10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

Still craving more penguin news? The bad: Well, this one’s bad news if you’re a bird-mauling cat in England. They may not be smarter than a 5th grader, but New Caledonian Crows can outwit kindergartners. Humans won the evolutionary race in the long run, but Neanderthals seem to have pioneered the use of birds as a food source.

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AVMA News

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The theme of the 17th annual World Rabies Day, “All for 1, One Health for All,” highlights the need for collaboration and strengthening health systems to eliminate human deaths from dog-mediated rabies. Unvaccinated dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99% of all rabies transmissions to human globally.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 9, 2013

“The Port Authority is working with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to move immediately toward implementing a program to trap and relocate snowy owls that pose a threat to aircraft at JFK and LaGuardia airports. 3) You can write or call Governor Cuomo at: New York State Governor’s Correspondence Unit.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2014

News cats New York City' Shirley Koshi was a woman who devoted her life to caring for animals and sought to prevent a cat from the miseries of living out-of-doors. She was cyber-bullied, her business was destroyed, and she took her own life. Rest in peace, Dr. Shirley Koshi. Hat-tip to 10,000 Birds reader Ben.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Finally some good-ish news for the Gunnison Sage Grouse : The boomers of the Rocky Mountain states have finally been granted “threatened species” protection. Get read for another round of mass bird flu hysteria , complete with conflicting opinions about the risk to humans. Go home, Bohemian Waxwings in the Yukon, you’re drunk.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2016

There’s something for everyone in this week’s bird news—gotta get ’em all! Apparently humans aren’t the only creatures that engage in booty calls—the prospect of getting some on the side leads Field Sparrows to sing for mates at nigh t. Snail Kites photo by Corey. First off, does your injured bird need a blood transfusion?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 15, 2013

I just read on the news that about 20 Andean Condors (Vultur gryphus) were poisoned in Chile. The cause of this decline is not necessarily poisoning by humans, but this is just a contributing factor. The birds were observed crashing into the rocks high in the Andean mountains near a hydroelectric power plant.

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AVMA News

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

More than 100 monoclonal antibodies (mAb) designed to bind to specific target proteins are available for humans, including those intended to treat cancer and autoimmune disorders.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommended that it be controlled in the Schedule III rather than the current Schedule I, the most restrictive CSA category. Legislators are seeking to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) after the U.S.

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AVMA News

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Four dogs at the San Diego Humane Society (SDHS) have been euthanized after being infected with Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus (also known as Strep zoo), which was complicated by infection with bacterial agents.

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AVMA News

OCTOBER 4, 2023

He explains the differences between the regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in veterinary medicine and human medicine, the concept of AI use risk classification, and how to foster the ethical deployment of AI in veterinary medicine.

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AVMA News

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Anthony Mazzarelli, MD, a health-care expert and author, shared the benefits of serving others during the keynote “Unpacking Lessons from Human Medicine” on October 25 at the 2023 AVMA Veterinary Business and Economic Forum.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The presentation reviewed how essential human connection is to effective leadership and the science of high-quality coaching practices.

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AVMA News

OCTOBER 2, 2023

That includes the American Veterinary Medical Foundation (AVMF), which has given a $20,000 grant to the Maui Humane Society, a $10,000 grant to Greater Good Charities, and an $19,000 estate gift to the Hawaii VMA so that the organizations can help recover and treat animals in need.

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AVMA News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Borkowski will serve as the new CEO of AAALAC International, a nonprofit that promotes the humane treatment of animals in science through voluntary accreditation and assessment programs. Starting in October, Dr. Gary L.

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AVMA News

JUNE 12, 2023

Smoke from the worst wildfire season in Canada's history has been triggering air quality alerts throughout the United States, threatening human and animal health.

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AVMA News

MARCH 6, 2023

The National Institutes of Health created the Comparative Oncology Program two decades ago to advance the study of naturally occurring cancer in dogs, aiming to improve cancer treatment for canine and human patients alike.

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AVMA News

AUGUST 14, 2023

#AVMA2023 rewind: Per-and-polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been linked to harmful health effects in both humans and animals. Dr. Heather D. Bair-Brake presented on the topic of PFAS in pets.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2014

” Ebola is in the news a lot at the moment. If you’re feeling fearful or ignorant, well, I can recommend vox.com’s coverage (as in most things), but you could also do worse that picking up Spillover – Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic by David Quammen.

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AVMA News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) to begin commercial production and sales of human food from cultured animal cells to the public. Two companies have received final approval from the U.S.

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AVMA News

APRIL 11, 2023

The AVMA and the American Psychiatric Association (APA) ended a monthlong social media campaign to raise awareness about companion animals and mental health with a Twitter chat on the importance of the human-animal bond and prioritizing wellbeing.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 25, 2010

Rats help save humans. Tags: news. The sizeable rodents are helping to detect tuberculosis (TB). Read more about these amazing rats and the work they are doing by visiting the full article here. originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on April 25, 2010.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

From the San Jose Mercury News. A Menlo Park research facility Monday refused to allow a humane society representative to check up on a monkey that bit a female lab worker the day before. Tags: animal research humane society primates. If the incident is insignificant, then why deny access?

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AVMA News

JUNE 21, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently green lit for human consumption five genetically modified pigs at Washington State University. Meanwhile, a team of geneticists have reportedly created the first calf born with immunity to bovine viral diarrhea virus.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

Thanks to a little human intervention, the future looks much brighter for Millerbirds. And if that’s not enough good news for you, this just in: a brand-new bird species (the Cambodian Tailorbird , one of only two endemics in the country) has been discovered living right in Cambodia’s capitol city of Phnom Penh !

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AVMA News

APRIL 4, 2023

Speakers at the recent AVMA Humane Endings Symposium offered tips and advice for how to communicate effectively and tenderly when discussing end-of-life matters. Conversations about euthanasia and depopulation are never easy given what’s at stake.

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 29, 2023

Im trynna find posts or videos or news about animals that died because they ate or took a bath in human shampoo, because a old chicken that i had took a shower with it, does anyone have any link of it ? Can someone help me in a research? Please submitted by /u/slendybia [link] [comments]

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AVMA News

AUGUST 1, 2023

Sheilah Robertson received the AVMA Animal Welfare Award, and Candace Croney, PhD, received the AVMA Humane Award July 15 during AVMA Convention 2023 in Denver.

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AVMA News

APRIL 4, 2023

Speakers at the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium, held January 26-29 in Chicago, shared their personal experiences with depopulation of cattle and sheep for disease control and euthanasia of pigs after a fire.

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Animal Person

MAY 27, 2009

We who want humans to stop using sentient nonhumans have few victories to celebrate. Here are a couple recent bits of good news. But one area that continues to provide them is the fight against the use of greyhounds as a source of entertainment (and gambling revenue) by forcing them to race.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 11, 2008

This news story slipped by in November. The Humane Society has another great investigation into the shady practices of a corporate giant. Not so, says the Humane Society. This time it's Petland, who I'm glad to say has no stores in my area (that I know of.) but that's another post.) but that's another post.)

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! When news later reached our little town (likely through a newspaper) that the bird-killing chemical was to be banned, my environmental activism was born. Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2020

This is very bad news for those whose battery-recharging times depend on movie theaters, restaurants, clubs, and gyms. After all, no human contact need be involved. It was sitting on a marina walkway, so it was clearly acclimated to human presence.). But for introverts and birders? No problem! Come as close as you like.

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Critter News

AUGUST 17, 2008

In a unanimous decision, New Jersey’s Supreme Court rejected a broad challenge by animal protection advocates to the state’s rules on the care of farmed animals) but struck down regulations that regard husbandry practices as being “humane” merely because they are routine.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2014

Or maybe you need to watch out for drunken humans who think they are owls driving cars ? News owls' Either way, claiming as your alibi that you are an owl in a tree after crashing your car while drunk and running into the woods to escape the police is probably not going to work.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2015

The findings of this research, as summarized by Discover Magazine : Zebra Finches are a good proxy for studying human speech. They also believe their results demonstrate the bird’s potential for further studies of how alcohol affects human speech. News alcohol birdsong Zebra Finches'

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The adults presumably have already learned that humans are not usually good news even if not named Donald Trump. A Lesser Cuckoo stayed in one of the Nanhui microforests for a few days, not being afraid of humans at all. I am sure you are as excited about it as I am.

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