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Bird Litigation: Spotted Owl v. Barred Owl

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The plan was the subject of public comments and hearings, consultation with a bio-ethics expert , and an environmental impact statement. (A The environmental groups appealed to the U.S. A sample of this process is here.) They argued that the scientific research exception only applied to research on the animal to be taken.

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Lucy the Elephant's Case to be Heard by Canadian Supreme Court?

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Animal rights groups are seeking leave to appeal to the high court in their ongoing fight to have Lucy the elephant moved to a warm-weather U.S. One of the appeal court justices wrote a dissenting opinion, saying the groups should have public standing in the case and it should go to trial. Excerpted from CTV News. wildlife sanctuary.

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Environmental Groups Call For End To USDA Wildlife Killing

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Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. of Wildlife Services , which is involved in mainly predator control programs (coyotes are a big target). Ranchers oppose the move. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog.

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How to Know the Birds: The Art and Adventure of Birding – A Book Review

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” The essays are arranged in thematic order grouped in six sections: “Spark Bird!” Many essays, especially in the later sections, end with a question, hopefully getting us to think more about questions of ethics, conservation, and the puzzles posed by nature. And, each essay tells a story.

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Melange Monday

Animal Person

If you cannot videotape, how about a photo of your group/class/pets club holding up a sign asking for Nosey to be rescued from her daily torment ? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. This is an opportunity to be creative with getting your message across. Please, read the full story on the Action Alert below.

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On Wipeout and Lion Burgers

Animal Person

And no amount of donations to groups that supposedly want to abolish animal cruelty is going to make up for the fact that until you stop having animals killed for you you are part of the problem. They're from a legal farm in Illinois, so the law isn't the reason. I was curious about why it's so terrible to eat lions.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

To the Editor: As Mark Bittman rightly notes, California’s new farm animal welfare law presages what is coming for all farm animal industries nationally (“ Hens, Unbound ,” column, Jan. 1, 2015 The writer is director of advocacy and policy for Farm Sanctuary, a national farm animal protection group.' FRIEDRICH Washington, Jan.