10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

As a result, the Aruba Birdlife Conservation Foundation began a campaign to make the Burrowing Owl the country’s national bird , which was officially named in 2012. Though not based on the Aruba populations, the movie portrayed a group of friends from Florida trying to save Burrowing Owl habitat from destruction.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

on Prop 2 - Californians for Humane Farms - has uncovered an election scam and is charging the measure’s opponents with laundering money in violation of state campaign finance laws. In a complaint filed September 3 with California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, YES!

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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. This elephant's shocking death is another tragic example of how elephants suffer in inadequate and artificial zoo exhibits," said Catherine Doyle, elephant campaign director for the group.

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Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2012

Camille Marino of Wildwood, who founded the group Negotiation is Over, received the records last week. She said she plans to use them to continue a campaign against animal research at UF, which recently included the online posting of the layout of UF laboratories and university spokeswoman Janine Sikes's cellphone number.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 27, 2012

I’m excited to share the Pedigree Write a Post, Help a Dog campaign! Food will be donated to RescueBank , an organization that helps provide food for qualifying shelters and rescue groups. Now in it’s third year, the program has generated 650 blog posts and 6.5 TONS of food to help feed shelter dogs. It’s up to you!

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 7, 2012

Adopt-a-Pet.com launched the “Best Welcome Home Ever,” public service campaign intended to increase pet adoptions that will showcase all the silly, crazy and hilarious ways that pets greet their owners, and you can be a part of it! It can be a leap into your arms, a friendly lick or a little nuzzle on your cheek.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

"All eyes are going to be on Canada as it's preparing to host the 2010 Winter Olympics and we think that all that extra attention comes with an increased responsibility to set a positive example for the rest of the world," said Lindsay Rajt, PETA's manager of campaigns. Let's see how far they take it.

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Critter News

JULY 22, 2011

This could halt production of kosher and halal meat in the Netherlands – and lead to similar campaigns in other European countries. However, Jewish and Islamic groups which can prove animals do not suffer more during ritual killing than in an ordinary slaughterhouse will be able to apply for permits.

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Critter News

JANUARY 9, 2009

In a brisk, readable narrative, The Longest Struggle traces the campaigns of animal rights pioneers like Henry Spira, Alex Hershaft, and Ingrid Newkirk, as well as leaders who have come more recently on the scene like Heidi Prescott, Karen Davis, and Bruce Friedrich. Worth a look.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

Wind turbines have been proposed several times for areas close to the BSBO – one of the great bird flyways on the continent — and the Kaufmans ( and their colleagues ) have spent a great deal of time and energy campaigning against them.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 28, 2010

The group had targeted about 40 firms as part of an international conspiracy to force the closure of Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an animal research laboratory based near Cambridge. They are members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC). I support their cause, but am uncomfortable with their tactics. From Reuters.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2014

Activists and environmental groups went into overdrive, and in March 2014 the State of California approved a ban on the sale of the worst types of anti-coagulants. Among its manufacturers are Reckitt-Benckiser, which will no doubt begin a vigorous bromethalin campaign to make up for the 12 types of D-Con snatched from its homeowner market.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Through heart-wrenching rescues, informative awareness campaigns and much more, they are striving to make a difference in the world for those that don’t have a voice. The group offers information on everything from how to start an accredited, recognized sanctuary, to the best was to acquire necessary resources.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

They like to fly in pairs or groups and in the evening they come together in big groups to roost in a favorite ‘dormitory’ tree. Check out the World Wildlife Fund’s creative campaign to save the Cerrado. The Hyacinth Macaw is more than just another pretty face; these birds are social with strong family values.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 8, 2009

It's all part of a campaign to cut carbon emissions. Some suggestions are likely to be controversial with patients' groups, especially attempts to curb meat eating and car use. Meat-free menus are to be promoted in hospitals as part of a strategy to cut global warming emissions across the National Health Service.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

After a brutal colonization that included genocidal campaigns against the Herero (80% killed) and Nama (50% killed) tribes, the Germans lost control when South Africa invaded soon after the declaration of the First World War. This family group is performing their loud croaking territorial calls.

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Animal Person

APRIL 12, 2009

They can say that the puppy was needing to be re-homed, therefore it's like adopting from a rescue group. But I didn't campaign for a presidential greyhound for exactly the same reason Obama's decision was disappointing: it glorifies pure breed dogs.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

This mass avian exploitation, amazing and repugnant, ultimately met its end through separate campaigns in the United States and Great Britain, each led by women, mostly upper-middle class women. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Using play and positive reinforcements rather than relying on treats or punishment, he started training her to recognize items by name, and by group. Thanks to BlogPaws network for providing the book for this campaign. Noticing right away that Chaser was a bright dog, John set out to determine how best to tap into her intellect.

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Animal Person

MAY 23, 2009

The most telling part of Krupp's post, which addresses and questions the way women are used in PeTA campaigns has nothing to do with that controversial concept at all. With more than 2 million members across the globe, PETA is the largest animal advocacy group and comparable in size to the human rights organization, Amnesty International.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2023

Conservation projects, such as habitat restoration and awareness campaigns, aim to create a sustainable future for the avian inhabitants of the city. Local birdwatching groups play a crucial role in monitoring populations, documenting sightings, and advocating for conservation measures.

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Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

The advocacy component of old speciesism isn't the campaign to end that exploitation, however. Instead, it is the campaign to modify it. No living group of nonhuman animals--no existing species of invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or nonhuman mammal--is ancestral to humans.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2008

Already, some conservation campaigns have taken on martial aspects. Over the past couple of decades, at least two paramilitary groups in the Central African Republic have operated with government approval, as reported recently in an article on "armed environmentalism" in The Ecologist, a British magazine.

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Animal Person

MAY 26, 2009

Next month, Meredith will begin an aggressive marketing campaign for Mixing Bowl, start a companion print magazine—and start launching cookbook authors through the site. Fans of specific cookbooks can start groups, and of course, drive sales. Tell your favorite vegan cookbook authors!

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4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 25, 2014

A campaign was recently launched by the Nordic Society for Invention and Discovery to raise funds for the purpose of designing a specific device that the organization refers to as “No More Woof.”

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 21, 2016

Consequently, the Ross Sea has become a focus of numerous environmental groups who have campaigned for a world marine reserve. The Ross Sea is the most productive stretch of water in the Southern Ocean, teeming with large predatory fish, whales, seals, penguins and other animals that form the last intact marine ecosystem on Earth.

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Animal Person

APRIL 23, 2009

I broadened my groups to runners, writers, environmentalists and atheists thinking perhaps I should try to find more like-minded people in a more holistic kind of way. In other words, vegans who don't support PeTA and don't campaign for larger cages are alien to most of the non-vegan world and even much of the vegan world.

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Animal Person

MAY 30, 2009

According to Parker, here are the threats: the ALF, the ELF, SHAC, PeTA and the oddest member of the group, the HSUS. Finally, there is some truth in this, but for reasons Parker is not aware of: "Millions of dollars have been raised by these activists groups under false pretenses, with the very real result of causing harm to animals.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 10, 2010

FSD) for their second annual philanthropic campaign. The DDF will be raising $20,000 for the training and care of a service dog (including medical bills, training and food) which will be donated to one lucky war vet from the FSD group. The Dublin Dog Foundation (DDF) has partnered with Freedom Service Dogs, Inc.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 9, 2010

Disneynature’s next big-screen splash “OCEANS” has launched group ticket sales to boost its efforts to save coral reefs with proceeds generated from the film’s opening week. “ Groups of 20 or more can reserve tickets today by calling 1-888-DISNEY6.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

It's one that's brought on, no doubt, by the acts of vandalism and intimidation of radical animal-rights groups, but I think it also serves to insulate the research community from any responsibility it might otherwise have to increase transparency and public engagement with the work.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

I have guided bird groups for over twelve years now and have never had a security incident. based conservation group. Indiegogo- An on-line funding campaign has been set up using their services. Go to www.indiegogo.com Enter the website and click on “Browse Campaigns” in the upper right hand corner. DOT gov for details.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

There, a conservation campaign led by Naga conservation activist Bano Haralu, based on community education and the promise of economic retooling, has successfully halted the massive slaughter of the hundreds of thousands of Amur Falcons who gather at the Doyang Reservoir. Still–it’s a lot of material to take in.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. But animal rights groups (albeit not all of them) not only opposed the move, but sued to prevent the poisoning. In New Zealand at least public opinion is generally behind 1080.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

Anticorporate activists have campaigned against this and other ag biotech products for years in denial of the demonstrated environmental, economic and health benefits. June 29, 2007 The writer, a consultant, was vice president for agriculture of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, a trade group, from 1997 to 2005.

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Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

John Carmody | Campaigns Director | Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN) Tel: 087-2391646 | Intl' +353-87-2391646 | Email: arancampaigns@eircom.net Website: www.ARAN.ie "Fighting Animal Abuse Across Ireland" Please include all previous correspondence when replying! Please be sure to check out ARAN.ie I wonder how well that works.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# A group of men, appointed by the governor, to reward his political cronies. By Julie • March 14, 2011 • 18 comments Tweet Share ACTION ALERT!

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