10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

He is currently a Fish and Wildlife Technician with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and a Graduate Research Assistant at the Research Foundation for SUNY. This quote perfectly sums up the state of the Snowy Owl/birding ethics discussion. This is what most of the controversy is about.

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Ethics Owls New York North America 137

Critter News

APRIL 7, 2009

Military researchers have dressed live pigs in body armor and strapped them into Humvee simulators that were then blown up with explosives to study the link between roadside bomb blasts and brain injury. The explosions have ranged in intensity, wounding some of the pigs and killing others. Roadside bombs are the top killer of U.S.

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Pigs Research Ethical Treatment Afghanistan 100

Critter News

APRIL 19, 2012

Live anesthetized goats have been used in Coast Guard training to treat combat wounds, but the agency could not verify if the video involved its personnel. Frederick was responding after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals called on the Pentagon to stop the practice.

Medical 100

Medical Ethical Treatment Animal Goats 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2013

It required a bit of an ethical adjustment. Sara, one of the researchers, explained that it was a newish bird. Any bird that was wounded — and a bander could often prevent that fate by firing the net quickly enough — was nursed back to health. Enough to draw the attention of a predator.

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Eagles Tethering Science Wounded 171