Critter News
MAY 15, 2009
If the directive is approved, the number of animals used for experiments will be limited, and the animals’ welfare will be improved in accordance with ethical principles of the EU concerning animals. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research. I really hope this passes.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2022
Going back to that assumption that birds don’t have a sense of smell, it can be traced to John James Audubon (of course), who performed several experiments with Turkey Vultures and concluded that the vultures used sight, not scent, to find food. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022, 296 pages. ISBN-10 ? : ? 978-1421443478.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2012
Speaking of Birdchasers, Rob Fergus may not be a medical doctor, but his prescribed 20 Bird Minimum Daily Requirement seems to be a sure cure for what ails most of us. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Be honest: how often are you reaching that mark?
Critter News
JULY 20, 2009
It's a site that, according to its own description, is half reader blogs and half press releases from research institutions. Once we are no longer so advanced, should we then be valued less and then subjected to experiments for this new and "unique" species of the future? I'm not going into why I do not support animal research.
10,000 Birds
JULY 3, 2012
Once used as fertilizer, the crabs are now harvested as bait for common whelk and bled for an extract used in medical research. If you have had the joy of birding the Delaware Bay (remember, this includes Cape May in New Jersey and Prime Hook in Delaware), what has been your most memorable experience?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2020
Suzie wrote about her experiences as a bird rehabber in Flyaway: How A Wild Bird Rehabber Sought Adventure and Found Her Wings (2009) and used those experiences as the source for her fictional children’s book, Hawk Hill (1996). How much did you draw on your own experiences as a wildlife rehabber to tell Luna’s story? .
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