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Anti-doping program goes in effect for horse racing

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Under the ADMC Program, racing will have centralized testing driven by an investigative unit and will institute harmonization among laboratories. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) officially launched March 27.

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Eagle Deaths by Wind Turbines Increasing, Study Finds

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Justice Department is investigating seven of the deaths, since they violate federal law. (And that’s not even mentioning the many other non-eagle birds which meet an unfortunate end due to wind turbines.). . Apparently, the U.S.

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Thoroughbred Dealer Convicted of Animal Cruelty

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He didn't know how his horses were being treated on his own farm? Prominent New York thoroughbred breeder and owner Ernie Paragallo was convicted Wednesday of mistreating dozens of malnourished horses on his Hudson Valley farm. Tags: New York animal cruelty horses. Plus, this is the guy's BUSINESS. And he didn't know?

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Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens

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An excellent place to find the Purple-crowned Fairy-wren is at the Big Horse Creek boat ramp area in the Northern Territory and you may remember it is also a good place to see Great Bowerbirds in action! Their tails were constantly on the move making for some interesting photography. Purple-crowned Fairy-wrens near a vehicle.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

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Am I over-confident in my thinking that we were so interesting that they were investigating us for a good half an hour, until we moved further upriver? Yet, we had a good two hours or almost 50 kilometres by 75 horse-powered speedboat to reach Inirida at sunset. Other than that, I have no explanation what were they doing. metres (7.6

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