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EPA, FDA weigh oversight overhaul for animal parasite products

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Two federal agencies are considering transferring oversight of some 600 products from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM), a proposal that raises more questions than answers.

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Bachelor's thesis on the treatment of animals during filming

Reddit Animals

Preparing animals for film production: Methods and procedures for preparing animals for film production ​ B. Suggestions for actions to protect animals in films: Formulate concrete proposals for actions to improve the conditions for the treatment of animals in film productions and raise awareness of this issue.

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“Hawk” vs. Hawk

10,000 Birds

Does the product above strike you as black humor, only not funny? It takes a lot of nerve—or something that can’t be printed here—to name your rat poison after the animals that so effectively and efficiently control rodents but that are also being poisoned—as “non target” animals—by your product. Or better yet, “Ecosystem.”.

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Solid Air: Invisible Killer Saving Billions of Birds From Windows–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

Many people who have bird feeders now use patterns or screens or paint to keep their windows from looking like the entryway to greenery, some even install bird-friendly glass, chosen from a list of products evaluated by the American Bird Conservancy. It’s not enough. There are far fewer photographs of dead birds than I expected.

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RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser

10,000 Birds

By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife.

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Urban Birding in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

Costa Rica is well known for national parks and other protected areas than offer access to tropical ecosystems dripping with biodiversity. The raising of the bins took place along roads through semi-shaded coffee farms and on the grounds of Villa San Ignacio , a hotel with big old wonderful trees and regenerating forest.

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Linda Hufford: A Rehabber Comments on “Collecting” Rare Birds

10,000 Birds

He said the federal government’s and Alaska’s state rules were, for the most part, okay; they were consistent and generally made sense for the safety of both humans and wildlife, and in many respects, coincided with his own views of protecting the native environment. How it raised its chicks? Or how gracefully it flew?