Critter News

JULY 7, 2009

And even with all the public education and media attention, there is just no abatement in demand. Trafficking in ivory and game meat has become one of the most lucrative illegal trades in Africa due to rising demand in Asia, experts said on Friday. Ivory means NOTHING. It's just a material. There is no magic, no power, NOTHING to it.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Historically, National Wildlife Refuges viewed the “Duck Factory” (game bird conservation) as a high priority, while relegating non-game issues to a lower rung. Additional benefits: A Wildlife Conservation Stamp could fund species and habitat projects that are sometimes short-changed in favor of game animal priorities.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The AALAS Foundation has teamed up with the Whyville Web site to launch the Community Animal Research Environment (CARE), a series of educational games in a virtual laboratory. There was a link from Drovers, America's Beef Business Source. Here's how they describe it.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2023

It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. Flight Paths is a splendid but risky title for a book about bird migration.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

In California, the Cliff Swallows usually arrive in February so the agency in charge of enforcing these laws, the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), considers February 15th to September 1st the swallow nesting season. Completed nests during this breeding season cannot be touched without a permit from the U.S. Authors: T.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

Dirt hawking is a form of falconry that involves hunting rabbits and other small game with Harris Hawks (other hawk species also qualify). Many falconers use their birds to educate children as to the importance of raptors. This contribution to the education of our children is invaluable.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

Then I started volunteering at The Raptor Center to give educational programs with live birds of prey and my trainer was a master falconer. If you are a bad hunting partner and do not flush enough game, the raptor will fly off when released and not return. I learned that I knew nothing of falconry. Not always.

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Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 237

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

Peterson is widely praised and criticized for his “schematic” reductions of birds, and it’s important to understand that his goal was to educate. There is a remarkable history behind the Peterson brand, and the elements that made it a major educational force in the early days of birding still apply. I like the arrows!

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

Broadly speaking, I work in the field of education and communication between nature conservation and other stakeholders. . - do you have another job besides the Crossbill Guides? I do a range of projects, both under the flag of Crossbill Guides and otherwise.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. We arose each morning at 4:30am to find out that we were late to the game. That is not the case on a birding cruise.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2022

They do share important features: authorship by local birders with unique, specific expertise; publication or sponsorship by nonprofit birding organizations; love of local habitats and concern for their conservation; education of new and experienced birders. American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Maine.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 16, 2009

Nestlé Purina PetCare promotes responsible pet care, humane education, community involvement and the positive bond between people and their pets. The North American headquarters for Nestlé Purina PetCare is located at Checkerboard Square in St. where Ralston Purina was founded more than a century ago. the world’s largest food company.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2013

Which brings us back to the first seven chapter of the atlas, the ones that I skipped over to talk about the birds, but which are integral parts of the atlas as a scientific and educational volume. Brauning, Chief Nongame Ornithologist for the Pennsylvania Game Commission, and Robert S. Aims and Purposes, by Robert S.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Meredith didn’t manage a picture but she saw an owl to remember: I think it was early autumn when my husband and I went hiking at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Philadelphia. My first view of these huge game birds when walking a rainforest trail at Finca Luna Nueva Lodge in the rain was stunning.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

But for the first time, I was indifferent to my education, and life’s too short for apathy. Somehow men have convinced themselves that that is a worthy activity, and they even have the gall to call it sport, as if it’s a fair game played on equal footing. On a brisk November morning, I decided to leave law school. That’s not sport.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Manakin also has an agreement with WWF regarding conservation, environmental education and research programs. I couldn’t help thinking: this is the way to grow up, not playing games in front of the computer screen. – end of part 1 –. Cover photo : “Unnamed Antshrike”, a female by Dustin Chen.

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Colombia Birds Fish Venezuela 276

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2020

It’s part of a series of guides published by the educators at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and was written by its cadre of nature educators, chiefly Marilyn Smith, Ashley Gamell, and Sara Epstein, with children’s book artist Laszlo Veres doing the illustrations. Higgins, museum educator, and Gregory B. Paperback, $15.95.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The eating of non-grain-eating animals, e.g., fish and wild game, is morally permissible on this view. Indeed, Lappé, in the next section of her book, recommends a list of organizations that one can join in order to change government policy toward hungry people of the world and to educate Americans about the food problem.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

I recall the words “game-changer” and “unprecedented” bandied about as enthusiasts across North America pondered where to place their Sibley Guides to make room for the new ruling reference guide. The game didn’t change. But has time vindicated Crossley’s bold vision?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2013

As well as the detailed descriptions of each outdoor activity there are also projects, destinations, featured food recipes and suggestions for great outdoor games. In fall, there are detailed instructions on how to play the game “capture the flag” or you can learn how to explore your own backyard in winter.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2017

So, let’s call this an educational moment. And, got fed a little when the game petered out. Also, they need to learn to swallow the fish head-first; swallowing it tail-first can be injurious to the chick because of the way the fish is structured anatomically.* Meanwhile, what about the siblings? They too played tug-of-war.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 16, 2015

He then led a lively game of name-that-bird charades by flailing his arms in simulations of various wingbeats, timing his flights so as not to fall overboard during oceanic swells. An hour later the teenagers piled into a dingy and headed for the island, which is off-limits to everyone but Audubon personnel and certain groups of campers.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Hunting sandhill cranes in the Eastern flyway will put those 100 whooping cranes at even greater risk of being brought down by gunfire, hunter education courses and handy color brochures notwithstanding. That’s what you do with other game, right? We must not forget ignorance, bad lighting, adrenaline, and accidents.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 3, 2009

Let the games begin. Let's deconstruct: Paragraph #1: Americans don't know where their food comes from and what it takes to produce it. Paragraph #4 starts with: "Undeniably, neither I nor anyone I know advocates or even tolerates the inhumane treatment of farm animals."

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2014

” Well, one next-thing is The Warbler Guide App, a mobile computer application that has taken the rich content of a groundbreaking print identification guide and re-conceptualized it into a new product that is convenient and educational and more fun to use than any bestselling computer game.

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