10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2012

It took several days in Florida for the idea that I was pretty much surrounded by giant reptiles that could kill me to sink in to my brain. According to Wikipedia : Alligators are capable of killing humans, but are generally wary enough not to see them as a potential prey. Though alligator attacks are rare they do happen.

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Critter News

JULY 7, 2009

Welfare groups are calling for an urgent public debate on animal testing amid claims millions of creatures are being killed or maimed every year in Australia in the name of science. Tags: australia animal experimentation animal research medical research.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 3, 2014

Some of these lost animals will eventually be reunited with their families, but others will sadly be injured or killed in traffic or remain unclaimed in shelters. If you feel your animal has a severe phobia or a negative reaction to fireworks, you should contact your veterinarian about options including anti-anxiety medications.”.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Tags: university research medical research.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

In order to minimize handling, any sort of medical treatment needed is done then, as well. You open the door and they either freak and flail, which could lead to self-injury; or they freak and try to kill you, which could lead to rehabber injury. “I When birds are down and out, this is not a problem. Others, not so much.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

One is Tylenol (the human pain medication) — a completely selective feral-cat poison. .” Ted not only did not call on anyone to poison cats but he pointed out that Tylenol is not registered for use in killing cats. Pretty standard. He also quoted a biologist pointing out how extreme the TNR people are and gave a few examples.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

But in birds they eat living tissue, and once they are internal will kill the patient. We medicated her for maggots, picked at least 100,000 of the creepy critters from her abdomen, and finally treated the injury. We worked in shifts, tube feeding her, giving her supportive therapy, and removing maggots.

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Animal Person

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Now, any medication we take and surgical procedures we undergo also have a long line of breeding, enslavement, torture and killing of sentient nonhumans leading up to them, so objecting to "knockout animals" on those grounds is to stand on somewhat thin ice. Why kill and maim and waste taxpayer dollars--or any dollars--on such things?

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

Others are being killed for use in traditional medicine. Apologies – I have not taken my anti-cynicism medication for a while now, and it starts to show). This can lead to birds being poisoned. If that sounds stupid, that is because it is. ” This sparrow does not want to hear it has a beautiful soul.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

We took her to the vet and put her on medication, and somehow she pulled through. We released live mice into the flight so they could learn to catch and kill live prey. The two older ones were in pretty good shape, but we were not sure the third would make it. She was open-mouth breathing, and we believed she had aspirated formula.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve seen photos of birds with so many bands it looks like they’re wearing stockings, and then there’s the awful story of Violet , whose band eventually killed her. She was tired, thin, and had several medical issues. And to prove it, there’s The Queen.

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Critter News

FEBRUARY 21, 2009

His owner, crazy Sandra Herrold , should be prosecuted and made to pay medical costs for the victim. What is sad is that Travis' mother was also shot and killed for aggressive behavior. His death was a tragedy and should not be mocked. Nor should the woman who was attacked. This is serious stuff. She actually thought he was her son??

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Animal Person

MAY 6, 2009

The book, which I have not read, that saved Derrick Jensen 's life is called The Vegetarian Myth: Food, Justice, and Sustainability by Lierre Keith, who was a vegan for 20 years, suffered serious medical problems, and started feeling better when she recommenced eating animals. If anyone has read the book, let me know your thoughts.

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Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

For Engber, who dispassionately describes procedures most of the time, the "advances" in the medical care of humans are all well worth what he and other vivisectionists do to dogs and other sentient nonhumans. Medical schools, in particular, made ample use of them for education and research in surgery and cardiology." And for what?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Most arguments for conserving a species focus on things that we can measure in dollar amounts, such as ecotourism, medical benefits, etc. Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al. 1999, Holt et al.

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Critter News

JUNE 16, 2010

I particularly question the use of chimpanzees in medical research. How smart does a chimpanzee have to be before killing him constitutes murder? From what I recall, chimpanzees share at least 95 percent of human DNA, although the number that floats around the most is 98.6 The following is from The Dragons of Eden by Carl Sagan.

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4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 24, 2012

Similarly, these ingredients may increase parasite infection, increasing the money you must spend on vet care and pet medications. Cooked bones can splinter and kill your dog. Some studies indicate that excessive use of preservatives causes cancer and other illnesses in dogs. Special Formulations Added to Dog Food.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

I imagine part of the allure of studying mushrooms is the tension between identifying the ones that will kill you (or at the very least give you a tummy ache) and the ones that will make your pizza or salad zing. The edibility of most species is unknown.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

Heartworms are easily controlled by any one of a number of medications designed to kill the worms or repel mosquitoes. Because the illness is mosquito-borne, the best way to avoid it is to kill the insects with something like a Mosquito Magnet or a product with DEET before the mosquitoes have an opportunity to pass on the virus.

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Animal Person

MARCH 24, 2009

They currently care for about 80 animals, almost half of whom are special needs cases who require extra time, attention and medical care. They have basically been donating all their waking hours for several years now, and have also used much of their their life savings to buy food, bedding and medical care for the animals under their care.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 26, 2014

Some pay for all medical bills, some even pay for food. She was on the kill list in NYC and was pulled by A Pathway to Hope Rescue, after Rock & Rawhide advocated for her life. This may be easy for some pets, and not so easy for others. A patient and loving foster home can help them through this process.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 16, 2007

To inflict death or pain on animals for scientific or medical research is wrong morally, and ought to be prohibited. They may be killed in order to protect the health of humans (and other animals) if they are infected with a serious disease and cannot be quarantined.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 21, 2007

What we are doing is raising and then killing animals so that we can eat them. If we’re going to raise farm animals and then kill them to eat them, we should say so. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, management and husbandry are more important for ensuring the health and well-being of pigs.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

Dr Smith was later in charge of medical services in the Crimea but had a feud with Florence Nightingale and was severely criticized for mismanagement, yet despite this he was knighted in 1859. He was a Scottish army doctor and zoologist who came to the Cape in 1821 as surgeon to the Cape Mounted Rifle Corps.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

These Blasts From The Past No Owls at Croton Point I Hate Connecticut… Birding Kazakhstan: Morning of Day 1 in Astana Ottawa By Way of Ohio The Snow Bunting That Almost Killed Me, or, Hyperbole in Bird Blog Post Titles is Fun! at Gloucester Harbor Birding The San Jacinto Valley.Or

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Animal Ethics

MAY 23, 2007

As the lead prosecutor in this case told the jury, this poor infant was not killed by a vegan diet. The medical journal Lancet recently published findings showing that children who are not adequately nourished in the first five years of life sometimes never catch up to their peers.

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