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APHIS bolsters regulations against horse soring

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In an effort to end horse soring at Tennessee Walking Horse shows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced April 29 that it is strengthening Horse Protection Act (HPA) regulations.

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AVMA advocacy evident in recently introduced legislation

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The AVMA is actively lobbying Congress on key issues such as rural veterinary shortages and access to essential drugs while also supporting measures aiding pet owners in affording veterinary care and preventing horse soring.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of October 2020)

10,000 Birds

If your neck is sore from being on a swivel this weekend, may I suggest swiveling with your hips to get through the rest of the month? Any time of year that features skies filled with birds pretty much all day demands attention pretty much all day.

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Where Are You Birding This Second Weekend of February 2014?

10,000 Birds

Fortunately, some fresh diversions beckon… I can afford to stay inside where it’s toasty and warm this weekend, because I have two editions of the Sibley Guide to compare and contrast (although the word contrast may be a sore point with the newer edition). How about you?

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New Year, New Birds

10,000 Birds

While all good birders were out making first submissions on eBird 2015 , I was nursing a sore head and struggled to make it out by mid-afternoon. In fact, 2015 dawned without me (I am ashamed to admit). But God loves a sinner it would appear.

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Birding: Special Lockdown Edition

10,000 Birds

Some sorely needed comic relief came via a Japanese Tit. If I remember correctly, I once read something by a British birder spotting a rare Olive-backed Pipit somewhere in the UK. He marveled at the exquisite beauty of the bird. Hard for me to understand, to be honest, but then the bird is very common here in winter.

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Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of May 2021)

10,000 Birds

I have it on good authority that many of you have already ridden the roller coaster of this season’s migration madness and are now recovering from strained eyes, sore necks, and bloated lists. Some of us, however, are still reaching towards the very peak of the wave, eager to follow all its twists and turns until the end.

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