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Lucky for us, the spot was wet enough for Marilen to espy a small group of Pectoral Sandpipers right next to the road. More birds loafed and fed and off to our left, we saw a promising group of local birders staring into cameras and scopes. The following morning, off we went on our possible godwit adventure. Did they have it?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This group is made up of rescues that are trained with American Sign Language and hand commands. They are then trained to become registered therapy dogs. Did you also know that Dalmatians are most likely to be deaf, in fact 30% of Dalmatians are born deaf in either one or both ears.

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MARCH 31, 2019

The train system is fast and efficient and was our primary mode of transport. If the train did not go all of the way then we took a connecting bus or walked. We dropped our bags and got changed and hopped back on the train to go to the end of the line at Pasir Ris. It was 13:52 and we were alone in that area of the reserve.

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hours away from Shanghai by high-speed train. I suspect the bird was looking for conspecifics, as the other times I encountered the species they always seemed to show up in slightly larger groups. A few weeks ago, I spent a few days at Jixi, Anhui, a relatively rural place about 2.5 Amur Paradise Flycatcher (female).

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Critter News

APRIL 19, 2012

The Coast Guard is defending its practice of using live animals in its combat medical training after an activist group released a video on Wednesday of a goat’s legs being removed with tree trimmers during what it said was training for agency personnel. The courses do involve “live tissue training using live animals,” Lt.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Have you ever wondered what goes into the training of hero dogs? Alpha Dogs goes behind the scenes of Vohne Liche Kennels (VLK), one of the premiere K-9 training facilities in the world. They’re so valuable, that one can go for as much as $50,000 depending on what they’re needed for and trained to do. Beginning Friday, Feb.

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MAY 9, 2014

They are highly trained homing pigeons, which is why it costs more to hire a company that will deliver this type of bird, and to make sure they are released correctly. Ethical businesses post notices on their websites stating that unless the released birds are properly trained and conditioned, they will not survive.

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JUNE 16, 2019

We started our Singapore bird list at Pasir Ris and leaving the train station we were delighted to see several Cattle Egrets on the grass and several photographers. We were able to observe birds nesting as well as a variety of age groups among the trees. Collared Kingfisher. Oriental Pied Hornbill.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2013

Burrowing Owls are notoriously difficult to spot, even for the trained eye, since they are low to the ground and blend in to their background. This is what a group looks like when you arrive in their territory and they are at their burrow entrance. There are actually four birds in this photo.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

A national physicians group has filed a federal complaint against the University of Washington, saying its use of ferrets to train medical residents in emergency procedures on babies and children violates a federal animal-welfare law. The complaining group, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, based in Washington, D.C.,

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MARCH 16, 2019

I was recently reminded of the rich avifauna found in the Caribbean lowlands while guiding a small group of birders from Texas. If you are birding in the Caribbean lowlands and hear something that sounds kind of like an old train whistle (sort of), it’s probably a Broad-billed Motmot. Broad-billed Motmot. White-fronted Nunbird.

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MAY 5, 2020

Howell and colleagues propose a standard sequence of species for field guides based on eight groupings–swimming waterbirds that swim, flying waterbirds, walking waterbirds, upland gamebirds, raptors, miscellaneous larger landbirds, aerial landbirds, and songbirds. I love a field guide that makes usability a priority. Species Accounts.

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MAY 24, 2017

We crossed the train tracks that bisected the property, hiking up a staircase to a wooded island with another beautiful marsh overlook. The impressive trail network makes the ecosystem accessible not only to birders and walkers, but also school groups of all ages and sizes.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The group has more than 7,000 volunteers locally who do this. The group, founded in 2007, also provides a free, full-time spay and neuter clinic for homeless stray and feral cats, plus low-cost, spay and neuter services for tame pet cats.

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MARCH 22, 2015

It is easy enough to get a train from Southern Cross Station to Lara and only takes 40 minutes and offered birding opportunities en route. Generally the Banded Stilt were in the foreground and the Red-necked Avocet behind them, but there was a small group of Red-necked Avocet on their own. Banded Stilt and Red-necked Avocet.

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JUNE 25, 2015

Back to the Uvac Dam where a large group of conference participants is leaving the shuttle bus as I stop the car… While I am carefully reversing through the scattered bunch, a lucky few saw the main prize landing at the hilltop vulture restaurant: the huge Cinereous Vulture (or Eurasian Black Vulture)!

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JULY 10, 2010

The DDF will be raising $20,000 for the training and care of a service dog (including medical bills, training and food) which will be donated to one lucky war vet from the FSD group. FSD rescues dogs from shelters and custom trains each dog to assist a person with a disability.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Animal lovers Jane Lynch (Julie & Julia) and Carrie Ann Inaba (Dancing with the Stars) will help The Rescue Train host its 4th Annual 5k Run/Walk (3.1 Each year these groups combined, rescue and find homes for over 2,000 abandoned Southland dogs and cats, animals that most likely would otherwise have lost their lives.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2009

All dogs undergo evaluations that include a health assessment, vaccination verification, and a temperament test to insure that the dog is social and comfortable in large groups. Dogs are placed in play groups that suit their style. The Dogtopia staff is fully trained to provide the best care for your pup.

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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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Critter News

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

War has erupted between Toronto Zoo elephant keepers and the animal rights group helping to co-ordinate a move of three aging elephants to a California sanctuary. Excepted from the Toronto News.

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AUGUST 29, 2017

I’ve done what I can to support the bird industry and modern ornithology in Honduras with my book and bird-guide training courses. A group of twenty volunteers have been busy translating the nearly 500 pages of the Honduran bird book and are nearly half-way done. But there’s still something missing.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

There were already two scopes trained on it when I arrived – a good thing as the godwit was hunkered down on a hopelessly distant rock near the far side of the river and I never would’ve found it on my own. This was the first Albany County report since 1979 and as I hadn’t even been born when that happened, I raced up there right way.

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APRIL 12, 2022

My impression is that it is a fairly safe area and families are a common sight on weekends, as are school groups. Although I surely missed some things and do not have any training or experience to make a proper evaluation, my impression is that it is pretty good. Pets are not allowed, nor are joggers, runners, or bicyclists.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It very effectively forms a small foraging group in this manner. When unthreatened but hungry, the drongo will attract other birds to itself by imitating their calls – but this time it utilizes contact calls or mating calls. The dangers of being a geologist.

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AUGUST 19, 2014

It is technically correct, and recently fashionable, to insist that any living animal is a member of the larger group that contains it phylogenetically, i.e., ancestrally, with that group often named after the known animal that roots the tree. So, for example, humans are apes. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

An entire flock of Sanderlings – normally the most active of the avian beach residents – hid themselves in cups of sand within the dune, the group almost melting into the landscape itself. Only the smaller terns seemed unafraid of the racing wind, using its force to torpedo them down the beach. Two Willets ready to fly.

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MAY 27, 2014

There’s a reason that many of the continent’s best field birders are all European ex-pats who were trained in the ways of Phylloscopus and Acrocephalus and who forsake all that to join the land of Setophaga and Geothlypis.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 28, 2010

When a lingering drought threatens local food supplies, the monkeys face an end to their easy gravy train. Video “The Monkey Catcher” – A group of Rhesus Macaques are captured and banished to the outskirts of Jaipur. Join this charismatic fuzzy-haired crew as they search for food and find trouble on the chaotic streets of Jaipur.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Four animal welfare groups brought suit against the circus back in 2003. A decision will soon come in a DC courtroom. The charges state that “Ringling Bros.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2017

We flew from Broome to Manchester on September 28th via Perth and arrived to rain early on September 29th, but we were soon on the train to Habrough and over those two and a half hours we soon had a list started of UK birds! Maybe it was colder further north and they had arrived in the UK early. Whooper Swan family.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2008

These situations, some say, call for a response in kind - deploying the military to guard natural reserves, or providing rangers with military-style arms and training. In some cases, notably in Africa, biodiversity is threatened by military conflict, or by well-armed gangs of poachers.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2009

This episode featured three young dogs: Johnny, the golden retriever that was considered too dumb to train; "Baxt" (I think) a puppy with a neurological problem; and Tuffy, the dog attacked and left for dead by other dogs. There are numerous fact sheets about animal hoarding available from animal groups.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

On the day of the attacks on the World Trade Center, Sarah got the call at 8:46 that she and her German Shepherd, Anna, who was trained for live find and as a therapy dog were to report to the Lakehurst Naval Engineering Station. Shortly after arrival, her group got the call that the dogs were needed.

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MAY 26, 2015

What do you think: would you have developed faster and developed better skills or habits if someone older would have encouraged you and provided training and resources at a very early impressionable age? I began a program for PBS on a group of young kids in a small town in South Dakota.

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DECEMBER 6, 2011

Individuals or networks of volunteers, many of whom may have no formal scientific training, perform research-related tasks such as observation, measurement, or computation. And lastly, many new birders are introduced to our wonderful hobby through various citizen science projects at schools and youth groups around the globe.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

When you see a falconer transporting their bird or walking with a group, the bird might be in a dark crate or hooded. All the training with the bird is based on positive reinforcement. It’s incredible to watch a Norther Goshawk or a group of Harris’s Hawks in action and up close. Go home now!”

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