AVMA News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration plans to end routine updates on the investigation of case reports of nonhereditary canine dilated cardiomyopathy and of certain dog foods and ingredients.

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Investigation Science Dogs 370

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2021

And no playback is required, as it readily investigates my whistled version of its call: I whistle short, flat bursts while mouthing “tyoo, tyoo, tyoo, tyoo…” (About the question of calling in territorial birds, I know this is considered a very bad habit in heavily birded areas of North America.

Mexico 182

Mexico Indonesia North America Arizona 182

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

Though it was well-known to the Native American populations that shared its space, the black-footed ferret was overlooked by Lewis and Clark and all subsequent Euro-American expeditions, remaining officially unknown to science until John James Audubon, his sons, and the Rev. Second chances like this are the stuff of legend.

Ferrets 184

Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 184

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Here he kept up his birding and one of his local patches was an urban field hockey ground where he used to walk his dogs on a regular basis. In 1996, several pipit specimens were collected for DNA analysis and it turned out that there was not one, but two new species to science in this sample!

South Africa 221

South Africa Lesotho Africa Swaziland 221