Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary. Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Tags: meat california farm animal welfare factory farm animal law meatpacking.

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MAY 24, 2017

The trail wove downhill, around farm buildings demonstrative of the agricultural history of the site before it became protected. The impressive trail network makes the ecosystem accessible not only to birders and walkers, but also school groups of all ages and sizes.

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OCTOBER 28, 2017

Selva Bananito was actually founded in the seventies but back then, it was a sizeable farm like any other. However, some time between then and now, the children of the original farm owner convinced their father to leave the stands of primary forest alone, to let precious mahogany trees just be and keep on growing.

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JULY 11, 2018

I found this little grouping of Guillemots, with parents, babies and even an egg. The Bellymac Farm turned out to be the location that the birds choose to gather in. What started as a small group of birds, with the hope they would make it on their own, is now a very strong breeding population.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 7, 2015

To the Editor: As Mark Bittman rightly notes, California’s new farm animal welfare law presages what is coming for all farm animal industries nationally (“ Hens, Unbound ,” column, Jan. 1, 2015 The writer is director of advocacy and policy for Farm Sanctuary, a national farm animal protection group.'

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Hmmm… well I moved in 1984 to live at Rancho and it was a coffee and sugarcane farm back then. We tried everything, Hawaiian pineapple, black pepper, even jalapeños, and we could not make money from farming,” Lisa told me. “We A cove protected from the winds – endemic Volcano Junco and the view over the main crater.

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JUNE 7, 2016

Additionally, some of the best locations for wind farms are sensitive habitat and turbines must first be constructed and then maintained, which requires roads and other infrastructure. The result is often litigation, frequently lawsuits initiated by conservation groups. The conservation groups appealed to the Ninth Circuit.

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OCTOBER 2, 2018

Audubon Associate Naturalist, have led this tour many times, through tornados, droughts, questionable restaurants, and, sadly, the advent of fracking, and every one of my friends who has participated over the years has raved about the experience and the birds (in fact, one member of our group was on his third or fourth trip, I lost count).

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2015

Although it’s not really close to the airport, it offers a combination of comfort, security, and birdy gardens that make it at an easy choice for tour groups. For a more intimate stay in birdier surroundings, try Zamora Estates ; a hotel/vineyard that protects some of the last remaining wetlands in the Central Valley.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

Environmental groups are opposed, because it is perceived as a wedge to try and open up the forests to more economic exploitation, and there are concerns about the damage such selective timber recovery might cause. People, they argue, are more important than bugs, and besides, the money will help pay to protect other conservation land.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

This is a protected area that includes the Los Cusingos Bird refuge, where we were guided by Andres Chinchilla, a young man who as a child ran around the farm where his family worked, and was to become this incredible bird refuge. His years of experience in this area were quite obvious as we found 62 species in one morning.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 17, 2008

9) does little to advance the debate on farm animal housing. And you do not acknowledge the individual care that pigs get in such systems and the protection from predators, diseases and the aggression that pigs often exhibit toward each other in group housing. Research indicates that sows do just fine in individual housing.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

In the 1970s, the FDA proposed a ban on penicillin and tetracycline in animal feed, but the proposal was defeated after criticism from interest groups. But the Bush Administration reversed that decision five days before it was going to take effect after receiving several hundred letters from drug companies and farm animal trade groups.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 13, 2008

9): Thank you for encouraging California voters to support the state’s Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act, or Proposition 2, on the November ballot. Consumer boycotts and protective laws are desperately needed. To protect the welfare of the animals as well as the safety of America’s food supply, the A.V.M.A.

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Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

This program will create havoc on America’s small farms. I expect that the industry groups would like to put my farmer friends out of business with the costs and hassles of tagging their animals, to eliminate competition. Marjorie Smith Shoemakersville, Pa.,

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

There were, however, compensations, such as finding breeding Yellow Wagtails on a nearby farm where I’d never seen them before. The web site explains best what it’s all about: “Gulls flock together to roost communally on lakes, reservoirs and estuaries, in groups that can reach the thousands.

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JULY 21, 2022

Wikipedia also has an interesting paragraph hinting at observation bias in ornithologists: “At the continental scale, saddle-billed storks preferred protected areas that have a higher extent of open water compared to areas without the storks. Ostrich farming – A review and feasibility study of opportunities in the EU.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

But the efforts of a few groups and individuals have reversed the downward spiral and, although the birds still remain listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, it is hoped that they are soon downlisted to Near-threatened status. Soon the ducks were joined by others and by 1992, 16 pairs were regularly feeding at his farm.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2018

Thanks mostly to David Lindo, The Urban Birder, there are a few British bird groups touring the country every year now, even the BBC came to film the world famous Long-eared Owl gathering in the town of Kikinda with more than 700 birds in some winters. 2 Baranda fish farm. What has changed in the meantime? eBird bar chart. #4

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

These complexities multiply when describing the winter (and pre-winter and post-winter) lives of more than one, in this case, any and all species that have been studied for their migratory, winter feeding and protective movements, or any related behavior.

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JULY 11, 2012

Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. But animal rights groups (albeit not all of them) not only opposed the move, but sued to prevent the poisoning.

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JULY 26, 2019

Why this one city alone would be named for birds, in this country of 1,800 species, is unclear, but it could very well be a designation inspired by the nearby Islas Ballestas, an uninhabited island group just offshore from Pisco and home to enormous breeding colonies of Humboldt Penguins , Inca Terns , Peruvian Boobies , and many other species.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

As nutritionists have repeatedly pointed out, the government can no longer even produce a “food pyramid” that makes any sense for fear of irritating some agricultural special-interest group. If we cannot separate government from economic special-interest groups, then we will continue down the same path we are on. 21, 2008

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 20, 2007

12): While this is a step in the right direction toward reducing the animal abuse inherent in all factory farming (from the chicken’s point of view), it’s still a long way from what nature intended. To the Editor: Re “ Suddenly, the Hunt Is On for Cage-Free Eggs ” (front page, Aug.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Colombia Birdwatch ( www.colombiabirdwatch.com ) has been operating private and group birding tours since 2009, and after 10 months without hosting any guests, we are happy to announce we are back in business! The other great news we want to share with you is that we opened our luxurious birding lodge near the city of Cali in January 2019.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Funny lady Ellen DeGeneres and rescue group Farm Sanctuary both want you to Adopt-A-Turkey this Thanksgiving! So, this Thanksgiving instead of eating a turkey, please join me in adopting one from Farm Sanctuary’s Adopt-A-Turkey Project and you can give a turkey something to be thankful for.” Start with Thanksgiving.”.

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Critter News

JULY 19, 2009

According to Michael Markarian from the Humane Society, Sunstein's confirmation is supposedly being held due to pressure from some agribusiness groups. Sunstein is a Harvard law professor who has written about animal protection issues. Tags: Obama animal rights farm animal welfare politics agribusiness.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2012

These truly are the gentle giants of the forest and with a little careful manoeuvring on our wooden platform; we were all enjoying great scope views of a mixed group of beautiful males with their giant jet black casques and pale blue throat wattles alongside the ginger punk-haired females.

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