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Appeal Denied for Six Activists Convicted Under AEPA

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Six members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty were convicted at a 2006 trial in New Jersey of conspiracy to violate the 1992 Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests.

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Urban Ornithology: 150 Years of Birds in New York City–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The recommendations will sound familiar to any birder or naturalist who wants to protect and improve her local patch: Immediately shut down cat feeding stations. This is a project that clearly spanned decades. It’s a very mixed chapter. Another big year memoir? I love reading all of the above.

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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

This is also where Johnson starts talking about the cost of the theft to the Museum and to science. Or, to keep the priceless feathers hidden away in drawers, protected in small plastic bags, prized in secret. Simon Baron-Cohen, cousin to the comedian. Seriously, this book is crying out for a movie treatment!). Mostly adult males.