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Goat Man of Utah
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JULY 21, 2012
Authorities are concerned that a man spotted wearing a goat outfit and cavorting with actual wild Mountain Goats in the mountains of Utah could be in danger when hunting season opens in September. And, no, I am not making this up.
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New Utah Birders Site
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JANUARY 2, 2013
The Utah Birders site is up and running and it is pretty darn nice. Introducing the Utah Rare Birds Database, where ALL rare bird sightings are stored for you to interpret for yourself.
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Utah Ends Forced Pound Seizures
Critter News
APRIL 4, 2010
Now animal shelters have the right to refuse to release animals to the University of Utah for animal research. Davis County Animal Shelter, a key supplier to the University of Utah, has already ceased this practice. Tags: animal research utah university of utah legislation PETA.
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PETA Suing Utah County
Critter News
JANUARY 15, 2010
They're trying to get documentation regarding the 100 dogs and cats sold to the University of Utah for medical experiments.
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University of Utah Continues Getting Bad Press
Critter News
FEBRUARY 28, 2010
Investigative journalism by the Salt Lake Tribune, following-up on allegations levelled by PETA against the University of Utah's Comparative Medicine Center and the Cardiovascular Research & Training Institute laboratories revealed the two laboratories had used 190 dogs and cats in 2009, all obtained from shelters.
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100 Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research
Critter News
NOVEMBER 29, 2009
Thanks to PETA's undercover investigation of University of Utah labs for bringing this issue to media attention. Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. From the AP.
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100 Putting a Happy Face on Utah's Animal Research Program
Critter News
FEBRUARY 27, 2010
PETA's undercover investigation showed some really questionable practices going on in the University of Utah's animal research program. Tags: animal research university of utah animal shelters. Well, I guess those are the lucky ones. What if an animal doesn't make it through? So sad, too bad?
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Hunters Shoot Rare Ducks
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DECEMBER 9, 2011
The seventh occurrence of Harlequin Ducks in Utah is now over. Because a hunter or hunters shot all three. They were apparently shot from the Antelope Island Causeway, where birders had been reporting them from, and, even worse, it seems that the hunters might have learned of their presence from birding listservs.
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PETA Leads Anti-Animal Research Protest at University of Utah
Critter News
NOVEMBER 22, 2009
Tags: animal research utah medical research PETA.
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ALF Activist Pleads Guilty in Utah to Damaging Mink Farm
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
A man in Utah has pled guilty to "interfering with an animal enterprise" in federal court. The raid to which Viehl pleaded guilty took place at the McMullin mink farm in South Jordan in August 2008. Rydalch said the raid consisted of releasing minks and spray-painting parts of the farm, including a barn.
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100 Debbie Souza-Pappas: Our Trapped Golden Eagle
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FEBRUARY 26, 2016
This guest blog was written by Debbie Souza-Pappas, the director and founder of Second Chance Wildlife Rehabilitation in Price, Utah. After we took possession of an injured and weakened Golden Eagle from the vast desert area of eastern Utah, it became clear that the compound fracture of the tibiotarsus was the result of a steel-jaw trap.
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Grebes Grounded in Crash Landing
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DECEMBER 14, 2011
More than 4,000 migrating Eared Grebes came to ground in Utah with calamitous consequences , apparently mistaking large parking lots for bodies of water. Thousands of these unwise waterfowl perished, but thousands more have survived and are being tended to by government workers and volunteers. Oh, the humanity!
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Foolish Waste of Money
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MARCH 19, 2012
” The MTA’s solution is at least better than the gel being used in Utah that is causing problems for an array of species in addition to the intended target, pigeons. Especially when people are still “delivering bread and bagels for the pigeons because [they fear] that they are having trouble finding food during winter.”
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Hundreds of Mink Released in Utah
Critter News
AUGUST 23, 2008
Animal rights activists released about 600 mink from a fur farm.
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Swainson’s Hawks in Plumas County
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OCTOBER 22, 2014
These beautiful birds are now reduced in numbers or distribution throughout their range and considered to be declining in Utah, Nevada, and Oregon. They are listed as a Species of Special Concern in Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington, and as Threatened in California.
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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II
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DECEMBER 14, 2021
The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5). A few states still have no checklists at all: Nebraska , Minnesota , Iowa , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , and Alabama.
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262 Think Outside Of The Nest Box
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APRIL 3, 2013
I saw this at Bear River Migratory Refuge in Utah. I didn’t think they were as agile as a wood duck, but apparently they can. This is one of my favorite nesting ideas I’ve come across in my travels. It’s an overhang for Cliff Swallows to use to build their mud nests.
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233 What is a “Nonessential Experimental” California Condor?
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JUNE 11, 2019
The population in Arizona, Utah, and Nevada was designated as such in 1996 , before the first release from Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona. But that does not necessarily mean there are no protections.
Have There Been Any Positive Aspects of the Malheur NWR Occupation?
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FEBRUARY 24, 2016
As Utah State Rep. The lands that wise men from Theodore Roosevelt to President Obama have set aside, not only for Americans, but all people on Earth to enjoy. These are OUR public lands.
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Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance
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MARCH 22, 2011
home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance By Corey • March 22, 2011 • 1 comment Tweet Share Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.
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140 Cats Are Still Public Enemy Number One, For Birds
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MARCH 21, 2011
Asides Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away.
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Contemplating California Condors
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MARCH 31, 2012
Now free flying in California, Arizona, Utah, and Baja, condors are slowly making a comeback thanks to those, like the Center, who’ve committed to captive breeding and releasing these amazing birds. When they finally lift off, I’ve heard it said to hear the rush of wind through their wings is something you never forget.
The Economic Impact of Birding on National Wildlife Refuges: Creating Local Jobs
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AUGUST 13, 2019
Bear River MBR (Utah): 158,000 visits generating $4.1 The links are to separate reports regarding individual NWRs that were included in the larger study. The individual reports provide additional information and more detailed breakdowns of the numbers. million in economic activity and 8 jobs. Billy Frank Jr. million; 111 jobs.
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Does Shade-Grown Coffee Make A Difference?
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AUGUST 20, 2012
A new University of Utah study finds that tropical agroforests, where crops are grown under trees rather than in clear-cut fields, are better overall for bird biodiversity than open farms. If you’ve been drinking shade-grown coffee for ecological as well as epicurean reasons, pour yourself a congratulatory cup.
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124 Bird Litigation: Hindsight and the California Condor
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AUGUST 8, 2017
FWS began releasing captive-bred condors from the program into the wild in the early 1990s, with considerable success: once down to 22 birds, there are now approximately 275 wild condors in California, Arizona, Utah, and Baja California, as well as 165 in captivity.
How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds
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APRIL 18, 2021
wrote Debbie Souza-Pappas in Utah. “All he had was an empty super (the part of the hive where the honey would go), the bottom, and the lid. So he brought the little Shearwater in a beehive.” “Two Two wildlife biologists brought me a Golden Eagle inside a metal pipe.” They were out in the field doing surveys and they found him.
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Nine-legged Plover?
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MARCH 11, 2011
Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.
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190 Living Planet Aquarium ticket giveaway!
4 The Love Of Animals
JULY 7, 2013
Obviously, you need to either live in Utah or be coming to visit soon enough to use the tickets (the tickets are valid at the Sandy location only). The other thing that I love about the aquarium is the section that has Utah endangered species! I have 5 sets of 4 tickets each to give to 5 lucky readers. a Rafflecopter giveaway.
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100 Herpetology Vs. Ornithology
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MARCH 2, 2011
Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.
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Duck Butts
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FEBRUARY 28, 2011
Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Bluebirds Fly
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JULY 4, 2012
They are listed as sensitive in Oregon and Utah; a candidate for listing in Washington and a species of high concern by New Mexico Partners in Flight. With the help of Bluebird Trails and backyard birdhouses and maybe a change in logging practices in the West, we can continue to see an increase in Western Bluebirds out West.
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232 FBI Serves Search Warrant to ALF Supporter
Critter News
MARCH 18, 2010
Tags: utah animal enterprise terrorism act FBI ALF.
Mitochondrial mysteries and splitting-lumping Yellow-rumped Warblers
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JANUARY 26, 2014
Write the authors: Near the border of Utah and Arizona there is a transition to a second, deeply divergent mitochondrial DNA clade (Brelsford et al. 2011), which was previously assumed to be geographically restricted to Mexico in the black-fronted warbler.
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Teaching Ornithology in High Schools
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FEBRUARY 9, 2021
One in Utah and a few from New England. Some people just complimented me or wanted to know how they could influence their local school board to start such a class. I got a handful of serious requests for curriculum from several teachers who went on to start their own classes. However, it wasn’t long before the interest tapered off.
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PETA Settlement over Shelter Records
Critter News
DECEMBER 24, 2010
Follow-up from the Utah scandal in which shelter animals were being sold for research purposes. For the full story, go to NECN.com. The Davis County Commission has agreed to pay the legal fees of an animal rights group after settling a lawsuit over animal shelter records.
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100 The wonderful Phainopepla
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MARCH 8, 2017
The birds living on the Baja are fulltime, breeding residents, while many of the birds will range as far north as central California, and Utah. It would appear that this is the only bird with this capability. They frequent the dry, hot desert areas, which includes Arizona, Nevada and central mainland Mexico.
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Tsunami Pics from Midway Atoll
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MARCH 14, 2011
Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.
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PETA Undercover Agent Also Worked in Oregon
Critter News
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
The PETA activist who worked undercover at the University of Utah, and collected video footage of alleged mistreatment of lab animals, was also involved in an operation at the Oregon National Primate Research Center. I say "good for her!" She has a lot more guts than I do.
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100 What is the National Bird of Denmark?
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MARCH 4, 2011
Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.
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210 Cavalia, the most amazing show #OdysseoUT
4 The Love Of Animals
MAY 13, 2016
They are in Utah right now, until June 6th, with their show Odysseo. Have you heard of Cavalia? It’s an amazing show the likes of which you normally only see in Las Vegas. Why am I writing about this on … Continue reading → The post Cavalia, the most amazing show #OdysseoUT appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.
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Manky Muscovy Ducks
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MARCH 1, 2011
Win a Copy of Hawks at a Distance Utah Birders has a copy of Hawks at a Distance to give away. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.
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Bowling for Rhinos
4 The Love Of Animals
APRIL 17, 2009
Please join the Utah Chapter American Association of Zookeepers (AAZK) for their 18th annual “Bowling for Rhinos” on Friday, May 1st. Salt Lake City, Utah. Date: May 1, 2009. Time: 5:00pm-9:00pm. Location: Olympus Hills Bowling Alley. 4015 Wasatch Blvd.
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