Critter News

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

From the better late then never category, the ALDF is having a National Justice for Animals Week to raise awareness about animal abuse. ALDF was founded in 1979 with the unique mission of protecting the lives and advancing interests of animals through the legal system.

ALDF 100

ALDF Animal Legal Defense Fund For Animals Animal Cruelty 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 15, 2012

In this way people may be encouraged to believe that, for example, the trapping of plentiful animals raises no serious moral question, whereas the trapping of rare animals does. This is not what the rights view implies.

Endangered Species 40

Endangered Species Species Los Angeles Morals 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2018

Following passage of the United States Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966, the California Condor ( Gymnogyps californianus ) was among the first 75 species listed for protection, the so-called “Class of 1967”. Reintroduction efforts expanded to Arizona in 1996, and later, to the Baja California peninsula in Mexico.

California Condor 105

California Condor Oregon California Zoos 105

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2019

Mountain Plover, California. 2018 was a good year for Mountain Plover in California, with a congregation (that is what you call a flock of plovers, says the Internets) seen regularly in Antelope Valley from early November on. Baird’s Sparrow, North Dakota. It has always been a difficult bird to find, even when abundant.

2018 161

2018 New Jersey Michigan North Dakota 161