10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2024

In the late 80s I was invited by Zeiss to go to Wetzlar in Germany to see the company’s binoculars being manufactured, an invitation that was too good to refuse. These binoculars were made at Leica’s factory in Portugal. I visited the factory a few years ago, and the quality control there is now first class. (I

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Austria Factory Branding Germany 211

Critter News

DECEMBER 22, 2008

It really sucks to be a factory farm pig in Europe. In one of the biggest undercover inquiries into pig-farming, CIWF visited 60 farms across five big pork-producing states, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary and Britain. Overall, Spain had the worst conditions, followed by the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary and Britain.

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Pigs Europe Investigation Factory Farm 100

Critter News

MARCH 28, 2009

PETA wants to run a campaign that compares factory farming to the Holocaust. Touchy subject there in Germany. The German constitutional court has ruled that animal rights organisation PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) must end its campaign in which it draws a comparison between the Holocaust and industrial farming.

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Campaign PETA Factory Farm Factory Farming 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 4, 2020

35 countries were visited during 2019 , 7 of them ( Belgium , France , Germany , Italy , Thailand , Indonesia and Barbados ) bringing new blood to the Country/Territory/Emirate/Republic/Pricipality/Kingdom/Special Administrative Region list which now stands at 55. old angel factory area. Finca Luna Nueva. 07 Dec 2019. 04 Dec 2019.

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2019 Chile Texas Sanctuary 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2019

Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. old angel factory area. Rio Rincón bridge & environs. 19 Jan 2019. Gray-rumped Swift – Chaetura cinereiventris. Rio Sarapiqui – Rancho Magallanes restaurant. 01 Feb 2019. Amaranth Hotel, 8, Amphoe Bang Phli TH-Samut Prakan (13.6465,100.7153). 18 Feb 2019. 20 Feb 2019.

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APRIL 6, 2019

Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. old angel factory area. Bukit Tinggi. 02 Mar 2019. Black-nest Swiftlet – Aerodramus maximus. Marina East (Gardens by the Bay: Bay East / Marina Barrage). 07 Mar 2019. Amaranth Hotel, 8, Amphoe Bang Phli TH-Samut Prakan (13.6465,100.7153). 18 Feb 2019. Bukit Tinggi. 02 Mar 2019.

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MAY 4, 2019

old angel factory area. Germain’s Swiftlet – Aerodramus germani. Los Cartagos. 26 Jan 2019. White-naped Brushfinch – Atlapetes albinucha. Cinchona–Mirador La Cascada. 26 Jan 2019. Golden-olive Woodpecker – Colaptes rubiginosus. 26 Jan 2019. Buff-fronted Quail-Dove – Zentrygon costaricensis.

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