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Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

10,000 Birds

Suggestions to start a campaign to protect shorebirds from hunters as they migrate through the Caribbean would be appreciated in the comments. Machi getting fitted with transmitter in 2009. But the toll the “shooting swamps&# take on the shorebirds of the Americas is huge and the practice must be stopped. … a.

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Watch for Shorebirds with Colored Flags!

10,000 Birds

As shorebirds look for suitable sites to spend up to 9 months in their wintering grounds, biologists with the Pan-American Shorebird Banding Program also start preparing for a new banding campaign. Since the website’s launch in May 2009, an additional 5,300 banding records and over 30,500 resighting records have been entered!

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The Biggest Urban Pygmy Cormorant Roost is Finally Protected!!

10,000 Birds

Therefore, you can observe them in their hundreds and thousands if you spend the last hour of the day observing the flight corridor and distinguishing distant black Pygmy Cormorant dots from other equally distant and black Rook and Jackdaw dots, all of them melting into tree crowns as the sunset thickens.

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ALF Continues Campaign Against UC Irvine

Critter News

From Bite Back: On July 10, 2009 3 vehicles and the home of a UC Irvine vivisector were hit by the ALF. 1 of his cars (the fanciest of the 4 in front) was doused with paint stripper. 2 others had red paint poured all over them.

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Make Your Cat an Indoor Cat

10,000 Birds

Campaign The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine – Indoor Cat Initiative Indoor Cat Facts Community Animal Welfare Society: Indoor Cats Live Longer And if you still can’t manage to make the transition but want to keep your cat and wildlife safe you can always try something like this !

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Sea Shepherd to be in Animal Planet

Critter News

Whale Wars will air on Animal Planet in early 2009. During Sea Shepherd’s Antarctic Whale Defense Campaign: Operation Migaloo in 2007/08, Animal Planet had a camera crew on board a campaign that saved the lives of nearly 500 whales, leaving the Japanese fleet with less then half of their quota and costing them tens of millions of dollars.

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Quash the Squash

4 The Love Of Animals

The RSPCA are trying to raise awareness of its urgent campaign to protect the welfare of UK meat chickens. If you live in the UK, please urge Jim Fitzpatrick, Minister for Animal Welfare, to make the right choice for UK chickens and quash the squash, by sending an email via our campaign website at Quash the Squash.

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