Critter News

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

An undercover PETA investigator shot hours of footage of alleged mistreatment of animals. Failed to ensure that experiments minimized discomfort, distress and pain to the animals. In one case, up to 17 kittens from three litters died or were euthanized -- with no experiment data generated -- after injections to induce hydrocephalus.

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Utah PETA Research Investigation 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2016

To wit: In an experiment informally called the “Cheetos Challenge,” a scientist investigated whether magpies or crows would be quicker to develop a taste for Cheetos—and which birds would ultimately steal them from the others. But there’s plenty of better—or at least more interesting—news for birders.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2020

Before we got to our destination, I pulled the car over to investigate an almost deafening twittering. These irruptive visitors to T&T always are a pleasure to experience. We decided to leave the couple to sort their differences out in privacy and head into some nearby cocoa estates to see what was on offer.

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Trinidad Battery Industry Bats 206

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2021

And no playback is required, as it readily investigates my whistled version of its call: I whistle short, flat bursts while mouthing “tyoo, tyoo, tyoo, tyoo…” (About the question of calling in territorial birds, I know this is considered a very bad habit in heavily birded areas of North America.

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Critter News

AUGUST 2, 2010

Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. According to a Wales on Sunday investigation, the number of animals used at Cardiff has risen by 13 percent since 2006.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 30, 2018

So, the next best thing, and arguably a slightly more palatable option for me, was to investigate beer and Peep pairings. Admittedly, it’s not a revelatory gastronomic experience, but the pairing does work: the robust, roasted flavors of the beer make up for the relatively bland sweetness of the Peeps.

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Fort Worth ALA Texas Investigation 114

Critter News

MARCH 14, 2010

World Week for Animals in Laboratories (April 17-24) exposes their plight and the broken federal research funding system that perpetuates outdated animal experiments at the expense of modern and more humane technologies. Animal research is not necessary to promote human health despite claims from vested interests.

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Critter News

JULY 10, 2010

the tape {from an undercover investigation by Mercy for Animals,) Conklin is shown kicking a cow that is lying down. The Union County sheriff's office said it had four veterinarians with experience in large-animal care review the tape. The criminal investigation isn't over, however.

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Farming AETA Columbus Animal Welfare 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Even to the author of the paper, who cautiously adds that “nest architecture is unlikely to be irrelevant to females, and its role deserves further investigation” (if swear words were allowed on 10,000 Birds, I would say that he is trying to cover his ass). My cats refuse to even try Fiery Minivets.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Thanks to PETA's undercover investigation of University of Utah labs for bringing this issue to media attention. University officials say they only collect animals from shelters willing to participate and pound animals are steered toward nonlethal experiments. From the AP.

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Utah Stray Shelters Research 100

Critter News

MARCH 18, 2010

This is the same place that was nailed by a Humane Society undercover investigation. The Humane Society wants 9 chimps that are not being "used" as part of experiments to be released to a sanctuary. These chimps are currently at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s New Iberia Research Center.

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Biomedical Research Research Center Humane The Humane Society 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 16, 2009

In fact, he's an excellent subject for a medical experiment. By the way, the cat Dusty is with a vet pending the results of the investigation. I'm sure there's a sob story being concocted.he's just a kid, he's crying for attention, blah, blah, blah. He knew what he was doing and he is a sick piece of work.

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Cats Animal Abuse Animal Cruelty Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2020

I savor the timeless experience of scanning these tropical waves for storm-petrels and lost jaegers. Like a spy or avian investigator, I can scope them right through the front door, watch them at will. Of course, unless you live on Venus, we all know that this year is far from normal and so is the birding news.

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Costa Rica Birds Thailand Family 202

10,000 Birds

JULY 16, 2013

In an elaborate experiment, adult Sheawaters were take away from their nests during nesting season and given a series of treatments, and released hundreds of kilometers away. Some birds were simply released, some had their “magnetic sense” (assuming they have one) scrambled, and some had their sense of smell scrambled.

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Investigation 2013 Research Humane 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2016

Many birds make an alarm call if they are uncomfortable about what is close by and only time and experience will enable you to understand the change in call. Common Tree Snake coming forward to investigate us. Even when travelling we have heard birds calling when we would not expect it and have discovered a threat nearby.

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Reptiles Investigation Cats Mammals 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2018

Fighting, bickering, and more fighting – I think it’s safe to say that most of us experience enough of arguing, fighting, and other awful toxic behaviors to not need any more of it in our lives. I’m sorry, but the ravenous mini, modern dinos are jerks. C’est moi, Green-crowned Brilliant , le jerk!

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Humane Neglecting Investigation Birds 158

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

A PEC biologist expresses extreme frustration as he investigates a site where a dead eagle has been found. The bee footage is actually of Rettig in Gamboa in 2009, but I am going to assume that he had a similar, unfilmed experience in the Philippines. PEF Executive Director Dennis Salvatore is devoted but weary.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Capuchin monkeys, macaques, Cotton Top Tamarins, Chimpanzees, and many other animals, including various birds, have been investigated and found to be unable to make inferences about HCAs. UCA distinction has shown this to be rare as well. You have probably heard about the famous New Caledonian Crows ( Corvus moneduloides ).

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Abandon Abandoning Abandonment Research 220

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

It’s the warbler that is often the last unchecked species on birders’ life lists and, whether you list or not, for most of us observing it is a once in a lifetime experience. Let me know if you have seen the Kirtland’s Warbler, if you were part of the Magee Marsh experience or if you made the trip to Mio, and what that birding trip was like.

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Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 220

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2018

He brings to this book an academic background in biology and horticulture and, more importantly, decades of experience developing strategies for the best backyard bird feeding practices. Jim Carpenter is the founder of Wild Birds Unlimited, the popular bird feeder and seed franchise.

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Animal Person

MARCH 24, 2010

Here's what I learned and will do: Though I recently ended a complete nightmare of an experience on a couple of boards of directors and have sworn off them, I might have to get involved, perhaps at the committee level. The board made the decisions based on what other communities have done (uneventfully and successfully, by their standards).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2011

We started out as a team with enthusiasm and knowledge, but little experience in book-making. This being said, we are currently investigating options to team up with a group of American naturalists to produce a series of guidebooks on North American areas. As for the books, that is a different matter.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Horowitz and other scientists are now running experiments to determine what a behavior, like a kiss, really means. Horowitz wondered if they behave this way because they truly recognize they’ve done something wrong, so she devised an experiment. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

As our Gypsy comes to a halt, one Oriental Honey Buzzard is investigating the new arrivals. She has grown up in the reserve and has no experience of the environment of which tourists would not be a permanent, however boring part of. Finally, the shores of the Telia lie in front of us. Telia, copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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Animal Person

JUNE 27, 2009

They grill the chickens, and trust me when I say it's all presented as a peak spiritual experience. it's that you don't know what's in your food or where it came from until you read the label, and then investigate beyond the label. If there's a lesson in Food Inc.,

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Fast Food Chickens Farming Medical 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Recent publicity about these remarkable tribes has resulted in tourists wanting to experience this wild land and its attractions for themselves. Mago National Park certainly deserved more exploration and I wished we had time to investigate the well appointed campsites along the Mago River.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 234

Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.

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Vegan Morals Animal Rights Advocacy 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world. It is, as the Tambopata research website says: …a unique forest environment, with the highest concentrations of avian clay licks in the world. A range of animals come to satisfy their need for salt or the soothing effects of the clay along the river banks of the region.

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Peru Parrots 2011 Research Center 254

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Experiments in the field (the famed Asa Wright Nature Center veranda) involving Bananaquits and bananas came up with numbers ranging from 7 to 16, but a tanager always came along to interfere with Bananaquits’ noisy appreciation of their namesake fruit. (2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)

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Trinidad Birds South America Research 188

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2022

The confluence of these two elements gives rise to a unique experience with a distinctive aesthetic. After the Crimson-crested Woodpecker investigated that branch, it left its smaller congener and flew across to another dead stump, this time with that lovely ocean backdrop. Check it out for yourself here. Crimson-crested Woodpecker.

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Trinidad Woodpeckers Bats Venezuela 261

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

And once in a while, there is a check-in on what was happening in the United States–the killing of a bird protection warden in the Everglades, investigations into millinery sweatshops, the earlier passage of bird protection legislation.

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Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 117

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

I imagine the female bosses the male around, but maybe I am anthropomorphizing there based on my experience in recently working on an apartment with my wife. In Black-throated T**s , nest building is done by both sexes, though the female takes the dominant role (HBW).

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China Birds Breeders Zoos 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 9, 2011

It’s clear we still have much to learn about these birds, and the AOU committee calls for “modern investigation of the nature of the contact zone between the two taxa.&# And while we’re at it, what’s your experience with Mexican Ducks and Mallards in Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas? What do you think?

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Ducks North America Texas Mexico 169

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

The small crocodile positions itself near the larger crocodile eating the Magpie Goose and a Black-necked Stork comes over to investigate what is going on. It was an interesting experience for all involved (except the Little Black Cormorant and Magpie Goose ) and not something I have captured on camera before!

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Pelicans Investigation Raised Fish 155

10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2012

I was happy to be out looking for birds, investigating all of the unfamiliar sounds and not feeling stupid by being around European birders who knew all of the birds that I was at least temporarily confused by. The next morning I was up and out before five in the morning hiking my way uphill with the hope of coming across a Black Woodpecker.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2016

They are affectionately known as “Grey Nomads” as they wander the highways and occasionally leave the bitumen in search of warm weather and new experiences. The next surprise was an Australian Pipit that walked in and investigated. It watched the other birds for some time and then jumped in! Australian Pipit bathing!

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Zebras Investigation Turtles Groups 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2011

These bird songs have two aspects, and I oversimplify but not excessively so: A genetically inherited template, usually specific to the song-producing sex, and a learned song that consists of the template shaped by experience as a developing bird hears the adult version of its own song. The top two are individuals with normal song.

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Zebras Birds Humane Raised 248