10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2023
A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain. As Moss shows, this “Great Sparrow Campaign” was based on nothing more than the “scientific illiteracy and unbridled power” of one man, Mao Zedong. Various experts are enlisted in support of this idea. What claptrap.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2020
At the risk of yet again reinforcing our predictable North American slant at Booze and Birds, it has to be noted that this year’s United States presidential campaign season has certainly been an occasion for drinking, especially as we enter the final two weeks before the election.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 30, 2015
In March, rehabbers in the United States will gather at the annual National Wildlife Rehabilitators Association conference to make contacts, swap information, and learn new techniques. The indiegogo campaign needs donations. . They are self-taught and pay for almost all of it out of their own pockets. What’s left? Will you help?
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
This past weekend in the United States was important for a number of reasons. Finally, many of us not struggling to pull it all together after the storm or campaigning in crucial swing states were granted one extra hour this weekend to do something fun. This was also the last weekend of President Obama’s first term.
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. Unfortunately, due to development and other pressure on their populations, their numbers in Aruba have been falling.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2013
As shorebirds look for suitable sites to spend up to 9 months in their wintering grounds, biologists with the Pan-American Shorebird Banding Program also start preparing for a new banding campaign. Notice the green flag indicating this birds was banded in the United States. Eveling holding a Federally listed Red Knot.
Critter News
JUNE 14, 2010
Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing, of poisoning the animals to death. If animal testing cannot be conducted in the United States or Europe, I see no reason why they should be allowed here," Abdul Aziz was quoted as saying.
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