AVMA News

APRIL 29, 2024

Researchers at Hill’s Pet Nutrition and elsewhere have spent decades gathering data about food palatability and investigating why pets have certain taste preferences.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter to ReConserve on January 3 following an investigation prompted by a complaint from a state regulatory partner about ingredient storage conditions.

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AVMA News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration plans to end routine updates on the investigation of case reports of nonhereditary canine dilated cardiomyopathy and of certain dog foods and ingredients.

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AVMA News

MARCH 21, 2023

authorizes the use of certain alternatives to animal testing, including cell-based assays and computer models, to obtain an exemption from the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the safety and effectiveness of a drug. The recently passed FDA Modernization Act 2.0

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AVMA News

APRIL 17, 2024

departments of agriculture and justice means greater collaboration and coordination when investigating and prosecuting Animal Welfare Act violations. A memorandum of understanding between the U.S.

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Animal Person

JUNE 6, 2009

He recently wrote me: We are an abolitionist group and our approach is "Educate, Investigate & Liberate". We are currently doing an investigation on pig farms in Spain, including intensive and extensive/free-range farms (tho extensive ones are scarce since intensive ones are the majority in the industry). Thanks a lot.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 27, 2009

Animal Investigators: How the World’s First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species is an interesting read about the world’s first wildlife forensics lab. It has suspense and mystery, with undercover investigations, and innovative forensic techniques!

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Critter News

MARCH 19, 2009

Really interesting interview with an animal rights undercover investigator. Tags: animal abuse undercover investigation animal rights factory farm. This is very important work and an enlightening, though short, piece. I admire these people tremendously, whether they go undercover on a factory farm or a research institute.

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Critter News

MAY 15, 2009

The investigation is related to the Animal Welfare Act and Clemson's research activities, but no details are available at this time.

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AVMA News

MARCH 28, 2023

Under the ADMC Program, racing will have centralized testing driven by an investigative unit and will institute harmonization among laboratories. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) officially launched March 27.

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Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2009

The RSPCA is investigating whether Prince Edward beat his dogs while hunting. Here is a link to the Daily Mail , complete with pictures. He alleges that he was merely trying to break up a fight between the two dogs.

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AnimalEquality.net

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Between October and December 2023, investigators documented abuse at six facilities in Maharashtra and Kerala. Animal Equality is revealing widespread cruelty and legal violations in slaughterhouses connected to India’s dairy industry. In Deonar, several buffaloes attempted to… Source

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Critter News

JANUARY 26, 2010

Compassion in World Farming led an undercover investigation that showed illegal tail docking and poor attempts at pig enrichment on factory farms, in violation of EU law. Now the pig industry is mad and claiming bias ( scroll down in article.) If you complied with the law, you wouldn't look like such jerks!

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Critter News

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Investigators from Compassion in World Farming found 80 per cent of farms across five European countries engaging in illegal practices such as barren pens and routine tail-docking. It really sucks to be a factory farm pig in Europe.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2015

There were several incidents involving poisoned Peregrines in that area, so the police and the SVS / BirdLife Switzerland started to investigate the case, assisted by the group of conservationists from Serbia ( the news in German ).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

Take, for example, this pair of birds I found investigating a cavity in northern Chatham County this weekend. A pair were busy investigating a broken stump, though the real object of their interest, what I assume was an old cavity, happened to just be on the opposite side.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2012

As we explored the reef over the following hours we found our Pied Oystercatchers enjoying and investigating food options. Pied Oystercatcher nest with 2 eggs These last two nests were unattended due to the fact it was in the heat of the day and the reef was exposed.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2021

Several tour companies and birders seeking to investigate birding in the country with the second highest bird species density in the world indicated that it may be futile to pursue a birding trip to Trinidad & Tobago given the closure of a single (and undeniably significant) lodge.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 26, 2012

But he never investigated further and the frog remained shrouded in obscurity. The range of the Richmond Ribbiter is still being investigated, but it is likely that only a small fraction of its former range still supports the frogs. This shows the importance of habitat conservation, even in urban areas.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2012

Then a flock of flickers foraging in a field got my attention and I parked and went over to investigate. Though the boardwalk over the marsh there is supposed to be open from 8 AM it was still locked up tight when I arrived at 8:15 so instead I drove on, keeping an eye out for birds.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2012

From suburban gardens to forests and marshes, they pop up from the cover of the undergrowth to investigate any unusual noises and respond very well to pishing. This post will look at the Superb Fairy-wren, Malurus Cyaneus , which can be easily found in a variety of habitats within the south-eastern corner of Australia.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2015

The investigation continues. So maybe some reckless member of this really quite attractive and fascinating species actually did do something untoward to some long-forgotten birder. Steal his girlfriend? Poop on his hat? Limpkin image by Dori (Own work) [ CC BY-SA 3.0 ], via Wikimedia Commons.

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Critter News

JUNE 4, 2009

I predict they'll get nowhere. Stop Animal Exploitation Now filed the complaint with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, urging a probe of 50 U.S. researchers for allegedly filing fraudulent documents and performing nearly identical experimentation in violation of federal regulations, the organization said in a news release.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2013

My proposal, “ An integrative understanding of phenotypic flexibility ”, aims to answer these questions by investigating the molecular mechanisms underlying seasonal changes in metabolic performance of a common songbird, the Dark-eyed Junco. What are the mechanisms by which this occurs? And what cues do they use to do so? My Project.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2020

He has smartly expanded on his article, giving us more about Lendrum’s boyhood and history with conservationists in southern Africa; falcon hunting and racing in the Middle East; the life of Detective Andy McWilliam, the British wildlife officer who investigated Lendrum; and a brief history of oology, the obsessive hobby of egg collecting.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 27, 2012

As a result of this there is a lot of head movement as they investigate all around them. They feed on the insects found on the grasslands and can be observed either feeding in flight or running across the land and grabbing insects that they flush.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2021

No guarantees, but in this case the agency had already given the owner a warning and was responsive and willing to investigate complaints. Birds should be treated with care and reverence, not left hooded and tied next to a gas pump like a character in a Mitch Rapp novel. Banner photo by Ingrid Taylar.

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Critter News

JULY 4, 2010

Interesting short interview with Kathy Guillermo.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 23, 2012

A bright flash of white caught my attention in this lilly-choked wetland Closer investigation revealed a stunning male Pheasant-tailed Jacana perched atop a female. Whilst leading a birding tour to Sri Lanka, I spotted a flash of bright white in a lily-choked wetland near Ambalantota in the south-east of this verdant island.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2012

We had both seen it go into the hollow and decided to go and investigate from a distance to see what it was. We were driving along slowly when I observed something out of the corner of my eye on the ground and then saw feathers going into a hollow in a Melaleuca tree.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2012

Christmas Hermit Crab being investigated by other hermit Crabs One actually went right up to it and I don’t know what they thought of each other, but it was rather fun to watch. Christmas Hermit Crab makes a friend!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

Recently, our ordinal level project, a large international consortium led by researchers from BGI, University of Copenhagen, and Duke University, and including investigators from more than 20 countries, sequenced and/or collected the genomes from 48 bird species representing nearly all orders and covering a broad range of evolutionary diversity.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2013

They are also inquisitive, so if you observe some near the edge of the road and you want to gain their attention you can turn on your car indicators and they will often investigate rather than run off. They are nomadic and roam looking for food, which is predominately vegetation and therefore they distribute seeds as they roam.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

Here a bunch of them are investigating one such burrow. Shearwaters are not as accomplished on land as albatrosses and giant petrels, but they can walk. Wedge-tailed Shearwaters nest in holes dug into the sandy soil. Just a few days old!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2012

” How else to explain the highly suspicious European Bee-Eater Turkish authorities are currently investigating. Last year, vigilant Saudi Arabian officials detained an Israeli spy vulture yet apparently failed to foil the “Zionist espionage plot.” Birders of the world: if you see something, say something. (

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2024

It’s also about personal journeys, where knowledge comes from and how it is shared, investigating the past through the lens of history and the lens of informed imagination, learning how to negotiate the grays of our ornithological heritage, and the magic of discovery.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2013

Apostlebird investigating field-guide. We own at least one of each field-guide available for Australia as the information and drawings in each is slightly different and each has its benefits. When you travel by plane to an area that may be damp you have to consider which is the most waterproof!

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