Critter News

JUNE 17, 2009

".prejudices die hard, all the more so when they are insulated by widespread secular customs and religious beliefs, sustained by large and powerful economic interests, and protected by the common law. To overcome the collective entropy of those forces against change will not be easy.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

In Cranes , the reader meets, for the first time, Roy Ducannon, a Canadian RCMP sergeant who has a cool but respectful relationship with his brother-in-law, Jejeune. Each title in the series is the collective noun for a bird species, which becomes a central theme of the story.

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Humane 2018 Laws Science 126

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Considering the four main federal agencies, the combined state-owned lands, and the collective non profits falling in the category of land trusts, there are 1.038 billion acres of wildlife habitat under conservation management, of which about 4.9% were funded by hunters and 95.1% funded by the non-hunting public.”

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Both the US Environmental Protection Agency and California state law define fish remains as sewage, and it must be disposed of properly. Remembering a fourth-grade class where he learned that Massachusetts Native Americans planted fish heads along with their corn, he collected fish waste and composted it.

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Pelicans Fish California Massachusetts 197

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Understanding that threats to animals can range from illegal trafficking to utter exploitation, these leaders strive to promote the safety and protection sanctuaries offer our fury, feathered, four-legged friends. Giving up corporate life for this, it’s refreshing to see a person pursuing her passion and following her heart.

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Humane Society Of The United States Illegal Trafficking Animal Animal Sanctuary 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2016

NEPA is a federal law that requires agencies to follow certain procedures before commencing a project. The judge determined that BLM collected sufficient data and made reasonable decisions based on that data, finding the BLM’s actions were not arbitrary and capricious. The conservation groups appealed to the Ninth Circuit.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Do whales deserve constitutional protection against slavery? SeaWorld’s attempts to deny [orcas] the protection solely based on their species is the same kind of prejudice used to justify any enslavement. Well, it's still historic and precedent-setting. Here's hoping we see more of these legal challenges.

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PETA San Diego Whales Whaling 100

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 9, 2009

6): I do not agree that “anyone with an appreciation for the First Amendment” must conclude that “crush videos” or videos of vicious dogfights are protected speech and that the federal law in question should therefore be struck down. Only a very narrow range of activities come under the sweep of this law, and all of them are illegal.

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New York Times New York Animal Cruelty Cruelty 40

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The gull was showing no intention of moving, so I went home to collect a camera. And I learned the lesson: in accordance with the laws of optic, fixed focal length is always superior. It works well with the naked scope, but over time, I dressed mine into a protective sleeve, which somewhat restricts the finger movements (but not much).

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

But prejudices die hard, all the more so when, as in the present case, they are insulated by widespread secular customs and religious beliefs, sustained by large and powerful economic interests, and protected by the common law. To overcome the collective entropy of these forces-against-change will not be easy.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Los Angeles 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

There is also a bit of science thrown in–bird banding, remote sensing, museum collecting–not everything, but enough to give the beginner a taste of the ornithological side of the birding passion. So many birding books talk only about birds, it’s fun to read about us for a change. (I

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Birds North America Breeding America 114

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2016

They can be found all over the book–some interspersed with resident and migratory species, some collected together in the back of the chapter, some in the last chapter on North American vagrant landbirds. The book’s organization of rare and vagrant birds is inconsistent and confusing.

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Ireland Birds Groups Falcons 140

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

McCown , who first collected it in 1851, but is more known for being a Confederate general in the Civil War. In law, there is often a similar approach, memorably articulated by Justice Louis Brandeis , who said “in most matters it is more important that the applicable rule of law be settled than that it be settled right.”.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby. But, lacking the law enforcement in the field, nothing has really changed. (The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List). Common Pochard Aythya ferina.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

There had been a collective sign of relief at Barack Obama’s election in the U.S., broke the news that Chiquita was represented by a powerful Washington law firm, Covington & Burling LLP, and its consultant, McLarty Associates (2). 1) DemocracyNow! 3) George W. 3) George W.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Its goal was to limit the greedy collecting of birds killed for the plume trade, the bird meat trade (as in the wholesale slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon), and for sport (again, the Passenger Pigeon and declining numbers of waterfowl). Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds. Treaties trump state laws.

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