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Internet Exploits Cameroon's Primates

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Illegal wildlife traffickers provide fake credentials to establish that primates are being legitimately offered for sale. Their ads claim that the primate comes with "veterinary health documents, a "permit" from CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and a year's health care guarantee.

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover Premiere Jan 7, 2012

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Armed with a hidden camera and a borrowed puppy, the team arrests an underground veterinarian suspected of illegal ear cropping and responds to an extreme case of animal hoarding, where 15 cats are found living in unbearable conditions. Philly Undercover: Fight Night. Saturday, January 7, at 10 p.m. Philly Undercover: The Raid.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

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So, Yellow Rail is included (2 dead birds and one live one are documented for the study area), but Ash-throated Flycatcher, a vagrant found in areas nearby as well as in Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Long Island, but not in the study area, is not. . It’s a very mixed chapter.

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Endemic Birds of Cuba: A Book Review

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In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. Each account gives population estimate, population trend, estimated area, endemism level, reasons why the species is threatened, and conservation measures adopted and proposed.

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It's Back! The Horror of Horse Slaughter in DeKalb

Animal Ethics

Since it is illegal to sell horse meat for human consumption in the U.S., An 8-minute film documenting the horror of perfectly healthy horses being slaughtered for no good reason can be viewed here. In DeKalb, Illinois, that monster is Cavel International, the only remaining plant in the U.S.

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Bird Litigation: Wind Turbine Near Ottawa NWR

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The American Bird Conservancy (ABC) and Black Swamp Bird Observatory (BSBO) recently filed a lawsuit against the federal government arguing that a planned wind turbine near the famed birding hotspot of Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge is illegal. miles from Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge” in an “area of documented bird concentration.”

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Birding Tongbiguan, Yunnan (part 2)

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Reportedly, any mention of the Red-vented Bulbul in Florida’s schools may soon be illegal as it is thought that the specific reference to the hind parts of the species may lead vulnerable children toward early sex. For morning and evening work we were compelled to use only the lawn and backyard premises of the household.

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