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New Year’s Day Birding at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary

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The best place I could come up with that was within a short drive of my in-laws’ place in Yorba Linda was the San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary in nearby Irvine, only a quick twenty-minute drive away. I appreciated that aspect of the sanctuary a great deal. San Joaquin was the perfect choice! Especially not like this.

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Hope for Hen Welfare

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A press release I received from the Farm Sanctuary. Animal Welfare Groups Win Industry Backing for First-Ever Federal Regulation of Hen Welfare Groundswell of Public Support Results in Full Court Press for Nationwide Law Protecting Chickens to Replace State-by-State Initiatives WATKINS GLEN, N.Y.

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Update on National Meat Association vs. Brown

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Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Tags: meat california farm animal welfare factory farm animal law meatpacking.

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Organizations Putting Animals First

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Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. Formed in 2007, this organization seeks to promote the humane treatment of animals by promoting effective animal sanctuary management. The group offers information on everything from how to start an accredited, recognized sanctuary, to the best was to acquire necessary resources.

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

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wildlife sanctuary. In their Supreme Court application, the groups say private citizens have a right to seek legal remedies to ensure that governments enforce animal protection laws. The Supreme Court of Canada could be getting involved in the battle over the fate of an ailing elephant in an Edmonton zoo.

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Accessibility Matters II:  Birdability Q&A

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For example, the boardwalk at the Audubon Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary surely makes for much more accessible birding (and fabulous birding for everyone), but the area loses some of the natural characteristics of the Everglades. Let’s be honest – disabled or not, everybody benefits from that…! Is there a conflict? Legally, yes.

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The National Wildlife Refuge System: Birders Leading the Way

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The System also helps implement the Endangered Species Act and other federal conservation laws. At best, most Americans are only vaguely aware of the Refuge System—some of the reporting about Malheur NWR called it a “ federal bird sanctuary.”. Birders have a unique interest in the status of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

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