AVMA News

APRIL 4, 2023

Speakers at the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium, held January 26-29 in Chicago, shared their personal experiences with depopulation of cattle and sheep for disease control and euthanasia of pigs after a fire.

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Euthanasia Psychology Sheep Chicago 275

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2020

Especially as we were at the time about to experience a rapidly advancing tropical storm. Both are direct results of the pet trade. The two Old World species mentioned here were imported and sold as pets – but were often released as neither species were competent singers. Farmers keep their livestock in this wetland also.

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Livestock Ducks ALA illegal 205

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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10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

One of Africa’s truly exhilarating experiences is watching and listening to a honking flock of these massive birds as they appear out of the early morning mists over a wetland, to land nearby and start their wing-flapping and jumping displays. A pair of Hooded Vultures in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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