Critter News
JANUARY 24, 2012
A state law mandating "humane treatment" of downed livestock headed for the slaughterhouse was unanimously overturned Monday by the Supreme Court. California's (law) endeavors to regulate the same thing, at the same time, in the same place -- except by imposing different requirements. Read the full story at CNN.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 12, 2021
As explained in an earlier post , the changes revolve around an issue known as “incidental take,” which are actions that harm or kill birds incidental to another lawful activity. However, a memo does not have the force of law, so FWS proposed a regulation ( i.e. , a rule) to implement its interpretation of the MBTA.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2020
The changes revolve around an issue known as “incidental take,” which are actions that harm or kill birds incidental to another lawful activity. However, a memo does not have the force of law, so FWS proposed a regulation to implement its interpretation of the MBTA. The public can comment until July 20, 2020. of the EIS.).
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
A Seattle law firm is taking on dairies, claiming that a price-fixing scheme has consumers paying too much for milk. Animal rights group Compassion Over Killing was the first to uncover the alleged systematic slaughter of healthy dairy cows in California. If the dairy companies were doing this, well, that's cold!
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2014
A poisoned rodent can kill whatever eats it, and death by poison is a very bad way to go. Look no further than Reckitt Benckiser’s website: “The Company strives to act in accordance with the laws … of the countries in which it operates, (and it) operates with integrity.”. as well as a rare mammal, the California fisher.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
Wind turbines at Altamont Pass in Northern California (a known eagle-fatality site not included in the study); image by Bonita de Boer/Flickr/Creative Commons License. . Justice Department is investigating seven of the deaths, since they violate federal law.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
Outcry is growing against one of California’s top wildlife officials after a photo of him holding a dead mountain lion surfaced online last week. Hunting mountain lion is legal in Idaho, but illegal in California. KCRA 3 could not reach Richards for comment.
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