Critter News
JANUARY 3, 2011
According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. New Jersey Illinois Massachusetts Colorado Maine WORST STATES Ohio Hawaii Alabama North Dakota Mississippi Idaho South Dakota (worst) According to the Animal Legal Defense Fund, the states fell this way.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 30, 2018
Others were established to protect specific bird species or subspecies. But they primary protect land, an essential but dwindling avian resource. Parker River NWR (Massachusetts). As the only federal lands with a legal mandate to protect wildlife, birders should be at forefront of protecting the National Wildlife Refuge System.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
“A lady put American Robin nestlings in a small Tupperware container and put the lid on,” said Jodi Swenson in Massachusetts. Thankfully the bird was alive, but he needed a lot of Dawn soap baths.” “ Herring Gull in a bait bin,” added Jodi Swenson in Massachusetts. Here’s a sad example of where logic failed.
Animal Person
DECEMBER 1, 2009
Massachusetts is probably an exception, as voters banned racing while tracks were still in operation, so that's a message about how they feel about dog racing that turned into a ban. The Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages calls itself "an animal rights-protection-abolitionist organization," which I find interesting.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2014
As bird lovers, we’re happy that laws exist to protect birds, and that people are especially looking after protected species. But parts of Fire Island are nesting habitats for the threatened Piping Plover (like the one above that I photographed, albeit in Massachusetts).
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2017
Could scientists use weather radar data to track the spread of avian influenza, and thereby help poultry growers protect their flocks? This lucky youngster from Massachusetts has almost 300 ticks, but just added his favorite— a Great Gray Owl his supportive family drove hundreds of miles to glimpse.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York. High Technology. Personal Things. “A
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