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JANUARY 3, 2014

Three companies refused to comply: Reckitt Benckiser, Liphatech, and Spectrum Group. EPA began cancellation proceedings, and at the eleventh hour Liphatech and Spectrum Group pulled the most dangerous of their products from the shelves. to eliminate the most toxic of their ingredients and to repackage their products more safely.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

The lawsuit alleges that the City of Albuquerque partnered with animal advocate groups to implement a Trap, Neuter, Return (TNR) program in which stray or feral cats are trapped, sterilized, vaccinated, and then abandoned at the location at which they were trapped. Three cheers for Marcy Britton!

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JANUARY 7, 2023

Based on unwritten, invisible birding laws, this means I’ll probably run into one tomorrow. Lovely Cotinga – Once again, the continuing male at Rancho Naturalista was shared with the same group from Buffalo. In Costa Rica, seeing 48 hummingbird species means seeing nearly all of the regular ones.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. of Wildlife Services , which is involved in mainly predator control programs (coyotes are a big target). Ranchers oppose the move.

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DECEMBER 15, 2011

A group of animal rights activists sued the U.S. government Thursday to challenge the constitutionality of a rarely used law they say treats them like terrorists if they cause a loss in profits for businesses that use or sell animal products. Read the full article in the Washington Post.

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MAY 22, 2015

Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feral cats have become above the law. You call the SWAT team. This is what we need for birds, whose rights as government-protected species are violated every day by free-roaming cats. What birds need is their own SWAT team.

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MARCH 22, 2024

I remember my future father-in-law being taken back by my purchase, as spending £100 on binoculars was a lot of money for someone who was also saving for his first house. I was one of a small group of journalists, each of whom was presented with the latest Dialyt 10×40 inscribed with our initials.

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AUGUST 18, 2018

southern border; and set regulations to waive environmental laws for building on public lands. S ierra Club Environmental Impact Brochure – with the list of laws being waived. Borderlands Campaign – Sierra Club Facebook group for this issue. The Border Wall. Photo courtesy of © KristaSchlyer.com.

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Texas Defenders Of Wildlife Bald Eagle Protest 158

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NOVEMBER 20, 2016

By the time this post publishes, I’ll be on an airplane heading back to the United States following a truly remarkable two week visit to Uganda as part of a group of western birders visiting there to promote the inaugural African Birding Expo. In the relatively brief period, my group had something on the order of 450 species.

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Uganda Africa Squirrels Tanzania 162

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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Just as the National Park Service marks 2016 as its centennial year and celebrates 100 years of stewardship for American public lands, many of our wild public places are being attacked by a small group of extremists as well as key members of the House of Representatives and the U.S. This March 23rd interview with the U.S.

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APRIL 12, 2022

Some access issues are addressed by federal law. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed by Congress and signed into law by President George H.W. My impression is that it is a fairly safe area and families are a common sight on weekends, as are school groups. Bush in 1990.

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Portland Oregon Laws Experience 191

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APRIL 8, 2019

The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences. Environmental groups are all over the map regarding their positions on wind energy,” Kaufman says, and “the forces pushing hardest for wind-power development don’t speak any language but money.”.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2024

This is where you find a birding phenomenon that makes the annoyances of regular road checkpoints with either military officers or local law enforcement, whizzing scooters, and bumpy roads worth the effort. But one of the real treasures of Senegal lies near a town called Kaolack.

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Senegal South Dakota Gambia Birds 195

Critter News

MARCH 15, 2012

Quebec is not known for its animal welfare concerns or laws. Two political parties in Quebec are speaking out about the ritual slaughter of animals, but a Jewish advocacy group is confident that kashrut is not being targeted. From JTA, the Global News Service of the Jewish People.

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APRIL 4, 2018

My Father-in-law had worked with the DOC here to establish a managed wetland here on the property, and it has been well received by the very rare Brown Teal. I had been told that every year a few stick around, and guess this was that group, since I have not seen a one before or since this beach.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Animal rights groups are seeking leave to appeal to the high court in their ongoing fight to have Lucy the elephant moved to a warm-weather U.S. One of the appeal court justices wrote a dissenting opinion, saying the groups should have public standing in the case and it should go to trial. Excerpted from CTV News. wildlife sanctuary.

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Critter News

JULY 22, 2011

However, Jewish and Islamic groups which can prove animals do not suffer more during ritual killing than in an ordinary slaughterhouse will be able to apply for permits.

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JUNE 9, 2021

Only recently was it discovered that one group, which breeds on the Shetland Islands, flies across the Atlantic to winter off the coast of Ecuador – ten thousand miles away from its cousins who breed in Scandanavia and western Russia. Once it was thought that all Red-necked Phalaropes migrated overland to the Arabian Sea and Indian Ocean.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

VLK trains dogs for every branch of the military, the Secret Service, law enforcement – these dogs have helped take down some of the most infamous terrorists in history. They do it all with one goal: serving our country. Alpha Dogs cast with executive producer Jack Osbourne (photo credit: National Geographic Channel). Beginning Friday, Feb.

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Critter News

MAY 23, 2011

An animal rights group based in the United States has ranked Quebec “the best province to be an animal abuser” in a report on Canada’s animal welfare record. From the Montreal Gazette.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

This blog was written by Marge Gibson, co-founder of Raptor Education Group, Inc. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species. in Antigo, WI: Most of us have our own idea what the phrase “nature takes care of itself” means.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

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JUNE 7, 2016

The result is often litigation, frequently lawsuits initiated by conservation groups. NEPA is a federal law that requires agencies to follow certain procedures before commencing a project. The conservation groups raised a number of arguments, but the court ruled against them and in favor of BLM in every instance.

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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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AUGUST 19, 2015

If an Efe person spent time living with a group associated with a trail, he* would learn about that trail as well. If you look at extended families, perhaps several different nuclear groups will be associated each with a different cabin. Turns out this is true of Minnesotans as well.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

A Seattle law firm is taking on dairies, claiming that a price-fixing scheme has consumers paying too much for milk. Animal rights group Compassion Over Killing was the first to uncover the alleged systematic slaughter of healthy dairy cows in California. If the dairy companies were doing this, well, that's cold!

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APRIL 2, 2015

Serbia has a large number of pigeon fanciers and a long history of lack of law enforcement in the field of wildlife crime ( Newsweek on poaching in the Balkans ). Painting (c) by Paschalis Dougalis. This time it is not in Serbia, but in Zurich, Switzerland, where this particular Serbian pigeon fancier / blogger lives.

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JULY 5, 2022

There are now multiple sites where people can contribute data on window strikes and bird deaths, including NYC Audubon’s dBird , FLAP’s Global Collision Bird Mapper , iNaturalist, and, on a social media level, the Facebook group Dead Birds 4 Science , run by the indefatigable Heidi Trudell.

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JUNE 23, 2018

Then the EIS (environmental impact statement – a document required by federal law) hit the press. If you’re interested in birding coastal Georgia, the Ogeechee Audubon Society and Skidaway Audubon are your go-to groups. A decade or so earlier, a corporation purchased Little Tybee and Cabbage Island for phosphorite mining. Wilson).

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JULY 27, 2014

This June my brother-in-law and I took off to Kangiq (Cape Crauford), the western edge of of the mouth of Admiralty Inlet to Lancaster Sound. Luckily attacks are rare, but we made plans to stay in a refuge cabin at the point, and joined up with a group that had brought a dog, which acts as an early warning system.

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Polar Bears Seals Bears Laws 188

Critter News

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Animal rights groups are calling for a ban on the sale of horse meat after disturbing video at a slaughterhouse in west Quebec was sent to the Canadian Horse Defence Coalition. Under Canadian laws, one shot is supposed to render the horse unconscious but it often doesn't happen. Excerpted from CTV.CA.

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Critter News

JULY 3, 2010

Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov.

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Farm Animal Farmed Animals Ohio Farming 100

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MARCH 13, 2018

Two environmental groups — Friends of Animals and Predator Defense — disagreed and filed suit against FWS, arguing that the plan to remove the Barred Owls violated the MBTA and other environmental laws. The environmental groups appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, but the result was the same.

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Owls Endangered Species Oregon Friends Of Animals 118

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2012

First there’s a story about the Madison Audubon Society ending up in court because of an election to vote in new officers and one person recruited over a 100 new members and signed them up the night of the annual meeting and ousted out the expected election offices which of course was followed by a law suit.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2009

The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. The group was formed to protest the activities of Huntingdon Life Sciences in Franklin Township, N.J. Huntingdon used mostly mice and rats , but also some dogs, monkeys, fish and guinea pigs , in its research in New Jersey.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

on Prop 2 - Californians for Humane Farms - has uncovered an election scam and is charging the measure’s opponents with laundering money in violation of state campaign finance laws. In a complaint filed September 3 with California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, YES!

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Critter News

JULY 8, 2011

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. A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 17, 2012

Led by professionals who have experience with organizations such as the Humane Society of the United States, the group is definitely not new to the issues surrounding animals worldwide. The group offers information on everything from how to start an accredited, recognized sanctuary, to the best was to acquire necessary resources.

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