10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The legislature named the goldfinch the state bird in 1935 , sharing the designation with Washington and Iowa. In fact, it is their reliance on seeds that actually protects them against Brown-headed Cowbirds , the famous parasitic nesters. Unlike many other songbirds, these goldfinches subsist entirely on a vegetarian, seed-based diet.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2021

And another one,” she added, “in a tampon box.” “A Big Brown Bat in a large glass terrarium,” said Marlene Ehresman in Iowa, “because the people wanted to make sure it wouldn’t escape.” “Apparently she found a fallen American Robin ‘s egg,” she wrote, “and kept it in there for two weeks!

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2017

Some of you have been counting on federal funding or habitat protection that now looks shaky; some of you have mates who never made it back from migration; some of you just can’t catch enough fish. Steal and eat their eggs? But I thought you guys would! Look, you guys, I know it’s been a rough start to the year for everyone.

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Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

consider pointing out to a few of the biggest and most influential (food-wise) LGUs -- Iowa State, Cornell, University of California-Davis -- the harm they're doing globally by continuing to promote meat despite the known dangers to animals, people, and the environment. Many say you can’t eat meat and be an environmentalist.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

They’re about protecting a system that produces cheap food. There are more humane alternatives available that would reduce that condition, and according to experts at Iowa State University, some forms of alternative sow housing could actually cost less in dollars and labor—savings that could potentially reach the customer.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. References: 1 Why the Passenger Pigeon Went Extinct , 2 Trump Wildlife Protection Board Stuffed with Trophy Hunters. A newly created U.S.

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