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.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 179

Critter News

JULY 26, 2009

Sometimes I'm just embarrassed to be human. It was reported that two men were arrested for attempting to transport the baby tiger carcass - along with the bones of at least two tigers - and that the “case showed the possibility of larger-scale tiger trafficking in the country.” The baby tiger was between four and five months old.

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Tigers Wildlife Trafficking Vietnam 100

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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Primates Non Human Transported Humane 100

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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Experience Experiments Horses Transported 100

Critter News

DECEMBER 12, 2009

The Calgary Zoo is again under scrutiny as details emerged Friday about how a capybara, a species of giant South American rodent, died after becoming caught in a hydraulic door last weekend as it was being moved from one area to another. Tags: zoos welfare violations animal welfare. A zookeeper had left the knife behind in the exhibit.

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Zoos Animal Welfare Welfare Elephants 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 1, 2010

Masson tells Benjy's story--and Benjy stories--while explaining his theory about the mutual domestication of dogs and humans. You may know that dog/human coevolution has been a popular topic in the past decade, and if so, this might help: Masson "takes E. The point is that, as Chapter 3 is titled, "Dogs Make Us Human."

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Dogs Pit Bulls Greyhounds Kennels 100