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Critically Endangered Birds in Costa Rica- How to See Them, How to Help Them

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Which animals could be on a slippery slope to becoming endangered? Knowing this information is vital for coming up with timely solutions, perhaps most of all for animals and plants truly on the brink of being lost forever. They can also show in other places including parts of the Central Valley (try the Cariari golf course!).

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Humane Society University to Offer Courses in Fall 2009

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nonprofit organizations that seek to protect, provide services to or advocate for animals, and to advance scholarship in the field. Undergraduate degrees and graduate certificates in animal studies, animal policy and advocacy, and humane leadership will begin in fall of 2009.

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Heart U Back

4 The Love Of Animals

We recently got a chance to check out a lovely line of jewelry that celebrates animals, and supports the ASPCA! It’s called Heart U Back , and they offer a lot of fashion forward choices for animal lovers. Heart U Back originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on March 24, 2010.

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Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry

Animal Person

Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends! David Cantor Executive Director Responsible Policies for Animals, Inc. Responsible Policies for Animals’ (RPA’s) mailing to the 50 states’ top executives reflects RPA’s innovative approach. Below is a press release about the mailing. Another went out last Friday.

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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?

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By-catch is the catchy word for animals that are killed from fishing that are not the fish being fished. About 15 million birds are killed annually by hunters, and of course this is distributed among a very small number of species. These are the dolphins in your tuna fish, for example.

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On Small Victories

Animal Person

Both, of course, were seen as victories, but the article's author, Richard Foot, asks: Do such successes mean the animal rights movement is winning its long, controversial campaigns to gain the same legal protections for animals as those ascribed to humans? restaurants by animal rights activists."

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Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

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But the disregard for animals that leads to teams using a live owl as a mascot…and having so little control over it that it got onto the field during play? The owl was lying there injured, of course it’s not going to fly, especially judging by how hard you kicked it. 3 Responses to “Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?&#

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