Critter News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

When SPCA investigators received an anonymous tip Wednesday afternoon about animals in need of medical care at a home in northwest Houston, they had no idea it would turn into one of the largest U.S. Tags: animal abuse Houston. The SPCA took 1045 animals out of a home in Texas that were living in horrible conditions.

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Houston SPCA Animal Abuse Animal 100

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 9, 2009

On July 23, ASPCA Supervisory Special Investigator Annemarie Lucas and Special Agent Kristi Adams arrested Brooklyn resident Andrea Stewart, age 39, after the woman attacked the two Agents. Tags: ASPCA news. Use this hashtag to tweet on this article: @aspca and #AgentsAttacked Permalink: Brooklyn Woman Assaults Two ASPCA Agents.

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ASPCA Kittens Animal Cruelty Neglecting 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

I recently heard from Chris Kirkby, the Managing Director and Principal Investigator at Asociacion Fauna Forever , a Peruvian not-for-profit organisation based in Lima and Puerto Maldonado, about a series of bird-banding workshops being held this June and November in the rainforests of Tambopata in south-eastern Peru. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 206

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

Years of follow-up research conducted by one of Earthwatch’s principal investigators on the Tambopata Macaw project, Dr. Don Brightsmith, shows, however, that within the study area of the clay lick the birds tend to choose the soil with the highest sodium content over soils that are best for neutralizing toxins. Hat-tip to Stella.

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255