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LA Times "Rodent of the Week" Simply PR for Animal Research
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2010
Rodent of the Week" supposedly highlights the "good things" that come out of animal research. Here's a weird little piece I came across. Clearly, a PR instrument. But even this peppy little piece discusses the weaknesses of animal research. So why not just end it?
Amazing giant rodent called a Hutia, met this beauty in Cuba
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MARCH 16, 2023
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This woman in Florida kept over 300 rodents in her house. Cops paid a visit
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DECEMBER 12, 2022
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Anyone ever seen one of these rodents before? Google isn't helping to identify.
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AUGUST 2, 2022
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Z. Alexander Brown: Uncaged – Cabernet Sauvignon (2017)
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 2, 2020
The deadly prowess with which their resident Barn Owls hunt rodents allows Z. It certainly makes an attractive mascot in its own right, but it’s also one that was chosen for a reason: as the company explains, the Barn Owl is a “guardian of the vine” and it welcomes the presence of these birds in its fields by installing nest boxes.
Dogs and Rat Poison
4 The Love Of Animals
DECEMBER 8, 2011
As the weather starts getting colder, there may be a problem with rodents coming into our homes to look for a warm place to nest. It can be ingested through direct consumption of the pellets, or indirectly from chewing on or eating a contaminated rodent. Have an exterminator professionally rid your home of rodents.
“Hawk” vs. Hawk
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
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. I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands. Thanks for your concern for wildlife, Syngenta.).
Cats Are Not “Green Rodent Control”
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 29, 2011
And I would like to thank Keith Blackmore for pointing that out. Keep cats indoors!
Leaping Foxes
10,000 Birds
MAY 31, 2015
In German, if you are a rodent and you are smaller than – say – a human hand, you’re a mouse. If however you are a larger “mouse”-like rodent you are a rat. Sometimes, red foxes can even be observed hunting during the day when rodents and fox babies are plentiful. No “gophers” etc.
As cute as a mouse!
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 26, 2011
Yes, we realize that not everyone shares our love of rodents, but you have to admit this mouse is just plain adorable!
Rescue Spotlight: Rabbit Meadows
4 The Love Of Animals
OCTOBER 29, 2009
As the name suggests, they rescue rabbits, but they also rescue other small animals like ferrets, and other small rodents. Tags: rescue spotlight ferret rabbit rescue rodent. Rabbit Meadows is a rescue group out of Seattle. They also have a huge vision and mission for their sanctuary!
Food
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2020
Rodents seem to be less popular, or less available. Black-capped Kingfisher. Little Egret: There is a shrimp farm by the seaside. Very easy work. Similar to the Chinese, birds do not seem to mind eating frogs and toads. Cattle Egret. Brown Shrike. Black-winged Kite: Yes, it is a tail.
What’s In the Freezer for Tonight?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2013
A wildlife rehabilitator friend, newly licensed, recently called to ask if he could feed a recovering Turkey Vulture anything besides defrosted rodents. He ate through my remaining supply of rats and mice, as well as all my pinkies (hairless, day-old rodents, easily digestible and good for starvation cases). He ate my last quail.
On the threshold of flight
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 20, 2015
” We don’t call any rodents “flightless rodents” though almost all of them are. Not all birds fly, but all birds have flight related anatomy and at least descend from those that did. Indeed, we call the very rare non-fliers “flightless.”
Good News for South Georgia Island’s Pipit Population
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 24, 2015
If no signs of rats are found by 2017, the island will be determined rodent-free for the first time since humans set foot on it more than two centuries ago. A final round of baiting just launched in what’s being called the world’s largest rat-eradication project.
Mammals of Madagascar (Lynx Edicions)
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Strictly speaking, Mammals of Madagascar is not a field guide, because some larger groups (rodents, bats) cannot be identified down to a species level following the concise descriptions and a single illustration. Still, there should be no problem with larger species that allow for longer observation time (e.g.
Seal Industry Tries to Capitalize on Medical Researchers Conjectures
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Pibarot has yet to begin collecting data through testing rodents and he says that a clinical trial in humans is hypothetical at this point - at least a decade of positive results and funding would have to be established first. The research at Laval University is still in the earliest stages.
Rats help save humans.
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 25, 2010
The sizeable rodents are helping to detect tuberculosis (TB). (In ancient Greece and China, if you were suspected to have tuberculosis, doctors would burn your spit with a stone or hot flame and interpret the fume’s odor.). Recently, another powerful little nose has joined the diagnostic force: that of the African giant pouched rat.
RATS, Raptors, and Reckitt Benckiser
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2014
The rodents eat the bait, stagger out of the building looking for water, and are easy prey for whatever carnivore happens to be passing by, be it wildlife or someone’s pet. A poisoned rodent can kill whatever eats it, and death by poison is a very bad way to go.
The “Birds” in the Brush
10,000 Birds
MAY 24, 2013
Like most rodents, the ground squirrels of Montana seem well able to persist in the face of human hostility (although species elsewhere like the Mohave ground squirrel and the Franklin’s ground squirrel are at risk in the face of massive habitat loss.) Mammals ground squirrels rodents'
Malaysia Approves Controversial Research Lab
Critter News
JUNE 24, 2010
The lab, which is run by the Britain-based Alpha Biologics, uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing. The veterinary services department launched a probe this month after animal rights campaigners accused the Progenix Research lab based in the northern state of Penang of cruelty to animals.
Mammals of South Asia (Lynx Edicions)
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 22, 2020
Strictly speaking, Mammals of South Asia is not a field guide, because some larger groups (rodents, bats) cannot be identified down to a species level following the concise descriptions and a single illustration. Still, there should be no problem with larger species that allow for longer observation time (e.g.
Grassy Green Space in the Central Valley- Trash Habitat or Prime Real Estate for Oddball Birds?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2021
Keep birding and you might see a White-tailed Kite hovering as it hunts rodents and one of the few Bat Falcons in the Valley might dash into view. Lesser numbers of other common birds also occur; birds like the Gray-crowned Yellowthroat , Inca Doves , saltators, Groove-billed Anis , and other species.
British-Funded Lab Under Investigation in Malaysia
Critter News
JUNE 14, 2010
Animal rights campaigners have accused the Progenix Research lab, which uses monkeys, dogs, rodents and rabbits for toxicology testing, of poisoning the animals to death.
Chinese Give Gerbils Contraceptives to Cut Population
Critter News
MARCH 25, 2009
Forestry officials are leaving pills by the gerbils' burrows to try to cut back the rodents' exploding numbers. Weird, but I give them credit for doing the humane thing. And I don't give the Chinese much credit in this blog. The gerbils, officials say, are threatening the fragile desert ecosystem in the vast Xinjiang region.
Feral Cats Are An Invasive Species in North America (and elsewhere)
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2014
And for rodents and reptiles as well. And for thousands of years the lizards, rodents, and birds of North America adapted to Fishers, Badgers, Wolverines, Ermines, etc. This means that they eat a lot of rodents and birds. Let me tell you this: They are. among the Mustilids, and Coyotes and to a lesser extent Foxes.
Green Bay Turns to Hawks to Stop Rats
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 13, 2011
The nesting program isn’t to benefit the birds but to try to contain a serious rodent problem. Green Bay, Wisconsin, will put up nesting platforms and boxes in an attempt to lure birds of prey. How cool is that?
Birding northern Serbia, or a sudden bird tour
10,000 Birds
MAY 20, 2021
Another Roller en route (they responded well to recently posted bird boxes), and we found ourselves in the Tamis river floodplain, where a White-tailed Eagle with a large rodent prey (either a Muskrat or a young Coypu , a.k.a. Nutria) flew by us (this time, it was Q. who dipped it). Several Barred Warblers were singing here.
The Devil Is In The D-Con
10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2014
Safe Rodent Control will tell you how to rodent-proof without poison. Raptors Are The Solution (RATS) has a list of poisons still allowed for over-the-counter sale , as well as their manufacturers, active ingredients, and known impacts. It was a wonderful moment of triumph. But now it’s back to work, everyone.
Owls of Galapagos Islands
10,000 Birds
MARCH 24, 2012
On the main Islands of Santa Cruz, San Cristobal, and Isabela it is found near the garbage dumps where food (rodents) is plentiful. The Barn Owl subspecies is the Tyto alba punctatissima and can be found on Isabela, Santa Cruz, Fernandida, Santiago, San Cristobal, Pinta, and maybe also in Floreana.
West Virginia University to Build Animal Research Lab
Critter News
MARCH 6, 2010
It will house rodents for use in experiments. Thanks to your tax dollars, federal stimulus money is being used to build a $14.5 million dollar research lab. It is the largest grant thus far under the stimulus package. Why would this West Virginia University project be the recipient of federal stimulus money? Because it will create JOBS!
Rats Taking Over from Mice in Labs
Critter News
DECEMBER 27, 2010
Morse, corporate vice president for research model services at Charles River Laboratories, a Wilmington company that started by breeding lab rats in 1947 and has become a major supplier of rodents for research.
White Squirrels of Rochester
10,000 Birds
MARCH 25, 2012
Our standard Sciuridae is the Eastern Gray Squirrel ( Sciuridae carolinensis ) and while most of these rambunctious rodents are indeed gray, they sometimes come in other flavors. As a native New Yorker, I’ve seen my share of squirrels. The Bronx was beset by hordes of Black Squirrels , melanistic members of this common species.
Positive Responses from Animal Testers?
Critter News
DECEMBER 7, 2010
Testing a single chemical takes up to five years, involves 800 rodents and costs $3.8 Robotic alternatives could test 350 chemicals in less than a week at a fraction of the cost, the report says.
Glue Trapped
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 15, 2014
The Carolina Wren pictured above was caught in a Walmart in a trap set for rodents. See Safe Rodent Control. However, many people who wouldn’t dream of setting a leg-hold trap use glue traps, which accomplish the same thing – just on a smaller scale. I could laugh about it because the mole was fine.”. Glue traps!
Loggerhead Shrikes breakfast
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 18, 2017
Loggerhead Shrikes are well known for their hunting skills, chasing down lizards, various insects, small rodents and even an occasional snake. It is not uncommon to find results of their skills, in the form of a lizard or other trophy, left on a cactus thorn or barbwire, there for a future meal.
Aniweb Roundup
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 11, 2009
If you do, then you may have met a lot of fun anipals including an ROUS (rodent of unusual size). Come visit our guest post on the awesome Paw Talk website. It’s about choosing products for your pet. Do you Twitter? Come read Caplin’s take on being a social animal online ! Visit our other site for a chance to win Dirty Bow Wow.
Lakshmi’s Owl
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 28, 2013
Common throughout India with a range that covers much of South-east Asia, it can often be seen around habitation where it catches small rodents, insects and invertebrates. Its Latin name, Athene Brama, obliquely acknowledges it’s importance in Hindu culture with a hat-tip to Brahma.
Calgary Zoo in Big Trouble
Critter News
JUNE 20, 2010
The audit was requested after a capybara, a giant central American rodent, was pounded to death when a staff member shut a hydraulic door. The stingrays passed away right after an interactive display opened that let visitors put their hands on them. The study reported that the zoo was not properly able to handle the marine animals.
Questionable Practices at the Calgary Zoo
Critter News
DECEMBER 12, 2009
The Calgary Zoo is again under scrutiny as details emerged Friday about how a capybara, a species of giant South American rodent, died after becoming caught in a hydraulic door last weekend as it was being moved from one area to another. I don't track zoos, but this seems like an unusually high number of casualties.
Suburban Roadrunners of Southern Missouri
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2014
But there are abundant lizards here, along with small rodents and no shortage of bird-feeders to plunder. It’s not easy to reconcile the vision of this quintessential desert bird in McMansion land. It’s bizarre cross-toed feet look strange on a lawn of cropped fescue instead of desert pebbles.
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