10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2011

The species is fairly widespread in the Western Pacific, ranging from New Zealand to Japan, and contrary to its name it isn’t actually a true snapper (family Lutjanidae), but is instead a member of the porgy and sea bream family (Sparidae). Protected snapper show no fear and even considerable curiosity when it comes to divers.

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4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 11, 2010

The International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ), is a non-profit organization working to save animals in crisis worldwide, to help protect our oceans’ whale population. IFAW advocates for the protection of wildlife in their habitats, works to prevent cruelty to animals, and rescues individual animals.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

In the early 1900s this plant was introduced to the beaches of New Jersey from Japan and subsequently planted on many beaches there as an erosion control plant because its prolific rhizomes stabilized the sand. A new invasive plant is threatening the beaches of Long Island, Asiatic Sand Sedge or Carex kobomugi.

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Critter News

JANUARY 23, 2009

Today, the man who trained Flipper for the popular 1960s TV series is crusading against the slaughter of dolphins in Japan, captured by hidden cameras in a chilling documentary called “The Cove” that’s being shown at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. That was 39 years ago. She believes dolphins have "fun" doing shows.

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 15, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ Japan’s Whaling Obsession ” (editorial, April 1): Japan strongly supports the international protection of endangered whale species and advocates for the sustainable harvest of species in abundance only. Japan Information Center Consulate General of Japan New York, April 4, 2007 Jiro Okuyama Dir.,

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New York Times New York Whales Whaling 40

Animal Person

APRIL 14, 2009

According to Reuters: Japan, which considers whaling to be a cherished cultural tradition, killed 679 minke whales despite plans to catch around 850. David Jentsch says to his colleagues "your silence will no longer protect you" and his community of vivisectionists has decided to have a pro-torture and slaughter (i.e.,

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Animal Liberation Front UCLA Animal Liberation Primates 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Some articles speculate that the nests offer protection against the cold. There are a lot of pet psittacines out there that escape or are released. Not many survive, and very few flourish. The answer lies in the nests. Monk Parakeet is the only parrot species that builds its own nest.

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Critter News

MAY 25, 2011

Today, according to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Ginichi Y Ohira was charged in Los Angeles federal court with selling whale meat in violation of the Federal Marine Mammal Protection Act. The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society had run a sting operation to collect evidence related to the serving of whale meat.

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Whales Whaling Meat Los Angeles 100

Critter News

APRIL 4, 2011

The Ministry of the Environment is in the process of amending the Japanese animal protection law. From the Petition Site. please visit and sign. The Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums (JAZA) has proposed that the Ministry exempt JAZA's members from the current requirement to register as animal handlers with local authorities.

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Zoos Laws Animal Animal Protection 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. It includes stunning photographs by Tipling of eagle hunters (as in Kazakhs who hunt with eagles), Stellar Sea Eagles in Hokkaido, Japan, and Black Kites at the dump near New Delhi, India. As they say, the relationship is complicated.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

I wonder if we’ll live to see the day when Collared Doves finish their world encirclement by expanding though Alaska into NE Asia and then linking up with the populations there (they have reached Japan and Korea). The reason why they have expanded so rapidly in the Midwest and are still so rare in the NE might have climatic reasons.

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Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 134

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

It is also native to Japan, where it is protected and protectively studied to the point where Slaght had trouble getting any information.). And the research also had implications for fish owl research in general, which has been applied to research projects in Japan. I just need to get me to Japan. by Jonathan C.

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Owls Russia Fish Research 133

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

It could have been worse, and for the people on the coast of Japan it certainly was. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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2011 Deer Pro-Test Wildlife 175

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

The species was seemingly killed off by feather hunters, but then, after years, reappeared at the site of one of the deserted breeding colonies, Torishima Island in Japan. She’s described conservation successes in detail–the Bald Eagle, the Short-tailed Albatross, now protected in Japan.

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Fox Albatross Geese Bald Eagle 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Where Hawaii, Japan, and Siberia are just an ocean away. I’ve been on a whale-watching trip in Orange County , twice gone out to Santa Cruz Island , and even visited Protection Island off the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. Where you can get out to deep water almost as soon as you leave the harbor.

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Whales Whaling Albatross Dolphins 109

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Schulman The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918 (MBTA) is the legislative implementation of the Migratory Bird Treaty negotiated with Great Britain, on behalf of Canada, in 1916 (subsequent treaties with Mexico, Japan, and Russia have been incorporated into the Act). Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds.

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