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Ontario Animal Welfare Law Goes Into Effect

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It is now law as of March 1. The provincial government says it's gone from "worst to first" and Ontario is now the only jurisdiction in Canada with special protections for law-enforcement animals like police dogs and horses. Veterinarians are now required to report any instances of abuse or neglect.

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Lucy the Elephant's Case to be Heard by Canadian Supreme Court?

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The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo. Animal rights groups are seeking leave to appeal to the high court in their ongoing fight to have Lucy the elephant moved to a warm-weather U.S. Excerpted from CTV News. wildlife sanctuary.

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The Big Dip

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That’s right, I was out looking for the Virginia’s Warbler with a whole big bunch of other birders. He was standing right next to another excellent Queens birder, Jeff Ritter, and Jeff could not get on the bird. A second dip on such a bird was surely unjust, unfair, and against some kind of law. We dipped.

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Lady Amherst’s Pheasant

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After she died, William decided to stick with the family and married the widowed daughter-in-law of Sarah Amherst and like Sarah, a dowager countess of Plymouth (it took me a while to figure out what this means, but then my parents always had difficulties explaining to me at family gatherings who was related with whom).

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Birding Hluhluwe, South Africa

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For the German flag, the “Grundgesetz” (the German basic law) states that the color of the national flag is black-red-gold. Serves the bird right for not living close to European ornithologists. However, whenever you see a German flag, you will notice that the last color clearly is yellow, not gold. Poor creatures.