Wildfire smoke endangers animal health
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.
Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2023
You might think that birds don’t change the world, birds are the world – but by his odd title, Ten Birds That Changed the World, author Stephen Moss means, he says, that birds have, in various ways, led to “paradigm shifts” in human history. Maybe Moss is right, and birds have changed history. Fine and dandy.
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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of February 2021)
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
We humans, being the environmental cue-driven, chronologically constrained creatures that we are, look out a frost-rimed window at a wasteland of ice and snow and think, “I cannot WAIT for winter to end.” Is it possible that some of these young bucks are getting a jump on spring?
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Should Puerto Rico be Part of the ABA Area?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 10, 2017
The human toll has been and continues to be staggering. Both territories are part of the United States and the residents are American citizens, which appears to be the key criteria for inclusion. because it is birding in the United States. Recovery and rebuilding will be long, difficult, and expensive.
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A Birder’s Guide to The Wilderness Act
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 12, 2021
And it prohibits human infrastructure, e.g. , roads, buildings, dams, and pipelines, etc. Thus, it prohibits cars, trucks, off-road vehicles, bicycles, and motorboats, except in emergencies.
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Humane Society Puts Pressure on South Carolina's Bear Baying
Critter News
AUGUST 24, 2010
Armed with new undercover video of four such events, the Humane Society of the United States is pressuring state officials to explicitly outlaw the practice, which the organization says is effectively banned in every other state. Statutes banning animal fighting have a specific exemption for dog training.
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Humane Society Cites Abuses at University of Minnesota
Critter News
MARCH 19, 2010
Media-Newswire.com) - The Humane Society of the United States has obtained government reports showing that the University of Minnesota has violated federal standards of care for animals in laboratories. Tags: animal research humane society university of minnesota. vice president of animal research issues for The HSUS.
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Humane Society University to Offer Courses in Fall 2009
Critter News
JUNE 21, 2009
From the Humane Society's press release. Further advancing its leadership in human-animal studies, Humane Society University, an affiliate of The Humane Society of the United States, announced today that it has received a license as a higher education degree-granting institution by the District of Columbia Education Licensure Commission.
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Myrtle Warblers in Autumn
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 17, 2016
Whatever you call them, they are near ubiquitous along the coast in the northeastern United States this time of year as they feed up on a variety of berries including bayberries, from whose genus, Myrica , the Myrtle Warbler gets its name. The best thing about Yellow-rumps is that they have essentially no fear of humans.
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159 The Grackle
10,000 Birds
MARCH 19, 2013
The banner blackbird of most of Mesoamerica as well as much of the southwestern United States is the Great-tailed Grackle. With hoodlum deeds and vulgar words, And should a human interfere, Attacks that human in the rear. I cannot help but deem the grackle. An ornithological debacle.
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Pets Are Family, Not Fighters
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 7, 2013
He was rescued by the Humane Society of the United States, and has since earned the nickname “Bulletproof Sam”! Sadly, stories like Sam’s are all too common, and they don’t always have a happy ending, but the Humane Society is working hard to put a stop to dogfighting. Pets Are Family!
On Humane Societies and Calf-Roping
Animal Person
JULY 1, 2009
Angus directed me to a story about the Calgary Stampede (rodeo) and the Calgary and Vancouver Humane Societies which had me asking: Whose side are they on? The Calgary Humane Society works with the Stampede to make sure the animals are safe (and by the way that's impossible if the animals are being used in the rodeo. Not the rodeo.
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How many birds are killed by windmills and other green energy projects?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
However, in this post, I’d like to lay out the basic numbers as we pretend to know them about overall bird mortality, human related causes of mortality, and somewhere in there I’ll note that the number of birds that are killed by windmills is so small that it says “zero” on my pie chart. So keep that in mind.
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Thoughts for the Day
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2017
Last night I lay awake from 4 am til almost 5, worrying about the black-footed ferrets I met in Montana and the humans who had devoted their lives to helping them. The environment is currently facing some of the most massive challenges in recent human history, and for the first time we have the knowledge to do something about that.
U.S. Endangered Species Act: The System Works
10,000 Birds
JUNE 22, 2016
In a world that’s often full of tragedy, every now and then some good news comes along to restore one’s faith in humanity. A prime example is a report newly released by the Center for Biological Diversity which suggests that, by and large, in the United States, the Endangered Species Act is indeed helping to save the birds it protects.
Birds Are Gumming Up the (Public) Works
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2014
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. As bird lovers, we’re happy that laws exist to protect birds, and that people are especially looking after protected species.
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Little guy with big heart helping animals!
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Not only has he founded his own dog rescue in honor of his beloved poodle Buddy, but he contributed to and helped raise more than $1,000,000 for The Humane Society of the United States Animal Rescue Team on during The Humane Society’s To the Rescue! Gala, held at Cipriani in New York City.
Senator Maria Cantwell Receives Award for Animal Welfare Work
Critter News
MARCH 8, 2010
My husband worked for her years and years ago, when she was just a State representative. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) received the Humane Society’s Legislative Leader award for her leadership in protecting animals. Tags: State of Washington legislation humane society congress us.
Birders: A Documentary Short Film Review
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2019
The answer may lie more in the work of executive producer Gael Garcia Bernal, co-founder of the Mexican Ambulante Film Festival and the actor who co-presented the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature Film with the words, “As a Mexican, as a migrant worker, as a human being, I’m against any form of wall that separates us.”*
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Fledgling Yellow Warblers at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
10,000 Birds
JULY 5, 2017
The dog days of July, when birders desperately seek out south-bound shorebirds, odd breeding records, or anything else to keep themselves from losing their minds in a lousy birding time in the northeastern United States, is not my favorite time of year to bird. Or at least not gross.
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Cat Wars: The Devastating Consequences of a Cuddly Killer
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 25, 2016
million metric tons per year in the United States alone; and. (By There is evidence that toxoplasma leads, in humans, to an elevated risk of mental illness and depression. The traditional, supposedly humane answer to the glut of feral cats has been institution of “TNR” programs – trap, neuter, return.
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The Ubiquitous European Starling: The Bird We Love to Hate
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2012
He allegedly proposed to introduce every species of bird mentioned in the plays of William Shakespeare to the United States. Needless to say, human activities have been most instrumental in the decline of cavity nesting species in the United States.
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195 Birders Should Attend the People’s Climate March
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014
His topic was the report recently issued by the Audubon Society where the organization claimed 314 species of birds in the United States and Canada are threatened by climate change. If 314 species are threatened in the United States and Canada then the numbers world wide must be absolutely staggering.
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221 Unexpected Farm Animal Deal in Ohio
Critter News
JULY 3, 2010
To me, it's another example of the Humane Society's growing savvy and clout in the US. Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov. From the Associated Press.
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Not enough Woodpeckers
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2022
The Buff-necked Woodpecker (Taman Negara, Malaysia) is classified as Near Threatened, with the usual rationale of “habitat loss” (which sounds nicer than “evil humans destroying anything that does not immediately bring in money).
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238 Aslin Beer Company/Two Roads Brewing Company: Under the Wire
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2019
Birds may have taken to these artificial perches like ducks to water, but human reactions to the newfangled poles and wires were hardly as appreciative, especially in the early day. We humans tend not to think of utility poles and wires as “beautiful” or “natural” elements of the environment, when we notice them at all. As Daniel L.
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Update on National Meat Association vs. Brown
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit recently heard arguments in National Meat Association v. Did anyone know this was going on? Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety.
Birding at the Tip of Florida: A Bit of Everything
10,000 Birds
MAY 2, 2014
Many birders are aware that the Caribbean specialties, tropical seabird colonies, and even the menagerie of exotics are a unique feature of this part of the United States. Humans have also participated in this process by introducing a long list of birds such as Egyptian Goose , Purple Swamphen , and Common Myna.
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172 Animal Cruelty at Texas Horse Farm
Critter News
DECEMBER 15, 2010
The Humane Society of the United States, SPCA of East Texas and Humane Society of North Texas worked with the Smith County District Attorney's Office to rescue 50 horses from a Lindale property. 50 surviving horses were rescued. For the full story, go here to KLTV.com.
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100 Burrowing Owls of Cape Coral
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2015
Birding in Florida is unique in that so much of that state’s plenty is evident even to the casual observer. There are few places in the United States where simply driving around can leave you with a list of 30+ species, many of them large and spectacular. I’ve spent the last week in southwest Florida.
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206 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. Monkey business is big business in the United States, where some people pay up to $5,000 to adopt a monkey of their own, often a capuchin monkey, which can grow up to 22 inches and 9 pounds. This is seriously weird stuff. Remember Travis?
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The Urban Birds of Austin, Texas
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2015
Because of this, areas around the city that were once sleepy are now “urban,” with humans and wildlife struggling to keep up. The first looked very similar to a Mourning Dove , which of course can be found across the United States. After all, part of getting to know any city is learning its non-human inhabitants!
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Activists in Canada Found Not Guilty of Getting to Close to Seal Slaughter
Critter News
OCTOBER 17, 2008
They are representatives of Humane Society International and Humane Society of the United States. Tags: seal hunters humane society. The five were charged with coming within 10 metres of seal hunters on March 26, 2006 while filming the annual slaughter in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, not far from Cape Breton.
From Russia With Birds: The World’s Biggest Owl, “Zombie” Pigeons
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
In the hardcore “news” department, scientists from the United States and Russia have managed a successful study of the foraging and nesting habits of Blakiston’s Fish Owl , the largest owl on the planet and one of the rarest. ” side.
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Please Share "Silencing the Lambs"
Animal Person
JULY 25, 2010
I understand how someone who supports the Humane Society of the United States might think an event celebrating "humane" farms would be a good id, as HSUS isn't an animal rights organization.
A Survey of U.S. Birders
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2021
In an effort to better understand the “human dimension” of its conservation efforts, several surveys were conducted, including the National Birdwatching Survey (NBS). In 2012 , the NFC revised some of its goals and set forth a new vision of waterfowl management that emphasized a core of hunter and conservationist supporters.
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Settlement Forces Animal Research Facilities to Disclose More
Critter News
JULY 6, 2009
Animal research facilities will be required to disclosee more information online about their experiments under a court settlement signed Wednesday by the Humane Society of the United States and the Agriculture Department. Tags: animal experimentation animal research humane society USDA medical research.
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The Return of Least Terns to the Gulf Coast
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2017
Though they weight less than two ounces, Least Terns migrate from South America to the West, East, and Gulf Coast to breed on dunes or flat gravel roofs (there are also populations in the middle of the United States).
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103 CA Wildlife Official Photographed with Dead Mountain Lion
Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2012
The Humane Society of the United States, whose members are outraged over the photo, are exchanging thousands of Facebook and Twitter posts and plan to urge California State Assembly members and Senators to vote to have Richards removed from the commission. KCRA 3 could not reach Richards for comment.
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100 Three Amazing Things
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 19, 2013
There may be a new strain not before seen (still looking for verification of that) and there are reasons to believe, the experts say, that this winter could see a spike in bird to human transmission. First this : Bird Flu Strain Jumps From Animals To People For The First Time. Bird flu viruses continue to circulate in poultry.
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192 HSUS Offers Reward in Grizzly Poaching Case
Critter News
JANUARY 22, 2009
The Humane Society is offering a 2500.00 The Humane Society of the United States and The HSUS Wildlife Land Trust are offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the illegal killing of a grizzly bear found dead in Ashton Reservoir near Ashton, Idaho.
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Florida Walking Around Birds
10,000 Birds
MARCH 18, 2014
I’m fairly certain that there’s no other place in the United States where one can walk out the door pushing a stroller and pretty easily rack up at least 30 species without trying very hard. The possibility of finding a gator of a size that could due any human beyond a toddler any harm is slim in a place like this.
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168 White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2011
Often seen at feeders taking suet, peanuts, and sunflower seeds, Sitta carolinensis is a familiar bird to anyone who lives in their large range and who pays the slightest attention to the natural world.
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An Unfortunate Pewee
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
PCBs have been linked to major health problems in animals and humans alike…it is also worth noting almost all of it used in the United States was produced by everyone’s favorite corporation, Monsanto. Well birders, its been too long since I’ve had the chance to speak with you.
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