10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

The plan was the subject of public comments and hearings, consultation with a bio-ethics expert , and an environmental impact statement. (A Of course, the courts determined the legality of the program, but did not assess the ethical issues involved in “taking” Barred Owls to protect Spotted Owls. LEXIS 93734 (D.

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JULY 28, 2016

This evolved from our artist’s creative input, signifying not just protection of wildlife as a whole, but our focus on valuing and protection of all life as it exists in our Refuge system. You’ll note the separate words “wild” and “life.”

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.”

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

They look crap but presumably offer some protection for the chicks, though not from each other (see the murderous activities within the nests in my previous post ). A kingfisher with a somewhat deficient work ethic, I guess. Blue-throated Bee-eaters build nests on sticks sticking out of the water. Or speluncaphobia?

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Critter News

DECEMBER 2, 2011

The Animal Legal Defense Fund, People for the Ethical Treatment of Individuals and three individuals challenge the NMFS decision "to exclude from the listing of the Southern Resident killer whale population all captive members of that population and their progeny."

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Do whales deserve constitutional protection against slavery? On February 8, a federal judge said ‘no,’ stopping a historic case filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals against SeaWorld for violating the 13th Amendment on slavery. Here's hoping we see more of these legal challenges. Five orcas were listed as the plaintiffs.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 3, 2011

In their Supreme Court application, the groups say private citizens have a right to seek legal remedies to ensure that governments enforce animal protection laws. Every day that Lucy spends at the Valley Zoo, her condition continues to deteriorate," Jeffrey Kerr, a lawyer for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, said Wednesday.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2017

How can the people of a country take an earnest appreciation and any magnitude of assimilating any kind of conservation ethic if they don’t even have access to literature pertaining to their own country? .” There’s no return for the almighty dollar. But we return to the same point.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 24, 2010

The Standard-Examiner of Ogden said Wednesday that the county will pay $17,732 to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The settlement provides limited protections for the county from further litigation. PETA will have access to the requested records.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 11, 2016

An explanation is given about how market hunters and the draining of wetlands left no place for migrating waterfowl to land or feed and “ the Great Plains soon became a mass graveyard for migratory birds, raising the question, how do we protect birds from man ?” ” Cartoon images by Ding Darling.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 2, 2010

Here are my initial thoughts, though: "Animal Protection." On the upside, you don't have to give any money to animal protection if your beliefs aren't represented by the choice of groups being supported. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Religion. Other people influence the choice of nonprofit, which is both good and bad.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2013

Since its inception that $800 million has helped to protect over 6 million acres of habitat for wildlife and future generations. Eighty years of Duck Stamp sales, $800 million and 6 million acres protected? This is wonderful news right? Obviously these numbers would be so much better with a larger pool of participants.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2014

I’m not gong to go into the ethics and reasons behind why a zoo might want to, well, manage its stock. One of the most alarming stories I read this week was about the call to rationalise the allocation of conservation dollars in Australia , shifting the focus from protecting endangered species to protecting habitats.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

A federal judge for the first time in US history has heard arguments in a case that could determine whether animals enjoy the same constitutional protection against slavery as human beings.

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Critter News

JULY 12, 2009

Less than one year ago, Puerto Rico enacted a landmark animal protection law, based in part on a set of model laws drafted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. states and jurisdictions with regards to the strength of their laws protecting animals. The sweeping set of reforms provided for in Act 154 (P S.

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Animal Person

MAY 14, 2009

In other words, it's so tragic that elephants are in mortal danger that you should kill cows to help protect the imperiled elephants? Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics. There are only 50 available. To whom does that make sense or sound like a good idea?

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Animal Person

JUNE 2, 2009

Her death on an operating table in the Bronx would help animal welfare advocates break a long-standing stalemate in Congress and push through the most significant animal-protection bill in American history. Was what followed animal protection or pet protection, as pets are the animals who really matter? Stay tuned.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

Ethical vegetarianism is the thesis that killing and eating animals is morally wrong whenever equally nutritious plant-based alternatives are available. The case for ethical vegetarianism starts with several uncontroversial premises. And there are ethical reasons for becoming vegetarian. Ethical synergy at work.

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

It has absolutely nothing to do with any genuine environmentalist ethic. And not all organizations that advocate for animals claim to have a "genuine environmentalist ethic," and the ones that do must subscribe to his ethic or they're not genuine? Like I said, the entire animal rights "ethic" is both cynical and dishonest.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2023

Conservation: The ABA emphasizes the importance of bird conservation and works to protect bird habitats and species. Code of Ethics: The ABA has established a Code of Birding Ethics to promote responsible birding practices.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

Here's an interesting combination of great sentiment and horrible sentiment that involves two responses from the above list: "Online critics said it was hypocritical to protect only dogs and cats, and that the government should focus on human welfare before protecting animals." Where do people get that idea? What do you think?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2016

The Common Pochard is not just a scarce breeding bird, but the second most numerous wintering duck in Serbia and it will be a hard battle to protect it against the strong hunting lobby. (The IUCN/BirdLife International Red List). Common Pochard Aythya ferina. We are just money grubbers.”.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

"We applaud the dedicated efforts of animal welfare advocates who stepped up to take in these animals, and hope that the exposure of this situation will underscore the need for stricter enforcement to protect animals in research facilities."

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2014

I will equally recommend a guide who finds the target bird and the one who does everything within birding ethics to find it and fails. I accept that there are no guarantees and respect anyone’s hard work – while it does not always lead to success, occasional failures do not make a bad guide. I remember one guide in the south of Africa.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This bee-eater is another bird species with a somewhat underwhelming work ethic. Thus the infanticide observed may be a protective measure to reduce intra-specific brood parasitism, particularly when the food supply is tight ( source ). So, what you see here is a female.

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 27, 2009

Interestingly, the book begins with "Pets," explaining that "All animals deserve the care and protection we give our pets," which is a promising notion for the start of this type of children's book. Tags: Activism Books Ethics Gray Matters Language. And I'd prefer a different message.

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Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

David Jentsch says to his colleagues "your silence will no longer protect you" and his community of vivisectionists has decided to have a pro-torture and slaughter (i.e., Here are some highlights: Mantle: "How do you respond to: Yeah, you may find something that benefits humans, but it's not worth it and it's not ethically right?"

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Animal Person

JUNE 16, 2010

We unwittingly partake of activities that hurt, physically and mentally, the very creatures we admire and seek to protect from harm (5).". Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language Amy Gutman animal rights J.M. For all our devotion, though, we sometimes seem not to recognize the needs and wants of animals. But there is also a lot of heart.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

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. The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It required a bit of an ethical adjustment. To understand, and thus to protect. Here I was, sitting patiently in a blind, watching a tethered European Starling on a string. Enough to draw the attention of a predator. To gain knowledge of migration routes, wintering sites, survival rates.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2014

It preserves habitat, protects wildlife. A new stamp that establishes an unambiguous revenue stream for our National Wildlife Refuges while resonating with the values and ethics of the non-hunting community. The National Wildlife Refuge system is one of America’s greatest treasures. A Wildlife Conservation Stamp !

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 2, 2015

Third, observing and photographing breeding birds and their young have become acts of ethical confusion as birders, photographers, and organizational representatives debate the impact of our human presence on the nesting process. Think of birds too much as humans and you lose the specialness that makes them birds. Yellow Warbler fledgling.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

Although this park was logged in the past, as a national park it is one of the few forests in Ghana that is really protected. . All these forests are in “protected” forest reserves, however at some, logging permits are reportedly being issued for harvesting of these forests. What makes Ghana so special?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

Besides that, I teach environmental ethics courses for biology students at the university and currently I am working also on an exciting project of producing a simulation game called ecosim (primarily an education tool for students) in which the player has to fulfil conservation tasks in an interactive ecosystem (e.g.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

Consumers should consider that cows like Edie or Sophia are often fiercely protective, grieving mothers whose anguished cries the farmer undoubtedly heard as he removed their young. NEWKIRK President, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Norfolk, Va.,

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Animal Person

DECEMBER 5, 2009

Perhaps just as ironic is the mission of the NASDA, which includes "protection of animal and plant health, stewardship of our environment, and promoting the vitality of our rural communities.". Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics Food and Drink Language.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

RPA’s 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign aims to end our land-grant universities’ support of the meat industry -- see www.RPAforAll.org and www.ExpertsOfConscience.org. RPA's This Land Is Their Land campaign aims to protect wildlife by ending armed assaults and destructive land-use practices.

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