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New Laws to Start in California

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New legislation in California increases the misdemeanor penalty for animal neglect and makes it a crime to sell a live animal on any street, highway, public right-of-way, parking lot, or carnival. California SB 917 Two new laws in Oregon and California prohibit the possession, sale, trade or distribution of shark fins.

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Hitler’s 700th Bird

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Though we have already covered the addition of the Nutmeg Mannikin to the official California state checklist we neglected to let you know that the ABA Checklist Committee quickly followed suit. This had bad results for Adolf Hitler, as the video above proves. Birding listing video'

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The Animal Legal Defense Fund Public Registries

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They are pioneering legislation in California to make public animal abuse registries. Please take time to read it, and if you are in California, get in touch with your representative and encourage them to support this if you believe it’s a good thing. . – sexual abuse, and animal fighting as well as neglect (such as hoarding).

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Walk for Farm Animals Scheduled for this Fall

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Farm Sanctuary’s shelters in New York and California provide lifelong care for nearly 1,000 rescued farm animals. About Farm Sanctuary Farm Sanctuary, the nation's leading farm animal protection organization, promotes legislative, policy, and individual lifestyle changes to help farm animals.

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Birding by Volunteering

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I bring this up not to boast (well, not much) but because I think that this approach to wildlife travel is somewhat neglected in birding circles. In California I smelt the breath a Blue Whale as it passed feet beneath my boat. I’ll also take the opportunity to travel a bit. The emptiness of the Namib Desert impresses.

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Tom Regan on Human Chauvinism

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There is a neglected other side to the anthropomorphic coin. Tom Regan , The Case for Animal Rights , updated with a new preface [Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2004], 31 [italics in original; endnote omitted] [first edition published in 1983]) This is human chauvinism.

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Collaborative List – November 2018

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He pointed out that Illinois had been sadly neglected up to this point, so Redgannet made a special visit to Chicago to redress this oversight. California Quail – Callipepla californica. California Gull – Larus californicus. 1210 Minder Drive, Redding, California, US (40.596, -122.336). PN Volcán Irazú.

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