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Utah's Shelters Providing Strays to Labs for Research

Critter News

Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. That's because of a little-known state law that requires government-run pounds to turn animals over to researchers if asked. Tags: animal research animal shelters strays.

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Citizen Science or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love eBird

10,000 Birds

I rely on my library of cookbooks rather than Google for recipes, and prefer my cassettes, CDs, and LPs to my iTunes collection. The talk described eBird’s origins in 2002 and traced its history as a project aimed at using “citizen science” to help researchers and conservationists learn more about birds. And at least on me, it worked.

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To Tick or Not to Tick – Exotic Birding in Miami

10,000 Birds

But its not just parrots that are doing well in their adopted city. The species is recorded in the form of a published photograph or a specimen archived in an ornithological collection. I suspect that way more research and documentation is conducted on indigenous bird species.

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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. Jonathan Elphick and John Fanshawe provided “specialist research” and support.” A few words about the back of the book material.

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Paws UP for Union Township Animal Shelter

4 The Love Of Animals

Rock & Rawhide , a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that aims to increase adoptions for dogs and cats in shelters by providing toys and other items that serve as a form of distraction therapy, reducing the stress and noise levels. Research has shown that if noise and stress are reduced, adoptions go up!

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Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway

10,000 Birds

Why should early adopters be punished for their passion? Many Happy Returns to the Owl Research Institute Ring-billed Gulls Seeking a Handout About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Sounds good, right?

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A Failure to Launch?

Sales and Marketing Management

In fact, research from Harvard Business Review indicates that the No. Sales playbooks and collections : Sales enablement platforms can also help package all launch materials into an interactive sales playbook to guide sellers to all the right content situationally. Effective:? Your product launch is too important to leave to chance.

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