Critter News

AUGUST 9, 2010

Third Place (The Student Award): Kyle Ramirez, a design student at The Art Institute of Dallas, for his “Cotton Candy Dress” that creates the illusion of something “soft and weightless like fur and cotton candy” but uses cascading ruffles, antiqued satin fabric, artificial flowers and beads, to achieve that illusion.

Fur 100

Fur Animal Welfare Ethics Primates 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2012

Mary Beth Stowe is hoping to tick 350 species along the lower Texas Coast this year and has netter 307 so far. A twelve-year-old birder, Skyler Bol , is shooting for 400 species for the year and he is easily going to make it, as he has already ticked 389!

South Dakota 195

South Dakota Houston Mammals Birds 195

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2022

This spurred her to pursue a career in environmental education and wildlife nature tourism as a park ranger in Texas and as the Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator with Florida Fish and Wildlife. None of the three voyagers made landfall due to poor weather and dangerous conditions.

South Africa 261

South Africa Mice Albatross Africa 261

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 7, 2012

Your cat can spend much of its day licking its fur and sharpening its claws (hopefully on a designated scratching post). Licking fur fulfills the same purpose; it stimulates the glands that produce the cat’s marking scent while removing foreign smells. Meticulous self-grooming.

Cats 100

Cats Kittens Fur Hunting 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

Mary Beth Stowe hoped to tick 350 species along the lower Texas Coast this year and came up a bit short with 332. Blake and Holly Wright hoped to photograph 400 species in the lower 48 this year and easily made it, photographing 432! Not only that, but they raised money for the Houston Audubon Society and the Katy Prairie Conservancy.

2012 151

2012 South Dakota Costa Rica Houston 151