Critter News

MARCH 10, 2009

I'm starting to wonder about Connecticut. Pierce Onthank, the president of an oil and gas company, was charged in January with illegal possession of a primate for keeping a siamang, a type of gibbon that is native to rain forests in Malaysia and Indonesia and can weigh up to 30 pounds and stand 3 feet high.

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Connecticut illegal Primates Animal Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2014

I dreamed of birding the Sundarbans delta – roughly the size of Connecticut or Cyprus – ever since my very dear friends Tim and Hanna Balke told me a story of their visit to these swamps where the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Mehgna rivers converge in the Bengal basin. Endangered Masked Finfoot photographed in Malaysia (Wikimedia Commons).

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Bangladesh Dolphins Cambodia Cooking 182

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2018

Honduras , Malaysia and the southern-most bits of South Africa feature large this month with Mike, Duncan and Tom all vying to be MVB for June. Connecticut Warbler – Oporornis agilis. It’s all been happening this month. Of course we all know it will be Pat… again… , but let them have their fun. 01 Jan 2018.

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2018 Australia Woodpeckers Los Angeles 100