A First Christmas Bird Count Experience
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
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Protest To Stop Pointless Radiation Experiments
Critter News
DECEMBER 5, 2009
PETA organized protests to stop these stupid radiation experiments on spider monkeys. Tags: animal research Stupid primates NASA. The purpose is to determine how astronauts would fare on the way to Mars. We can't even get out of Afghanistan and we're going to Mars. Give me an effing break.
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NYT Equine Thought Experiment
Animal Person
MARCH 18, 2009
And that fact gives rise to a thought-experiment. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language. They also found evidence on pottery fragments that “very likely” came from mare’s milk fat — a sign that the horses were being milked. So far I'm not seeing the mutual benefit.
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Millions of Animals Used in EU Experiments
Critter News
MAY 15, 2009
If the directive is approved, the number of animals used for experiments will be limited, and the animals’ welfare will be improved in accordance with ethical principles of the EU concerning animals. Tags: animal experimentation europe animal research medical research. I really hope this passes.
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NASA Funds Radiation Experiments on Monkeys
Critter News
NOVEMBER 7, 2009
Another animal experiment I would not support as a US taxpayer. Tags: animal experimentation NASA. Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine are calling attention to it. The research project, led by Jack Bergman of McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate in Belmont, Mass.,
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Gross Monkey Experiment
Critter News
MAY 24, 2010
Tags: animal research macaque. Two of the three macaques receiving the active gel remained uninfected after seven weeks of being exposed to SHIV. The third macaque became infected after seven challenges, while the macaque that received a placebo gel became infected after the third exposure.
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Two Examples of Mice Experiments - Valid or Not?
Critter News
OCTOBER 24, 2009
I came across these stories about two different medical experiments using mice. In this experiment, scientists tested whether lighting can cause depression. Here's another experiment using mice to determine whether stress and chemicals in plastic is leading to messed up male genitals and, therefore, infertility.
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100 Two Blogs, Two Views on Experimenting on Chimps
Critter News
MARCH 15, 2009
Here's a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania with an interesting post about the same issue, wondering how much we really need to experiment on chimps. Tags: chimpanzees medical research animal welfare. Here's his post about it.
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NASA May End Monkey Radiation Experiments
Critter News
NOVEMBER 20, 2010
Tags: animal research primates NASA. Not sure yet, but it could happen per this action alert from Physicians for Responsible Medicine.
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Snowy Owl vs. Peregrine Falcon
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 3, 2013
In this video, two Peregrine Falcons take turns dive-bombing the owl, which does not like the experience one bit. Can you blame it? In addition to the video, Tom was kind enough to share a few photos of the individuals involved in the interaction as well. All I can say is “Wow!
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Why Do I Keep a Neighborhood Bird List?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Each time, a small notebook tagged along with me, and I would note the bird species I spotted, then put it away. I imagine it’s a similar sense of well being that bakers get when their 99th cookie is as perfect as their 100th, that joggers feel when they reach a mile target or new record, that gamers experience when they beat a level.
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Most Wanted Birds in Brazil
10,000 Birds
MARCH 12, 2011
They really appeared to enjoy this, because as soon as they swam back to the rocks they would line up again to repeat the experience. … Tags: brazil • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? It seemed like a really fun way to spend the day! John Marvin has had a near lifelong wish to see a Jabiru. Get yours today!
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247 Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of July 2012)
10,000 Birds
JULY 22, 2012
In fact, I’m about ready to drop from exhaustion because of the 14th annual Chicken Inferno; here’s why… Details about the event will come later in the week, but for now I’ll tag Eastern Meadowlark as my Best Bird of the Weekend. What was your best bird of the weekend?
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A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
The book is organized into ten chapters, framed by a Prologue and Epilogue focused on Weidensaul’s banding experience in Denali National Park. His participant observations connect to his own research experiences, providing history and perspective. Weidensaul traveled to each location to witness the research in process.
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Hawking for Nighthawks
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 5, 2020
Especially as we were at the time about to experience a rapidly advancing tropical storm. The vocal seedeaters remain prized possessions for many rural citizens here, some have heavy price tags around their necks; unfortunately confining them to a lifetime of incarceration. Common Waxbills.
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Duck Migration
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
… Tags: ducks , features , jamaica bay , migration , queens • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! I have had similar experiences at Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge and you are so right on when you say “am I ever glad that I am a birder!&# It was a great experience.
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219 Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of January 2019)
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 27, 2019
Even better, my daughter tagged along for her first SEOWs and a bunch of other new winter specialties! If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Conditions were good Sunday evening for a run to Nations Road IBA to catch the Short-eared Owl gloaming. How about you?
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134 Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of March 2011)
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2011
If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. Mar 19th, 2011 at 8:26 pm Corey, I am jealous of your Red-breasted Merganser experience at JBWR and the flight shots. Tags: best b , weekend • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? What was your best bird of the weekend?
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Giveaway of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 2, 2011
Share Your Thoughts « A First Christmas Bird Count Experience Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. Tags: Asides Explore These Related PostsCarnival of the Blue XLVTerrifying [.] It is that awesome! Get to it already!
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Ex NASA Employee Joins PETA Protest
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JULY 31, 2010
April Jean Evans was a NASA engineer, but resigned her position in protest over radiation experiments on monkeys. She's living with her brother now and falling into debt, but she is dedicated to working with PETA and other organizations to try to ban primates in experiments. That takes a lot of courage and conviction.
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Anti-Vivisection Activists Address Scottish Parliament
Critter News
OCTOBER 5, 2010
Dr Ray Greek, President of Americans for Medical Advancement and consultant Dr Andre Menache will be joining the animal charity in asking MSP's and the Scottish Government to take urgent action to end the use of animals in experiments. We requested data from the Home Office on animal experiments in Scotland and the figures are grim.".
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Critter News
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
Dutch researchers carried out 592,665 experiments on animals last year, a 2.5% More than half the experiments were carried out for academic research and one third of those were for medical research. More than half the experiments were carried out for academic research and one third of those were for medical research.
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UK Records Increase in Animal Testing
Critter News
JULY 26, 2009
experiments were performed on animals last year, a rise of 454,000 or 14% on the previous year, the Home Office said. The experiments range from small procedures such as taking blood and tissue samples to invasive brain surgery and inducing incurable diseases such as Parkinson's and cancer. Bad news from the Guardian.
Welsh Report Shows Increased Animal Research at Cardiff University
Critter News
AUGUST 2, 2010
Here's an article about an increase in animal experiments at Cardiff University in Wales. In four years it experimented on 157,839 mice, 17,324 rats, 11,096 fish, 1,941 birds, 1,253 guinea pigs, 933 pigeons, 884 frogs, 207 cats, 54 rabbits and 18 tree shrews from the tropics of south-east Asia.
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100 PETA Sues the University of South Dakota
Critter News
FEBRUARY 8, 2010
They're trying to get records released on animal experiments. Tags: university research university of south dakota PETA.
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Support the Great Ape Protection Act
Critter News
MARCH 7, 2009
End the use of chimpanzees in animal experiments. Tags: chimpanzees animal experimentation animal research animal cruelty medical research. It's unconscionable.
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100 PETA Suing Utah County
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JANUARY 15, 2010
They're trying to get documentation regarding the 100 dogs and cats sold to the University of Utah for medical experiments. Tags: animal research.
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100 Harvard Medical School Facility Accused of Improper Research Reporting
Critter News
OCTOBER 21, 2010
An Ohio-based animal rights organization has filed a complaint against Harvard Medical School, alleging that the school's New England Primate Research Center in Southborough did not properly report its experiments on animals. Department of Agriculture, which enforces the Animal Welfare Act.
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Year of the Eagle
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 13, 2013
Scientific experiments would be needed to demonstrate true cause-and-effect, but the extra attention appeared to pay off. It really looked like a game of tag. Further, they would make sure that both of their young eagles were fed. They would feed a bite to one. While it was swallowing, they would feed a bite to the other.
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243 Bird Banding the Dry Tortugas
10,000 Birds
MARCH 31, 2014
Of the ten students, two had gone on the trip the year before and one had experience with the Sooty Terns, meaning 30% of us knew what we were doing, and 70% had zero idea. Throughout the next three full days I would experience all of the jobs that go along with proper bird banding.
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235 Where America dreams of/goes birding?
10,000 Birds
APRIL 25, 2019
For the rest of them, Antarctica clearly is a result of excellent marketing, because it is a destination for listers with already long lists only: stunning vistas but molesting seas, and only a few dozen birds combined with an enormous price tag to get there. Africa is a huge continent with varied landscapes and rich biodiversity.
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Review: Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil – The.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2011
… Tags: books , brazil , field guide , Reviews • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience.
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West Virginia University to Build Animal Research Lab
Critter News
MARCH 6, 2010
It will house rodents for use in experiments. Setting up experiments to try and develop new insights that would be even before the drug development phase. Tags: west virginia university animal research Obama tax dollars us. Why would this West Virginia University project be the recipient of federal stimulus money?
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100 Help the Almagordo Chimpanzees
Critter News
AUGUST 26, 2010
However, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to move the chimpanzees—many of them at least 30 years old—to the Southwest National Primate Research Facility in San Antonio, Texas, where they can be used in painful, invasive experiments.". Tags: chimpanzees animal research primates National Institutes of Health new mexico.
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European Union Screws Apes Used in Medical Research
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JUNE 4, 2009
Researchers can continue most experiments on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans -- after European Union lawmakers watered down proposals to restrict testing. Tags: europe animal research medical research. Oh, but if you actually FEEL something, you might actually THINK about what you are doing.
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100 RSPCA Collects 68,000 Signatures Supporting an End to Animal Research
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 1, 2009
But how many animal research supporters (non-scientists) actually step into a room and observe an experiment? 68,315 people signed an online RSPCA petition stating "We, the undersigned, call on the British Government to work towards ending the use of animals in experiments, replacing them with humane alternatives.". It upsets them.
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On "Animal Rights Conferences"
Animal Person
MARCH 28, 2009
I haven't been to either conference, so I can say nothing from personal experience. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Language. The post itself doesn't actually intentionally differentiate between the terms, but does align TAFA with reform and AR with rights (and then mentions Vegan Outreach).
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Animal Activists Continue Attacks on Max Mara
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2009
We explore and experiment with techniques for fighting using what is within our reach. Tags: ALF Max Mara. The warning was false, but an action as simple and with so few risks can disrupt the normal operation of a business, causing them to lose money and creating a climate of suspicion. For the animals.".
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Lewis's Woodpecker in New York State
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2011
… Tags: Lewiss Woodpecker , new york , woodpeckers • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! But after repeated good experiences with birders as individuals, Mr Jordan has consented to allow the bird to be made public before it leaves. It truly is a beauty, and worth the very long trip.
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235 ALF Spray Paints Bomb Threat in the Netherlands
Critter News
JUNE 15, 2009
For more than a year this university has been warned about their meaningless experiments on various animals and especially pigs (obesity research). Tags: ALF. From Bite Back: "In the morning of June the 15th the ALF went back to the Wageningen university. We are trying to help you! But we didn't and took off.".
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Military Dogs Play Roles in Iraq and Afghanistan
Critter News
MARCH 31, 2009
We chain them, use them for experiments, eat them in some countries and make them wear funny sweaters in others. Tags: afghanistan military military force iraq dogs. But we also use them to fight our wars and intimidate our detainees. But the grand tradition continues in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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100 Tensions Mount over University of Florida Animal Research
Critter News
OCTOBER 9, 2010
Animal rights activists are targeting a University of Florida researcher for his role in experiments on primates — even though he says he doesn't personally conduct animal research. Tags: university of florida animal research activism primates. Wonder if that could get activists into trouble under AETA (Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act.)
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100 Another Depressing Oil Spill Story!
Critter News
JULY 21, 2010
A major environmental experiment is underway,” Ron Kendall, director of the Institute of Environmental and Human Health at Texas Tech University, told AFP. Tags: marine life 2010 oil spill pollution Gulf of Mexico.
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