Examples of FBI Tactics Against Animal Rights Activist
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APRIL 14, 2010
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Review: The Moral Lives of Animals by Dale Peterson
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MAY 6, 2011
Unfortunately, by the nature of the problem, the history of the young field is littered with examples of researchers allowing their subconscious biases — or worse, their conscious ones — to influence how they read the data. For the most part hope won, but it was not a flawless victory.
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Sentient: a book review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 22, 2022
The subtitle of Jackie Higgins’ book Sentient: How Animals Illuminate the Wonder of Our Human Senses , aptly sets forth her thesis – though the “wonder” it refers to could equally well be used to describe animal (not just human) senses, as she shows in fascinating detail. Sentient is a fine addition to that field. __.
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“Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman
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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Described in the “Territoriality and aggression” chapter, this is a sublime example of behaviour from the “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman, an Emeritus Chair in Behavioural and Environmental Biology at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman. .
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Two Examples of Mice Experiments - Valid or Not?
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OCTOBER 24, 2009
But see the qualifications in the article.The animal research has offered one explanation for the rising number of babies born with these conditions. So, why put the animals through this if it's not even a reflective experiment. Tags: animal experimentation medical ethics mice medical research.
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Honey, I Shrunk The Dinosaurs!
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AUGUST 19, 2014
It is technically correct, and recently fashionable, to insist that any living animal is a member of the larger group that contains it phylogenetically, i.e., ancestrally, with that group often named after the known animal that roots the tree. So, for example, humans are apes. Whales are cows. And smaller. And smaller.
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SeaWorld Saves Some Sandhills
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APRIL 29, 2011
However, many of the professionals who work at places like these exhibit enormous compassion for animals. Two recent non-marine examples both include Sandhill Cranes. but I’m certainly impressed with and grateful for SeaWorld’s commitment to animal rescue (and adorable freaking photos, used with permission of course!)
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Peterson Reference Guide to Bird Behavior, by John Kricher — a review
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NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Purely physical details, such as those found in a trayful of Oriole skins in a museum or a university ornithology department are important, but much of the orioleness is missing from them, says Kricher – their propensity, for example, to pound on windows in mating season.
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The Incredulous New Caledonian Crows
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SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
We know that the human mind has capacities that are not common in other animals. For example, humans have “Theory of Mind” which is not a theory in the scientific sense, but rather, a capacity whereby we have an internal theory of what is going on in other people’s minds. But that’s another story.
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Animals as Inputs in Accounting
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FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Here's an example of "joint costs" that says all you need to know about animals as nothing more than inputs in a manufacturing process. Each product must be assigned a cost including the different cuts of meat for human consumption, different food products for animal consumption (pet food) and basic ingredients for glue.".
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Southern Senator Stops Confirmation Over Animal Protection
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JULY 19, 2009
Sunstein is a Harvard law professor who has written about animal protection issues. He is the co-editor, for example, of Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions, which examines views both in favor and against animal law. Tags: Obama animal rights farm animal welfare politics agribusiness.
Animal Health Care is Part of the Bottom Line
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APRIL 24, 2009
We've argued in previous posts that factory farming is simply not conducive to animal welfare. Better conditions for animals hurt the bottom line. Animal welfare is a cost of doing business, not a moral obligation. Here's an example. Tags: economics pigs farm animal welfare agribusiness.
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Unexpected Farm Animal Deal in Ohio
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JULY 3, 2010
To me, it's another example of the Humane Society's growing savvy and clout in the US. Animal welfare groups led by the Humane Society of the United States have agreed to abandon a fall ballot issue against animal cruelty as part of a deal with state farm groups brokered by Gov. From the Associated Press.
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100 Animal Researchers Use Billboards to Promote Themselves
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OCTOBER 29, 2009
The "brave" animal researchers are taking their argument to the public and bypassing animal right activists. Here's an example. Thanks to animal research, you won't." I for one welcome them coming out of the woodwork and forcing animal research into the public forum. Ever had leprosy. Let's discuss the research.
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Animal Study Shows Junk Food Can be Addictive
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MARCH 30, 2010
This is the perfect example of an UNNECESSARY animal study. Tags: animal research Stupid. I could have told you it's addictive. How many more candy bars do I need to eat to become an expert?
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100 Tree-Eating Swans
10,000 Birds
APRIL 16, 2011
A FOLIVORE is an animal that eats leaves. Tree leaves have a reputation for being hard to digest and animals, such as monkeys, that feed primarily on leaves, spend most of their time either eating or resting while their guts, with their specialised bacteria, break down the cellulose and extract the goodness from the meal.
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Review of Your Backyard
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JANUARY 13, 2012
This consists of footage of birds at feeders, on the ground beneath feeders, or perched in trees near feeders, a stop-motion animated owl named Professor Solomon superimposed over the screen imparting wisdom to the children, and a segment at the end, mercifully owl-free, where a range map is displayed and the kids go over bird vocalizations.
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Growing Number of Scientists Question Animal Research
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APRIL 4, 2009
The feud between animal rights activists and researchers is among the bitterest in science. But many researchers - although adamant that animal research remains critical to finding cures and expanding medical knowledge - have come to concede that using creatures as human stand-ins is unnecessary for many procedures.
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What is the National Bird of Italy?
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FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Here, for example, is the emblem of Italy, adopted by the Italian Republic in 1948. The only living creature given “national” status by Italy is the Italian Wolf , which is apparently their national animal. The lack of a national bird is not because Italy has a paucity of birds or a lack of interest in symbols.
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Four wings good two wings better?
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2013
For example,this may be a case of non-linear evolution. For example, we think that chimpanzees and humans shared a common ancestor that resembled chimps a lot more than humans, and in fact, we consider living chimps to be a pretty close analog to this common ancestor. The fossil record has a number of examples of two-steps.
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Organizations Putting Animals First
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AUGUST 17, 2012
Thankfully, there are some organizations out there that make it their business to look after and care for our animal counterparts. Proving that society’s conscience hasn’t been completely compromised, these companies and their employees make it a point to put animals first. Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries.
Birding the Datang area, Yunnan
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JULY 15, 2024
For example, a hypothetical National Bulbul would have no chance to get any coverage here. The Eastern Buzzard is an example of how this might happen in reality ( source ). million years (which is a long time for example when watching a boring movie, but not a very long period by the generous standards of evolution).
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What are the Costs of Changing Bird Names?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
For example, the standard QWERTY keyboard is arguably inefficient and there are likely better alternatives. The California Scrub-Jay is an example, as the version of Sibley on my shelf refers to it as a Western Scrub-jay. (The But in 2020, perhaps the app example is more relevant than the book or museum examples.
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Mast Landing Brewing Company: Pantless Thunder Goose Double India Pale Ale
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JULY 23, 2021
For some time after that, the hive mind of the internet was inspired to engage in an infantile but good-natured effort to bring forth a whole host of silly new names for animals, resulting in a wholesale renaming of living organisms not seen since Carl Linnaeus published his Systema Naturae in 1735.
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264 EPA Wants to Rely Less on Animal Testing
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MARCH 27, 2009
Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling. For a long time there will be a need for animal testing," he said.
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Saving Marine Animals that Are NOT Cute
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MARCH 13, 2010
Examples include panda bears, wolves, elephants, tigers, etc. Tags: marine life marine animals endangered species. We hear about the problem with charismatic land species. It's those species that either have a powerful personality or a cute face that endear people to them and garner news attention. So what happens to them?
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Crested and Proud
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
A crest is a “comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal” Birds use them for display purposes – they can be either recumbent (not noticeable when not erect) or recursive (noticeable in all states). Quite a few bird species have crests. So much for the educational part of the blog post.
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246 Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars-Henrik Olsen
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 29, 2013
So here it is, the review of Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars-Henrik Olsen. Examples are wolf, beaver, otter, domestic cat, wolverine, wild boar, elk (moose), and reindeer. Not only is it a superior guide to the tracks and signs of Europe’s animals, it is an exceptionally beautiful book.
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Becoming Sensitized to Animals in Books
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JULY 18, 2009
Over the years, I've noticed that the role of animals jumps out at me in any book I read. Here is one example. There were various brief descriptions of the poor animals of Haiti. There was one story that took up less than one page that is the animal legacy of the book to me. I read a lot. A whole lot.
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West Virginia University to Build Animal Research Lab
Critter News
MARCH 6, 2010
It would be looking at biomedical or cellular mechanisms that are changed, for example in heart disease, and get insights into what might be a target for drug development.”.The Tags: west virginia university animal research Obama tax dollars us. During construction, the project will add 113 jobs to the local community.
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100 We Should Kill More Lions
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. The dominant vegetation of the reserve is deciduous Miombo woodlands and the property constitutes a globally important example of this vegetation type.
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Is Medical Research on Animals REALLY the Only Way?
Critter News
MARCH 10, 2009
I recently had a discussion about medical research using animals. There is more and more evidence that animal testing is NOT necessarily the best route to take. This story on HIV research is one example. Even if there are certain situations in which animal testing is the only option, ie. Perhaps it was a necessary “evil.”
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"Change of Heart": New Book about Animal Activism
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NOVEMBER 16, 2010
The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. Change Of Heart provides science-based answers to many questions that are hotly debated among animal activists. In the author's words.
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Teaching Kids Animal Compassion
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AUGUST 30, 2011
Having pets at a young age instills kids with a sense of confidence that they can take care of an animal and help it to live a thriving life. Have you ever seen a kid talk to a pet and the animal responds by wagging its tail or purring? Animals are unbiased companions, just what many kids need.
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Changing Bird Names (Again)
10,000 Birds
MAY 11, 2021
For example, the panel (see below) included three members of the pro-change Bird Names for Birds group (more representation than the Cornell Lab of Ornithology , the National Audubon Society , and the U.S. For example, Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark Expedition fame, has been honored with the names of multiple U.S.
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264 Mallards are a Threat to Mottled Ducks in Florida
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2014
It is also known for the 500 exotic species of animals and plants that now call the Sunshine State home. Exotic species are animals that did not historically occur in Florida. Florida is known as the Sunshine State. Most were introduced, meaning they were brought to Florida by humans. What Is Being Done?
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Around the World For Penguins: A Penguin Fan’s Book Review
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 3, 2020
Penguins are cartoons, emoticons, animated films, children’s books (though owls really take first place here), sports teams, a book publisher, and a Batman villain (a rare example of penguin negativity, though Burgess Meredith did bring an endearing attitude to his 1960’s TV portrayal).
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279 New Book Shows Mark Twain an Early Advocate Against Animal Cruelty
Critter News
OCTOBER 16, 2009
A new book by author and Stanford professor Shelly Fisher Fishkin reveals that Mark Twain was an early advocate against animal cruelty. Called Mark Twain's Book of Animals , the book contains a number of his writing about animals. Interesting. The book also contains writings by Twain against vivisection. You can buy it here.
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Best Bird of the Weekend (Fourth of September 2012)
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
Every wildlife watcher, no matter how specialized, becomes attuned over time to the ebb and flow of each local plant and animal’s life cycle. For example, here in western New York, our warm winter and dry spring dramatically impacted many of our fruit crops.
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Majority Rules in the Language of Animal Rights
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JULY 19, 2009
In the eighteenth century, for example, grammarians tried to stamp out the use of "wrote" as the past tense of "write." The animal rights movement, such as it is, is experiencing somewhat of a crisis of usage. I feel for the purist also with regard to the terms "animal rights" and "abolition." the word irregardless.
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Are Birds Really Dinosaurs?
10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2011
It is much stranger and illustrative of the ways of evolution to point out that whales are a form of “hoofed animal&# (unlikely but true). For example, there seems to have been dinosaurs that used feathers as their body covering. Bipedalism is somewhat rare these days in the animal world.
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Lisa’s Barred in Grill
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2013
Here is an example of the former type. He called Lisa Acton, of Animal Kingdom USA Wildlife Rescue , who took over. Dimmy, whose name has been changed to protect the guilty, was driving down the Saw Mill Parkway, north of New York City, when she hit a large bird.
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Birding Tanjung Aru Beach, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 14, 2023
It has an extensive entry in the HBW (for example, there is an entry on its molt that is longer than the complete species entry for many other bird species), indicating that it probably lives in comfortable proximity to a large number of ornithologists.
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Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2016
This often applies in animal behavior and ecology, and this often comes about in relation to predator pressure. For example, years ago, Eiton Tchenrov postulated that the wild progenitor of the domestic dog, some subspecies or another of wolf, could benefit from overlapping its breeding territory with human hunters.
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