10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2017

Unfortunately, their preferred habitat is also preferred by their human counterparts, lost to development or full of sunbathers and swimmers. In Florida, the Least Tern is a state-designated threatened species; the interior populations are federally endangered. If they are on a leash our pets are less likely to damage a nest.

South America 102

South America United States Protection Pelicans 102

Animal Person

MARCH 23, 2009

Also at Parade , which reader morganna alerted me to, is " Should Apes Be Allowed as Pets? Finally, there's an alert from Susan Hargreaves, who is a humane educator here in South Florida (via Trish). See Tim Gorski's (from Rattle the Cage) 2 minute video about humane. which includes a poll. Thank you, Susan Hargreaves.

Elephants 100

Elephants Vegan Bullhook Laws 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

Minus that role, the term implies, such an animal has no place; if they aren't some human's companion, or their companionship fails to please, they can be abandoned or killed" (8). With equal validity, we could say that a human locked inside a room has 'freedom' from muggers" (75). I could go on and on.

Animal 100

Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

And I received confirmation of something I've known since 2004, when we adopted retired racing greyhound, Violet Rays: That there's sort of a critical period for dog-behavior acquisition, and if it's missed, the dog isn't likely to mature into the type of loving being whose behavior we've come to associate with "pet" dogs. And he details why.

Dogs 100

Dogs Pit Bulls Greyhounds Kennels 100

Animal Person

DECEMBER 2, 2011

Violet Rays was a very successful competitor and the offspring of a Hall of Famer, and she made someone a lot of money, winning race after race for the two years she was hauled between Oregon and South Florida. Diabetes shortens the life expectancy of human and nonhuman animals, by years. Violet was just under four-years old.

Vet 100

Vet Greyhounds 2004 Oregon 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

Dozens of other introduced bird species, largely escapees from pet owners, now call Miami home. The population is not directly dependent on human support. Nearly 70 species of parrots have been recorded flying free at some stage or another in Miami, including Hyacinth Macaws. The population has been present for at least 15 years.

Miami 130

Miami Parrots Research Birds 130

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. Florida Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma coerulescens. Bill Baggs Cape Florida SP.

2016 100

2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100