Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2010

Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006.

Animal Research 100

Animal Research Guinea Pigs Research Mice 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. Heading south on a good surfaced road, we made slow progress through the herds of cattle, donkeys and goats that thronged the highway, until we finally reached the land of the Konso.

Ethiopia 240

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 240

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. The primary reasons for the decline of macaws and parrots are many but habitat loss due to logging; clear cutting for crops and cattle ranching; and capture for the pet trade rank among the most threatening.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 255

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2014

As we came through the open fields towards the coast there were numerous Cattle Egrets among the cattle and Straw-necked Ibis. An Australian Raven was investigating the area between the forest and the coast and concentrating on something that was not apparent to us! Little Black Cormorants and Little Pied Cormorant.

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Cattle Boston Investigation Australia 160