4 The Love Of Animals
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
In Pukka’s Promise, Kerasote travels the dog world in Europe and throughout North America interviewing breeders, veterinarians, and leaders of the animal-welfare movement, and uses cutting-edge research to help dog owners rethink the everyday choices they make for their pets. We also get to hear stories about Pukka. “In
10,000 Birds
MAY 30, 2011
Italian Wall Lizard at the Queens Botanical Garden (click for a bigger version) The Italian Wall Lizard , also known as the Ruin Lizard was introduced to Nassau County, New York City’s eastern neighbor, in 1967, most likely from an accidental pet escape, and made its way west into Queens relatively rapidly.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2022
It seems that this is another species for which the standard phrase of scientists anywhere, “more research needed”, applies. One would think that for a species as common in Europe as the Grey-headed Woodpecker , the HBW would spend some effort to update the species entry. I am only joking! Birds should be free.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2014
Snowy Owls are used in falconry, more so in Europe but they are legal for a few states here in the US. Here are some myths: Falconry birds are essentially pets. They know how to trap raptors and if something is interesting nearby, they will try to band it for research. I learned that I knew nothing of falconry. Not always.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
Marc Hauser, a cognitive psychologist at Harvard University, recently opened his own such research lab and has 1,000 dogs lined up as subjects. and Europe. In some cases, their research suggests that our pets are manipulating us rather than welling up with human-like feeling. Other facilities are operating in the U.S.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
Ok, it is a scientific paper … It seems that legislation did not stop the trade in the Hwamei, but that its price has increased from about USD 50 to USD 200 in the export countries (as far as I know, it is still perfectly legal to sell it in Chinese pet markets). None other than W.S. of the German Anglers Association.
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
That was a wild cat, a wild Wildcat, the cat that lives in the wild because that is where it is from and where it belongs, at the southern end of its pan-African range that extended at one time well into Europe and Asia. Un-owned cats, as opposed to owned pets, cause the majority of this mortality. But they don’t live in North America.
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