Critter News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The International Primate Protection League was active in exposing and urging prosecution of this case. Now, Matthew Block is not listed as a principal of the Corporation according to the Florida Department of Corporations. The principals are Brooke Block (his wife) and Gertie Block (his mother). Completion date: 2002-11-15.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

Dolphins are so smart that scientists think they should be treated as "non-human persons" and as such it is "morally unacceptable" to use or kill them. The entire discussion, I fear, will be about comparing dolphins to humans and the more human-like they are, the more intelligent they are, and the more worthy of moral consideration they are.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 7, 2019

I do need to note that a rare error crops up here–LISTSERV is not a generic electronic bulletin board, it is a propriety product owned by a company and the use of the term is protected by trademark law. The sections are also labeled according to the months of the year, the idea being that the book will take us through a year of birding.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

Twenty-five-year-old Luna Burke is risking everything to smuggle a homicidal Bald Eagle out of her husband’s private zoo in Florida, reunite the bird with its mate, and get them both to an eagle sanctuary in Canada. I didn’t know the set up required for a black bear, or how high a Florida panther can actually jump.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

The prinia will then claim that its current name – celebrating a morally very questionable person – is no longer acceptable in the modern world. Luckily, it does not live in Florida, where such an attitude is strongly discouraged by a would-be Trump named Ron DeSantis.

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