Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Engber mentions that in 1972, the USDA put into place "a special exemption for rats, mice, and birds, allowing scientists to treat them however they saw fit—in cages of any size, in experiments with any degree of pain and suffering. Scientists mapped out the entire mouse genome in 2002 and the rat genome in 2004.)

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

They cut down the trees the parrots used for nesting and brought black rats, who ate their eggs, and honeybees who swarmed into their nests, and by 1937 there were only about 2,000 Puerto Rican Parrots left. Spanish settlers arrived in 1493 and called the birds Coterras. Other Europeans came. Africans were brought over as slaves.

Puerto Rico 232

Puerto Rico Parrots New York City 2013 232

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2013

There are thoughts about the possible futures of New York City, based on how we reclaim our waters and where we invest our resources, and there are descriptions of how to teach urban college students to value their natural, usually unseen surroundings, and there are essays expounding the “duality” of living in a world of cement and steel where plants (..)

New York 107

New York New York City 2013 Collecting 107

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2021

The 20-plus list of resources is organized by chapter, so there may be some repeats in the citations I counted, but I doubt there are many.) To help us digest the research findings and how they relate to each other, these chapters are peppered with small profiles of research projects, many of which Weidensaul has led or participated in.

Cyprus 250

Cyprus Slaughter Slaughtered Research 250

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

The combined effects of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced animals like rats and mongoose have extirpated the species from some islands and reduced numbers significantly on others. A recent focus has been on habitat preservation since wetlands in the Caribbean are a very scarce resource.

Antigua and Barbuda 220

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 220

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2018

The causes were the usual reasons for island extinction—deforestation by both humans and invasive plants that crowded out native plants, hunting, and invasive rats, mongoose, monkeys, and, of course, feral cats. And, possibly, a waste of resources to try to extend near-extinct species into the future.

Mauritius 101

Mauritius Stud Zoos Eggs 101

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I have seen both Long-tailed and Tree Pangolins , Greater Cane Rat , several species of monkey and duiker, Royal Antelope , Pel’s Anomalure (a giant flying squirrel), huge casqued hornbills, Great Blue Turacos and numerous other birds and mammals for sale along the roadsides.

Ghana 191

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 191

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2012

Unless we start taking wildlife crime seriously and allocate the resources necessary to tackle a sophisticated and well-financed global criminal network, elephants and other charismatic species will continue their tragic slide into oblivion. Note from KBJ: I take it that rats are not a "charismatic species." ELIZABETH L. ELIZABETH L.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York South Korea New York City 40