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Royal Decree Issued in Spain Over Animal Welfare

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The Spanish government has taken the unusual step of issuing a royal decree to compel farmers to report on what action they are taking to comply with the 2012 conventional cage-ban and if they require any government assistance.

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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows

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Capuchin monkeys, macaques, Cotton Top Tamarins, Chimpanzees, and many other animals, including various birds, have been investigated and found to be unable to make inferences about HCAs. Taylor, Alex, Miller, Rachael, & Gray, Russell (2012). UCA distinction has shown this to be rare as well. 1208724109.

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Faithful Loons and Human Lunacy

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Over the course of nearly 15 years, James Paruk of the Biodiversity Research Institute and his colleagues used a combination of methods to investigate winter site fidelity at four locations across North America and found that birds had an 85% chance of returning to a site in subsequent years. Here’s one of the maps from that paper: *FIGURE 1.

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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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July 24, 2010 BP brazenly says an internal investigation has cleared the company of all gross negligence in the spill. January 27, 2012 Reports leak that BP chose to hide its own internal estimates of the scale of the spill. April 16, 2012 BP Oil Spill Settlement is extended by judge.

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Greater Rheas: Germany’s new Big Bird

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Their current population stands at more than 150 birds (I have no recent population estimate, but there were 129 in 2012, up from 100 in 2011), and they are spreading slowly but consistently. Their ecology in Germany is being investigated, but the results have so far been inconclusive. It seems they’ve come to stay.

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The Kirtland’s Warbler: The Story of a Bird’s Fight Against Extinction and the People Who Saved It: A Book Review

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Jackson, 2012. The second section of the book, The Present, describes the current state of research on the Kirtland’s Warbler in the form of you-are-there stories about projects investigating the bird’s nesting success requirements and diet, both in Michigan and the Bahamas. The University of Michigan Press, 2012.

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover Premiere Jan 7, 2012

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Dog Whisperer and Philly Undercover have their season premieres tomorrow, January 7, 2012 on NatGeo Wild! Premieres Saturday, January 7, 2012, at 8:00 PM ET/PT. The full-scale investigation began two days earlier. The raid angers many suspected fighters, and Chief Investigator George Bengal receives death threats.

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