10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2023

Author Rebecca Heisman has crafted a book about bird migration, scientific process, and creativity that’s informative, engaging, and inspiring. There are many strands that make up the scientific investigations into the question, “Where do the birds go? I do not think we have solved the mystery of bird migration.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

Investigative journalism by the Salt Lake Tribune, following-up on allegations levelled by PETA against the University of Utah's Comparative Medicine Center and the Cardiovascular Research & Training Institute laboratories revealed the two laboratories had used 190 dogs and cats in 2009, all obtained from shelters.

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Utah Animal Research PETA Stray 100

Critter News

MARCH 14, 2010

Recent published studies document that an old boys network in the federal grant award process keeps “aging cash cows” afloat while leaving younger, innovative investigators struggling. Tags: animal research Obama. Animal research is not necessary to promote human health despite claims from vested interests.

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Animal Research Research Obama Monkeys 100

Critter News

APRIL 1, 2009

There is an abundance of information on the web about undercover investigations, livestock conditions, slaughter procedures, etc. Animals are raw materials to process for product. You are not processing their wellbeing, but their carcasses for meat. Tags: farm animal welfare factory farm agribusiness.

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Farm Animal Farmed Animals Farming Factory Farm 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. The hope was that they would be recovered with the tags attached.

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Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 104