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A Most Remarkable Book

10,000 Birds

Johnny rooks love novelty, crave company, hate boredom, and do risky things all the time, investigating anything that catches their curious eyes. Knopf, New York, $30 (U.S.); $40 (Canada). As Meiburg puts it, Peregrines love solitude, crave routine, and avoid mistakes. Like us, they seem to have an uncontrollable urge for discovery.

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Calgary Zoo Set for External Review

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The latter comment is in reference to Zoocheck Canada , a zoo watchdog demanding the independent investigation. Since I agree that the excessive number of deaths at this zoo should be investigated, I guess I must be an extremist too. Tags: zoos canada. “They’re basically a bunch of ambulance chasers.”

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Canadian Council Says Mouse Pain Study Was Ethical

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No one likes putting animals in pain," said Mogil, who holds a Canada research chair in the genetics of pain. But he said in the case, the pain was necessary and scientifically justified.However, Leslie Norins, the publisher of the newsletter that led to the council's investigation, questioned Mogil's research methods.

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Podcast Uploaded for Week Ending 02/06/10

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In this week's podcast ending February 6, 2010: **Willet Dairy the subject of a Mercy for Animals undercover investigation suspends a worker shown abusing cows; **The Humane Society applauds the Allergan Corporation for progress on the replacement of animal subjects in Botox testing; **PETA files a lawsuit to free Lucy the elephant from the Edmonton (..)

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Canadian Sentenced for Ivory Smuggling

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The sentence follows a long running international investigation by special agents of the U.S, Fish and Wildlife Service, wildlife officials from Environment Canada and the U.S. Tags: ivory canada us fish and wildlife africa smuggling us. Attorney's Office in Cleveland, Ohio. Siyam plead guilty in a U.S.

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Golden Swamp Warbler

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Sure, you can find it across much of the eastern United States, even as far north as southern Canada but I ask you, are you really seeing a Prothonotary Warbler if you’re not watching it pick through a flooded forest in the south?

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December 26 Podcast Uploaded

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This week's stories: PETA demands that the National Institutes of Health take back grant money awarded to the University of Kansas; The Canadian Association of Zoos and Aquariums prepares to investigate the Calgary Zoo next year; Convicted dog fighter Michael Vick receives an award in courage from the Philadelphia Eagles; Canada tries to find a public (..)