10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2016

A lone Great Blue Heron stalked prey in the shallows, eventually taking flight when a family (and their dog) made it to the sand. Given the unique birding opportunities and my well-documented love for boardwalks, I’m positive I’ll return. Enjoying the network of boardwalks.

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United States Florida Pelicans Birds 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2021

Smaller frogs and toads, mice, bugs, worms, dog food, and carrion, you name it. If Wood Thrush hasn’t been documented as Cane Toad prey, it can now be added to the list. I suppose it’s no big surprise, Marine Toads can get as big as a small quail and they will basically eat whatever they can fit in their mouth.

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Costa Rica Investigation Shelters Illinois 250

Critter News

JANUARY 15, 2010

They're trying to get documentation regarding the 100 dogs and cats sold to the University of Utah for medical experiments.

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Utah PETA Animal Research Medical 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

We are looking for dogs and cats in the New York Tri-State region who are expecting litters sometime from mid-September through mid-October, to take part in this special. Breed of Dog/Cat. Told from the newborns’ perspective, it’s the closest and cutest look into the early lives of everyone’s favorite furry friends! Your Phone Number.

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Kittens Puppies Litter Cats 100

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2010

Claudia Hollm saw a TV show about a family who had to relinquish their dog because of economic hardship. The family simply did not have enough money to feed their beloved dog and with breaking hearts they relinquished him to a shelter where he died shortly thereafter of a broken heart after being so loved by this family for many years.

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Pets Shelters Rabbits Germany 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2016

Muttontown, an evocatively-named village in the evocatively-named town of Oyster Bay, is part of Long Island’s fabled “Gold Coast” — the area known for its excess of Vanderbilts, Guggenheims, and Pratts and for being documented by the glittering typewriter of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Albania Birds Kentucky Baltimore 100

Critter News

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

HSUS’ latest public relations gimmick is part of a larger attempt by the very animal control officers responsible for this neglect and abuse to reform their image from one of “dog catcher” to “humane law enforcement.” Nathan Winograd is an advocate for no-kill shelters (and is the author of several books on the subject).

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Shelters HSUS No Kill Shelter Neglecting 100

Animal Ethics

APRIL 19, 2016

Elephants, great apes, orcas, dogs, cats, and many other animals can experience depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, and compulsive disorders. "There is no longer dispute among serious scientists that humans aren’t the only animals who have the capacity to suffer physically and mentally.

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For Animals Apes Psychology Suffering 40

Critter News

MARCH 14, 2010

Each year, millions of cats, dogs, non-human primates and other animals suffer and die in research laboratories. Recent published studies document that an old boys network in the federal grant award process keeps “aging cash cows” afloat while leaving younger, innovative investigators struggling.

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Animal Research Research Obama Monkeys 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Documented USDA violations at some of Petland's breeders and suppliers included dirty, unkempt enclosures; inadequate shelter from the cold; dogs kept in too small cages; and inadequate veterinary care. Some of the breeders were found with sick or dead dogs in their cages.

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Puppy Mills Humane Broker Puppies 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 25, 2010

Talking Hot Dog Ranch, Livingston, Montana: Casey Anderson tosses Brutus the grizzly bears a fish at homemade “falls.&# (Photo Credit: © Grizzly Creek Films). It’s called WILD and launches on Monday, March 29th, with some seriously cool new shows! I will be sharing sneak peeks all weekend. First up, a show called EXPEDITION WILD.

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Grizzly Bear Montana Bears Wolves 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Check out this video from the premier episode: RESCUE INK UNLEASHED is a new weekly series that documents this unlikely group of animal activists on their crusade to save helpless, abandoned and abused animals. If not, be sure to set your DVR for Friday and watch, it’s a great show about an unlikely group of animal heroes.

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Rescue New York Animal Abuse New York Times 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2019

We don’t really know – if we put aside already well documented habitat destruction. Nagzira Tiger Reserve: the Indian Wild Dog. This bird is known from only a dozen localities, with only a handful of individuals and a very fragmented habitat, hence the critically endangered status in the Red Book. What are the threats?

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India Owls Tigers Cows 167

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2012

Despite the dogs, leaf blowers, golf carts, and other disturbances, I still find this to be one of the most exciting and reliable places in suburban Miami-Dade to see a varied subset of birds (143 species recorded by myself in just over four years of birding here) with the occassional rarity thrown in.

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Miami Florida Birds Pelicans 161

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The domestic dog was once and still often is Canis familiaris as opposed to the wolf, Canis lupus , but the former which is really a subspecies of the latter is now Canis lupus familiaris. They may have also had hunting dogs with them as well. According to R.D.

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Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 197

10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

Or, that the grassland Burrowing Owls of Essay #90 (“Breeding Systems: Coloniality”), who require prairie dogs for successful nesting, are different from the Burrowing Owls of Florida, who are able to create burrow nests and breed without the ‘dogs.’

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Birds North America Breeding America 114

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

Recently it has also been documented as breeding in Wisconsin, Ontario, and the Upper Michigan Peninsula, but those birds are few and not always accessible. So if you want to see a Kirtland’s Warbler, you go to Michigan in May or June. There are also the larger issues of negotiating with the Bermuda government and its landowners for access.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 220

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

This is especially true when he delves into behavior of domestic dogs – creatures for whom adapting to human moral expectations (at least inasmuch as “don’t eat the neighbor’s chicken’s&# is a moral expectation) has been an important selective pressure.

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Morals Animal Humane Research 107

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 1, 2009

We send Animal Therapy teams to hospitals, nursing homes, Hospices and even private homes for Animal assisted Therapy (where we have animals go to individuals or groups) or Animal Assisted Activities (Where we have an animal involved with the actual therapy of an individual that is observed and documented by a Health/Human service professional.)

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Hawaii Pets Horses Groups 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

All the while, he is observing, documenting, practically living with the cahows when they return to Bermuda. Wingate cannot battle DDT when it starts affecting the cahow eggs, but he can provide scientific evidence that is included in the landmark suit that results in its banning.

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 164

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The bird today is documented physically by only a single specimen (a second was lost), but where the specimens were collected — and therefore where this species actually lived before its extinction — is unknown. Solomon Islanders say that the species was driven to extinction by cats and dogs introduced by Europeans.

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Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 271

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There is also a third element, only hinted at in the opening–the environmental and scientific necessity of gathering this data to document the importance of keeping the Pacific Northwest waters healthy and uncontaminated by human elements. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 4, 2009

Not only are they killed in cruel ways, but it is well documented that they are raised in ways that cause them great discomfort and agony. Meat-packing companies might encourage, for example, an increased dog population to take up the slack. In fact, animals used for food do suffer a great deal.

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Vegetarian Morals Protest Protesting 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

According to this Associated Press story, if you are wearing a Sean John jacket with fur trim purchased from Macy's, that trim might have come from a dog indigenous to Asia known as a "raccoon dog." Just how do Chinese workers kill raccoon dogs?" Sometimes, the dog is picked up a second time and slammed to the ground again.

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Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2019

Birders cherish and hoard books above all other trappings of the pastime, and rather than relegating these tomes to the home library or study, they’re routinely carried out-of-doors as constant and dog-eared companions in field and forest.

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2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Okay, I accept this is somewhat unconventional, but I can’t get away from the fact that the Painted Wolf , or African Wild Dog , comes up every time I try and think about this. My Best Bird of the Year is… Not a bird. I’ve seen a lot of great birds this year , more than I have seen in any year before.

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2015 Costa Rica Birds Sparrows 180