northern Illinois University's campus. Jenni is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Redlands in Redlands, California, where she has taught for the past 18 years.
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