Critter News

MARCH 17, 2009

We've blogged quite a bit here about the poor conditions for stray dogs in Puerto Rico. Tags: puerto rico dogs. Here is a documentary on Youtube narrated by actress Selena Gomez. She is currently having an auction to benefit Island Dog Inc. I'm glad that this will get more publicity for the issue.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Here is the BBC article on that travesty in Puerto Rico. Tags: puerto rico. If you care about animals, don't give them your tourist dollars. This is just one of many of a long line of animal abuse problems there.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Remember this the next time you think about going to Puerto Rico. Tags: puerto rico animal cruelty. These are the guys that allegedly threw 60 or so dogs off a bridge. The judge said there wasn't enough evidence. Or better yet, don't think about going there. Disgusting.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Actor Benicio del Toro has written a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico opposing a new monkey breeding facility. The Puerto Rican actor has penned a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico urging him to halt the construction plans for Bioculture's massive monkey-breeding facility.

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MARCH 14, 2023

billion in PILT payments to 49 States (all but Rhode Island), the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The formula used to compute the payments is contained in the PILT Act and is based on population, revenue-sharing payments, and the amount of Federal land within an affected county. million.

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JULY 1, 2014

Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The story of the Puerto Rican Amazon, also known as the Puerto Rico Parrot, Parrots Over Puerto Rico is illustrated with deeply hued collages created by Susan L. It is a book that is a joy to view and surprisingly enriching to read.

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Critter News

AUGUST 19, 2008

Animal control workers in October took about 80 pets from the housing project in the northern Puerto Rican town of Barceloneta and allegedly tossed them off a bridge to their deaths. Tags: puerto rico. The killings brought revulsion around the world and triggered calls for tourist boycotts of this U.S. Caribbean territory.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

For example, on the first morning in Puerto Rico that Mike and I explored Humacao Nature Reserve we saw several Mangrove Cuckoos and these birds had no problem making their way in front of my camera. If you want cooperative and carefree cuckoos get yourself off the mainland and make your way to Puerto Rico.

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Way back in January Mike and I made a quick trip to Puerto Rico with the hope of cleaning up on all of the endemic species on the island. And, as icing on the cake, we heard and saw a Puerto Rican Screech Owl about an hour later to finish our endemic sweep!

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

Inexplicably, eBird does not consider Puerto Rico part of the United States, but if it were properly included , it would do well, with 107 species.). Two of these are new to the 100+ list.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

The National Wilderness Preservation System now includes more than 800 congressionally designated wilderness areas totaling more than 110 million acres in 44 states and Puerto Rico. The most recent additions were approximately 1.3 million acres designated by the bipartisan John D. Dingell Jr.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

On our first full day in Puerto Rico (Sunday, 15 January), Mike and I decided to start in the east of the island and work our way west. … This is the first in a series of posts about Mike and Corey’s self-guided trip to Puerto Rico from 14-18 January 2017. Make sure to come back soon for the next installment.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Puerto Rico's animal welfare is pathetic. It's not that different from the rest of Latin America, but Puerto Rico is part of the United States. Tags: puerto rico animal rescue latin america us. I really like this group and donate to them.

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JANUARY 22, 2017

Corey did not get out birding much this weekend after our trip to Puerto Rico last week. But he did manage to carve out a couple of hours on Sunday morning to hit a couple of local parks in Queens where he found his Best Bird of the Weekend, a flyover American Pipit at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

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APRIL 10, 2017

He has also written about birding in Puerto Rico, which he believes is criminally underappreciated as a destination for birders. He is particularly interested in the intersection of law and birding (especially the Endangered Species Act), other bird-related federal litigation, and the impact of federal public lands.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

That I have trips to Puerto Rico, Austria, and the Bahamas planned in the first two months of the year makes me a bit more confident than usual that I can make it again this year. It’s doable, but I might have to work at it and will really have to clean up in Puerto Rico. I will see a Black Woodpecker.

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JANUARY 15, 2017

Corey and I just spent our first day blitzing Puerto Rico and pulled some sweet sightings. Anyone who makes the effort will likely find–and fall for–the Puerto Rican Tody , a dazzling member of a charismatic Caribbean genus. Lucky are those, though, who have added new birds to their life list since 2017 began.

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JANUARY 12, 2017

Good or bad, I’m hitting the road this weekend and dragging Corey with me as we blitz through Puerto Rico in an effort to vacuum up every endemic on that sunny Caribbean island. No, what really gets me going is traveling somewhere I haven’t been for a while, where even the most mundane species gladdens my eye. Wish us luck.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Culebra is the lesser known of the two major islands that lie off the eastern edge of Puerto Rico. But the small island of Culebra, seventeen miles from Puerto Rico proper, is more than adequate for a relaxing beach vacation and it can easily keep a birder busy for several days as well. This made me very happy.

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Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 1, 2020

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OCTOBER 2, 2021

Despite the Central American nation being occasionally confused with Puerto Rico, Costa Rica is not an island, it doesn’t really count as “Caribbean birding”, so what gives? Go to Costa Rica and you will be looking at other birds but you can still get in some Caribbean slope birding.

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JULY 26, 2016

It was introduced to Puerto Rico and other island nations, and now flourishes. The Venezuelan Troupial has a large range, and can be found in Venezuela (obviously), Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and a number of Caribbean Islands. Venezuelan Troupial.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Populations in the eastern part of its range, including the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles are resident while those in the western part of its range such as Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas are migratory. Its wintering range includes most of northern South America.

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APRIL 26, 2013

Many of the Caribbean islands (except Cuba and Hispaniola) make for ideal, quick birding trips where one can see all the endemics and Caribbean specialties at a leisurely pace — usually, with extra spare time to explore historic cities such as old San Juan in Puerto Rico or lounge on beautiful beaches such as Frenchman’s Cove in Jamaica.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

A pelagic out of Hatteras, North Carolina , the Biggest Week in American Birding in Ohio , and trip to Puerto Rico stand out as well. Birding trips to Florida , New Mexico , and Texas are obvious too. Naturally, a walk through one’s life lists triggers memories.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

His passion has interwoven with his interest in travel, having birded extensively throughout the southeastern United States, eastern Australia, and Ecuador along with shorter jaunts to other locales such as Puerto Rico and Costa Rica. …

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APRIL 17, 2017

Austria, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and a brief visit to California have kept me in new birds and it has been wonderful. This year has been a good year for me in terms of travel. But there is still little more in birding that I like than birding my local haunts and seeing what there is to see.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I recently asked whether Puerto Rico should be part of the American Birding Association’s ABA Area. I will suggest an answer to the question: this post makes the argument that both Puerto Rico and the U.S. Now that Hawaii is in the ABA Area , the next additions should be Puerto Rico and the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Though it’s been over a month since Mike and I returned from Puerto Rico my blogging about the trip has been sadly lacking. This is the fourth in a series of posts about Mike and Corey’s self-guided trip to Puerto Rico from 14-18 January 2017. ( You can find the rest here.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends!

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MAY 21, 2019

I’d only ever seen Wilson’s Plover four times previously: once in Florida, once on Trinidad, and twice in Puerto Rico (though those last two sightings were probably of the same bird on different days). (I had always avoided chasing one figuring I would eventually find one on my own in Queens.)

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Though we could breath a sigh of relief outside the famous “cone of uncertainty,” it has been heartbreaking to watch the devastation wrought in South Florida, the flooding up and down the eastern seaboard and Gulf Coast, and now Maria’s wrath in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

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MARCH 15, 2016

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. The reason is twofold, size and mission. The combination is potent. There are approximately 560 NWRs managed by the U.S. Virgin Islands , and the remote Pacific Ocean.

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APRIL 9, 2018

Two years ago it was Culebra, Puerto Rico. This is the third year that my family and some our close friends did a vacation together. Last year it was New Providence in the Bahamas. This year, traveling in April instead of February, we decided to do a road trip to the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

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Reddit Animals

JUNE 11, 2021

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MAY 9, 2017

Because these lands include a variety of different habitats and range from Alaska to Puerto Rico and Hawaii to Maine, it is difficult to make generalizations about their impact on birds. But if one focuses on specific types of birds, the results can be both illuminating and surprising.

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AUGUST 11, 2020

The location was going to be San Juan, Puerto Rico, and I have written a number of pieces on birds and birding in Puerto Rico , so I pondered attending. Joe Wunderle , who provided the CBC data for my posts on post-Maria bird recovery in Puerto Rico , also encouraged me to attend.

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