10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

Mice/rats in your house or business? ” Most people don’t understand what they’re doing when they use rat poison. Look no further than Reckitt Benckiser’s website: “The Company strives to act in accordance with the laws … of the countries in which it operates, (and it) operates with integrity.”. Alert: they’re lying.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2017

The law of unintended consequences has tragic effects at a zoo in England, as rat poison ends up killing the Rainbow Lorikeets it was intended to protect. So crazy it just might work? Scientists ponder the feasibility of genetically engineering chickens to lay the eggs of endangered bird species.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Change in Law. I wish for a federal law prohibiting domestic and feral cats from roaming free outdoors. Violation of the law would be punishable by substantial fines, plus the cat owners would be required to perform community service at a local wildlife rehabilitation facility. “A That’s easy!” wrote Veronica in California. “I

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Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2009

The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. Huntingdon used mostly mice and rats , but also some dogs, monkeys, fish and guinea pigs , in its research in New Jersey. From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Inserts in rodent poisons that assure the public they will not kill anything but the offending rats or mice pedal the same questionable claims as those of the snake oil salesmen of bygone days. Rehabilitators also cooperate with law enforcement on illegal activity, and even monitor emerging diseases in avian species.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2011

The forest is subject to predator control to reduce pests like rats and protect the native birds (and giant worm-eating snails), and although the rarer species haven’t been reintroduced, there are still some Kokako in the park along with the Brown Kiwi. A New Zealand Fantail refusing to fan its tail.

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