AVMA News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Dog trainers that use aversive training methods, including Augusto DeOliveira, also known as "The Dog Daddy," have caught the attention of concerned animal welfare groups, trainers, veterinary behaviorists, and pet owners.

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AVMA News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Positive Pet Care Guide is the result of an industry-wide working group, led by the AVMA and Mars Veterinary Health, aimed at strengthening the relationship between veterinary teams and pet owners through resources, education, and collaboration.

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Reddit Animals

JUNE 8, 2023

[link] If you know any groups please provide them. submitted by /u/PurrsianTiger [link] [comments]

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

And should a group dare question the wisdom of domestic cats being outdoors they are “extremists” in the eyes of the crazy cat people. Apparently Alley Cat Allies only wants to protect feral cats, an introduced predator that decimates native wildlife communities.

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Reddit Animals

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Mine would be reptiles for veretbrates and for invertebrates its insects. submitted by /u/Ben10-fan-525 [link] [comments]

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AVMA News

MARCH 1, 2023

With the cannabidiol products market continuing to grow and after reviewing published scientific literature and information submitted to a public docket, an internal working group of the Food and Drug Administration concluded that a new regulatory pathway for cannabidiol is needed.

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AVMA News

MARCH 21, 2023

The AVMA offered sessions at the 2023 WVC Annual Conference as part of a year-old partnership with Viticus Group, the organization that hosts WVC.

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AVMA News

APRIL 12, 2023

An industry-wide working group, led by the AVMA and Mars Veterinary Health, has developed a free resource that veterinary teams can use to help foster healthy communication and a positive partnership between staff and pet owners.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I was browsing for some quotes when I came across this group - The National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA). Our members are pet owners, dog and cat clubs, obedience clubs and rescue groups as well as breeders, trainers, veterinarians, research scientists, farmers, fishermen, hunters and wildlife biologists.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. About 10 million dogs in China are killed for their fur, prompting an animal rights group to seek a ban on fur trade to Australia. The dog fur are used are inside lining for ugg boots.

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Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Several new studies were unveiled at @the_NAVC Veterinary Meeting & Expo this January in Orlando, Florida, including research identifying 30 different bacterial groups in the fecal microbiome of domestic cats and a survey on dog owners’ awareness of osteoarthritis.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Apparently there was an announcement at the desk for a pet bereavement group. A pet bereavement group. I think pet bereavement groups are really important and I think that's a horrible thing to say. She shook her head and said to the librarian at the desk, "Well, is there anything they won't do? What a waste.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2024

Most notably, a group of five Greater Scaups was present in one of the large ponds in the Rheinaue urban park, where they were present for a while. They were scattered among large numbers of Tufted Ducks and particularly Common Pochard , creating a active group of diving ducks that was fun to watch.

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Critter News

MARCH 3, 2009

The Vancouver-based animal rights group Lifeforce wants the Vancouver Aquarium to free Daisy the porpoise. Here is a video from the group.

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Critter News

MARCH 9, 2009

told me that horse groups have been hit particularly hard with the economy. I came across this lovely blog by who I think is one of the group's volunteers. I've never been around horses much, but a friend of mine who has 3 horses and 2 burros (!)

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Critter News

JANUARY 11, 2009

Here's a group I've never heard of. I found a link to them on ANIMAL's blog (ANIMAL is a Portuguese animal rights group.) These scientists are NOT an animal rights group. They do support some animal-based studies (which sucks); HOWEVER, they acknowledge that much animal research is useless.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2022

As is my self-declared tradition of speaking of groups of birds within the species gamut of Trinidad & Tobago, allow me to introduce you to yet another group of three. While the entire Tyrannidae family of Tyrant Flycatchers is massive, the Myiarchus group of those recorded on these two islands comprises just three species.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2024

Here is what the paper says: “In the first group, we added a blue, non-mimetic egg to the nest of the host, while in the second group we added a blue, non-mimetic egg and a peanut half-shell.” ” So, either just a fake egg or a fake egg and trash (a peanut shell).

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Critter News

JANUARY 4, 2009

According to the Washington Post , PETA was one of many groups the Maryland State Police considered a security threat. A "very casually dressed" undercover trooper attended a speech by PETA's president that month and waited afterward to see whether anyone talked about chickens.

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Critter News

AUGUST 30, 2011

Ringling Brothers is coming to Kent, WA, and I'm happy to know the Northwest Animal Rights Network will be protesting (we live in nearby Seattle by the way.).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Truth be told, only two of the three are from the Cyanerpes group of true or “typical” honeycreepers. All members of this group are small, richly coloured birds with long, curved bills that are used to feed on nectar – only some of the time, though! Today, I’ll touch on honeycreepers.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2024

As they flew, a large group of Avocets took flight around them. Of course, when a group sees 109 species, there are many highlights for the day. If you don’t know about this devilish group, consider yourself fortunate.) (The fact that he is an ornithologist gave him extra street cred.)

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Critter News

OCTOBER 31, 2009

A coalition of food and consumer groups that includes Consumers Union and the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban the practice. Well, you learn something new every day. McDonald's Corp.,

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Reddit Animals

JULY 1, 2021

submitted by /u/immilkandcookies [link] [comments].

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2024

I have quite a list of birds I have seen, or at least heard, because this is my year of group birding. But “my” biologists, the scientist friends who go birding with me, have my full confidence and respect, as well as my friendship. They are great folk. And they have great eyes and ears!

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Reddit Animals

AUGUST 8, 2022

submitted by /u/stephenwriter [link] [comments].

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Reddit Animals

MAY 9, 2023

I’ve always wondered what animal or insect genus has the biggest difference between the smallest and biggest. For example, birds have hummingbirds which are tiny (~10g) and then ostriches which are massive (100kg). But are there others, like spiders or fish? What do you think?

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Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 21, 2022

submitted by /u/SoonerSon740 [link] [comments].

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Last weekend I accompanied a small group of intrepid birders to El Cerro del Aripo, the tallest peak on the island at about 940m. But when we stumbled upon a small group of Red-crowned Ant-Tanagers I swiftly changed my tactics and opted for the camera-in-hand approach. A productive morning, I thought. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush.

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Reddit Animals

JULY 12, 2024

Takes place on the surface of some body of water and the goal of each group is to kill the other group. Me and my friends have been debating this for 30 minutes. Who wins? submitted by /u/PErdidinandoAH [link] [comments]

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I’ve been leading a small but faithful group on Trinidad for several years to count birds within a livestock farm that is generally restricted to the public (you can read about some of those shenanigans here ); this was the first time I was to embark on a CBC on the smaller island of Tobago. Anyway, I digress. Mangrove Cuckoo.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2023

This year we have had high numbers of Magpie Geese once again in the Broome area and this last weekend we observed our first family groups for the season. The Magpie Geese families are on the move and the family groups that we saw last weekend all consisted of three adults and ten or more goslings.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2023

White-winged Choughs tend to be in quite large groups of twenty or more as they feed on the forest floor or roost in the tall trees. White-winged Choughs in the trees White-winged Choughs are similar in some ways to Apostlebirds , which also move around in large groups and also make mud nests. There is a lot of leaf throwing!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2023

As we entered the forest, however, the gradient began to increase significantly, and some members of the group opted out. Eventually the hourglass passed its final grains of sand; and the most dejected of the group departed first, determined to not capitulate to gravity’s constant demands on the treacherous descent.

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Critter News

MARCH 27, 2011

I love this organization and have supported them for a few years now. Please consider Animals Asia for your future donations. They do important work.

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Critter News

JANUARY 16, 2009

This site is overwhelming. It's all the ASPCA Online communities you can join. Yikes, there's a ton!

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