Critter News
JULY 12, 2009
Less than one year ago, Puerto Rico enacted a landmark animal protection law, based in part on a set of model laws drafted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. 2552) place Puerto Rico among the top tier of U.S. states and jurisdictions with regards to the strength of their laws protecting animals.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2017
Please give a warm welcome to Jason Crotty, who will be writing about “General Birding and the Law” on the second Tuesday of each month. A Bay Area native, he started birding while working at a large law firm in San Francisco, but birds less frequently now that there’s a toddler around so he writes instead.
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Animal Person
MARCH 30, 2009
Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends!
10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2016
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws. The reason is twofold, size and mission. The combination is potent. There are approximately 560 NWRs managed by the U.S.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 14, 2017
I recently asked whether Puerto Rico should be part of the American Birding Association’s ABA Area. I will suggest an answer to the question: this post makes the argument that both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Now that Hawaii is in the ABA Area , the next additions should be Puerto Rico and the U.S.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 10, 2018
But I had spent years in Ann Arbor attending law school at the University of Michigan, albeit before I started birding. On eBird, the District of Columbia is part of the United States but Puerto Rico is not. Some states just seemed to taunt. But that’s better than other parts of the country, such as the U.S.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2022
I initially thought I would focus on the intersection of birding and the law and birding on federal public lands, and I have done lots of posts on those topics. I suspect many pageviews are by birders who feel they ought to know a bit more about how the law impacts bird conservation, rather than their intrinsic interest of the topic.
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