Humans AND Monkeys Enjoy Television
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JUNE 22, 2010
Another commonality between the two species , this one found by the Kyoto University Primate Research Institute. Tags: primate/human similarities animal research monkeys.
Newly Found Species Already Endangered
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 10, 2009
Way to go humans! Tags: vietnam laos endangered species. The wild Saola, which resembles antelopes and was only discovered in 1992, is already near extinction due to hunting. Another notch to add to our belt!
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Why Do I Keep a Neighborhood Bird List?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Each time, a small notebook tagged along with me, and I would note the bird species I spotted, then put it away. I can go back in my notebook to see when other species arrive, or which spend all year in my Florida region. “It “If you’ve ever dismissed an American Robin, then you’ve been there.
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Sandpiper Species Heading Towards Extinction
Critter News
AUGUST 22, 2010
The Spoon-billed Sandpiper, one of the world's most threatened birds, is rapidly heading towards extinction because young birds are being targeted for human consumption. Tags: birds hunting endangered species. Really sad. Spoon-billed Sandpipers nest only in the far north-east of Russia.
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Christian Science Monitor Calls for Endangered Species Hour
Critter News
MARCH 28, 2010
I like this opinion piece from the Christian Science Monitor which calls for an "Endangered Species Hour." The Christian Science Monitor rightly points out that citizens and consumers need to get involved in endangered species protection, because at the CITES level, it's all about money and international politics.
Animal Diseases Poised to Spread to Humans
Critter News
JANUARY 11, 2010
The world is facing a growing threat from new diseases that are jumping the human-animal species barrier as a result of environmental disruption, global warming and the progressive urbanisation of the planet, scientists have warned. Tags: global warming disease climate change environment.
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New Book Looks at Humanity's Role in the Next Extinction
Critter News
NOVEMBER 9, 2009
Nevertheless the subject of eradicated species has become publishing hot property after a bidding battle in the US saw Henry Holt, a publisher, beat its rivals to buy The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert last week. Tags: climate global warming extinction books endangered species. Another book I want to read!
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Salmon Threatened by Humans, Not Sea Lions
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2010
Tags: salmon marine animals hydropower dams endangered species. She highlights dams, but that is only one of the four H's (hydro, harvest, habitat and hatcheries) that are obliterating this beautiful creature. I think this opinion is pretty wide-spread. It's just easier to kill sea lions that to break down dams.
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Feather Trails: A Journey of Discovery Among Endangered Birds–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2024
.” But also: “Delisted,” “Growing Up,” “Second Chances,” “No Tags.” The Hawaiian Crows face much more destructive threats–extreme loss of habitat; malaria, the scourge of so many Hawaiian species; predators–rodents, cats and the ‘Io, the Hawaiian Hawk.
Spanish Woman Leave $3M Euros to Save Lynx
Critter News
MARCH 1, 2010
I know people will whine about why she didn't leave the money to human causes, but I'm proud that she did it. I get so tired of people calling for money to human charities. Humans control the frigging WORLD. That's a problem with humans as a species, not with specific people like this woman. Grrrrrr!!!!
Birds Are Gumming Up the (Public) Works
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2014
As bird lovers, we’re happy that laws exist to protect birds, and that people are especially looking after protected species. But sometimes, what’s best for the birds and what’s best for the humans collide. In the United States, a few of those conundrums are making news.
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Sea Lion Euthanized at Bonneville Dam
Critter News
MARCH 8, 2010
It's the humans' fault through overharvesting, the use of fish hatcheries, hydropower dams (like Bonneville) and the decimation of habitat. But we don't euthanize humans for that, do we? Tags: State of Washington salmon Stupid sea lions dams endangered species.
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Lion Population Decreasing in Kenya
Critter News
AUGUST 23, 2009
The national lion population has been falling by an average of 100 per year for the last seven years due to a combination of factors, particularly human-wildlife conflict, destruction of habitats, climate change, disease and increase in human population. Tags: africa Kenya lion endangered species.
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Stupid TLC Show Called "My Monkey Baby"
Critter News
OCTOBER 6, 2009
It's a TLC show about humans that adopt monkeys and treat them as their children. There are hundreds of videos on the Internet of proud parents enjoying their monkeys, and an estimated 15,000 monkeys live with humans as pets or surrogate children in the United States. Thanks to Chimpanzee Information for pointing this travesty out.
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100 African Activists Work to Save Gorillas
Critter News
JULY 24, 2009
To me, eating apes of any kind is akin to human cannibalism. Tags: africa bush meat congo gorillas endangered species cameroon. At least there are activists in African countries themselves that are working to stop this practice.
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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Wilderness Act, Endangered Species Act, Clean Air and Water Acts, and similar acts in Canada. Consumptive & Non-consumptive Users.
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On SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer
Animal Person
MARCH 29, 2010
Whenever the media report that someone has killed "an endangered animal" or "an endangered species," they too confuse an individual with a species. Hunters kill members of endangered species. Conversely, animals who are personally safe are not endangered, even if they belong to an endangered species (14).
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100 Mules Serve as Military Animals in Afghanistan
Critter News
AUGUST 23, 2009
I think it's sad to force one more species to participate in another human war. Tags: afghanistan military war us mules. The US Marines are using them because they're good for hauling stuff.
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Baby Tiger Victim of Wildlife Trade
Critter News
JULY 26, 2009
Sometimes I'm just embarrassed to be human. Tags: wildlife crime vietnam wildlife trafficking Traditional Chinese Medicine tigers endangered species. From EcoWorldly.the frozen carcass of a baby tiger was found in the trunk of a taxi cab on its way to a buyer in Hanoi. The baby tiger was between four and five months old.
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Who's Better?
Critter News
FEBRUARY 1, 2009
1) The religious fundamentalist who believes animals are inferior because they have no soul, that God put them here to serve his beloved humans, and that they should be used for human comfort. Tags: atheism religion. There is no difference as far as I'm concerned. There is no difference as far as I'm concerned.
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Captive Primate Safety Act Passes House
Critter News
FEBRUARY 24, 2009
Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) for sponsoring the measure that will prohibit the trade in non human primates. Tags: primates. There is a list of reasonable exemptions, which you can read about here. There is a list of reasonable exemptions, which you can read about here.
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100 SPECIESISM, by Joan Dunayer, Part Deux
Animal Person
APRIL 1, 2010
I think of "old speciesism" as analogous to racism and sexism in that it is exploitation based on species. Here are some of the my favorite quotes: In reality, species don't evolve toward greater humanness but toward greater adaptiveness in their ecological niche (105). We want them to be free and independent of humans (119).
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Huge Effort to Rescue 60 Elephants in Malawi
Critter News
JUNE 21, 2009
Tags: malawi africa animal rescue elephants endangered species. To bring this desperate situation into sharp focus, our team on the ground reports that one of the elephants darted this morning is missing the bottom portion of her trunk - probably as a result of a snare.".
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Sanctuary Founder Arraigned on Hit-and-Run Death
Critter News
FEBRUARY 16, 2010
As this article notes, as sad as this is, it's only going to spur accusations that animal lovers are also unfeeling human haters. In other words, we are abominations within our species. Tags: animal sanctuary. It's a load of BS though. But most of us are used to it and can take it. I hope the sanctuary animals find good homes.
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100 Another Depressing Oil Spill Story!
Critter News
JULY 21, 2010
With some 400 species estimated to be at risk — from the tiniest oil-eating bacteria to shrimp and crabs, endangered sea turtles, brown pelicans and sperm whales — experts say the impact of oil and chemical dispersants on the food chain has already begun, and could grow exponentially.
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100 National Animal Rights Conference in LA Starts July 16
Critter News
JUNE 25, 2009
Some of the groups attending will be: FARM In Defense of Animals Sea Shepherd ACT Radio Anti-Fur Society E/Environmental Mag Eko Zone Healing Species League of Humane Voters Mercy For Animals Stop Animal Exploitation Now! Tags: animal rights. It sounds like they are participating in some form or another.
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100 Wolves & Eagles No Longer Endangered in Michigan?
Critter News
AUGUST 21, 2008
Michigan's removal of the bald eagle and gray wolf from the list will be the most significant change in species protection the state has seen in years. Killing would be permitted only if a wolf posed a direct threat to humans. Tags: bald eagle Gray Wolf us endangered species.
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Uganda Benefits from Mountain Gorilla Survival
Critter News
MAY 29, 2009
The tourism revenue creates an incentive for Uganda to protect the endangered species at the same time that it contributes to human welfare. Tags: developing countries africa economic development ecotourism uganda gorillas. This is a kind of symbiotic relationship that only benefits both members of the relationship.
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100 Write to Your Congressional Representatives to Help the Almagordo Chimps
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010
This is a matter of human compassion to prevent the further suffering of animals that have already served this species in prior experiments. Sincerely, Tags: chimpanzees animal research almagordo primates new mexico. These highly intelligent animals should be PERMANENTLY retired and a PERMANENT sanctuary created for them.
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100 Belgian City Goes Vegetarian Once a Week
Critter News
MAY 18, 2009
I honestly believe it will take environmental catastrophe for people to stop eating other species. I have very little regard for the human conscience when it comes to empathy outside themselves. Only when humans start to freak out about their own survival will they stop eating meat.
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100 Court Overrules Federal Government on Wolf ESA Decision
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 29, 2008
TRAVERSE CITY - State officials say they're not pleased with a federal court's ruling overturning the government's decision to remove the gray wolf from the endangered species list for the Great Lakes region. It's in response to a lawsuit filed by several environmental groups, including The Humane Society of the United States.
Extinct Bird Found Before Being Eaten
Critter News
FEBRUARY 21, 2009
A precious thing, possibly the last of its kind, enjoyed for a few minutes by a human being, then destroyed by another. Scientists had suspected the species—listed as "data deficient" on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's 2008 Red List—was extinct. Tags: extinction food.
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100 Another Mass Extinction on the Way?
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 7, 2008
In an article published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, UC Berkeley researchers argue that substantial die-offs of amphibians and other plant and animal species add up to a new mass extinction facing the planet. Tags: extinction.
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Steve Best on The Left's Ignorance of Cognitive Ethology
Animal Person
JUNE 1, 2009
But " Minding the Animals: Ethology and the Obsolescence of Left Humanism " is a great look back at how we humans have managed to always find a way to consider ourselves unique, despite what the reality of the nonhuman world tells us. Here are some of my favorite passages. [S]ince
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Military Dogs Play Roles in Iraq and Afghanistan
Critter News
MARCH 31, 2009
If humans insist on wars and invasions, we should keep them to ourselves and leave other species out of it. Tags: afghanistan military military force iraq dogs. The most famous example of military dogs is the Vietnam dogs who faithfully served American soldiers and then were abandoned to unknown fates after we left the country.
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Calendar Facts
Critter News
FEBRUARY 3, 2009
However, persecution by humans and loss of prey virtually eliminated the wolf from its natural habitat. Thanks to the Endangered Species Act and a successful reintroduction program in which NWF played a major role, the wolf is thriving again in the Yellowstone and Great Lakes areas. Tags: random stuff.
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100 On "The Wild"
Animal Person
AUGUST 5, 2009
The animals on farms are created for the sole purpose of human consumption. Finally, people who object to our moral stance jump species and say we should object to the lion killing the gazelle. I do not pass judgment on other species, whose motives I cannot comprehend. Tags: Ethics Language. It's not pretty.
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Do Animals Laugh?
Critter News
JUNE 5, 2009
Those patterns hint at the ancient origins of human hilarity and suggest that other social species - including apes, dogs and rats - really, truly laugh as well. I personally think that a credible laughter concept can, and already has been, extended to mammalian species as lowly as the rat.".
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100 Africa’s endangered species
10,000 Birds
JULY 10, 2012
More than 150 bird species are known to have become extinct over the past 500 years, and many more are estimated to have been driven to extinction before they became known to science. The Gray Crowned-Crane is a new addition to the list of the world’s Endangered species, creeping up a category from Vulnerable.
"Creature Quotes" Is Here!
Animal Person
JUNE 16, 2010
" Creature Quotes: Advancing Toward Freedom For All Species ," compiled and edited by SBH Clay, is now available. From the Introduction : "Humans are fascinated by animals. Do human beings have duties toward them regardless of whether they have rights? Tags: Activism Books Ethics Language Amy Gutman animal rights J.M.
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100 Odd Friendships
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009
National Geographic Channel’s upcoming show, Unlikely Animal Friends, will bring you stories about Christian the Lion and his humans, a baby hippo and a giant tortoise, a lioness and a baby oryx, an orangutan and a hound dog and more! Can animals really build friendships with other species, people, or even their own prey?
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100 NYT Equine Thought Experiment
Animal Person
MARCH 18, 2009
The New York Times presents us, this morning, with "Equine Alternative" regarding the recent discovery that horses decided to allow themselves be domesticated by humans for our mutual benefit, earlier than we had thought (3500 BC, and we preciously thought it was more like 2500 BC). Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.
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Kathy Hershey: Parker, the Playground’s Vulture
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2016
His modus operandi was essentially the same wherever he’d appear: first, he’d stand next the school entrance and wait while the school bus unloaded, then he’d make his way to the playground and play “tag” with the kids. Guardians of human health, and a pretty awesome bird species as well … what a package!
How to Confront Cruelty
Critter News
OCTOBER 26, 2008
Why and how do people campaign on behalf of a species that is not their own? The norm of moderate concern for animals - that animals matter albeit less than humans - permits the (ab)use of animals in vivisection, factory farming, bloodsports and other contexts where animals suffer. Tags: animal cruelty books.
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