Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2008

Portland judge said Wednesday the Northwest states can kill hungry sea lions on the Columbia River. The animals eat salmon as the fish try to pass Bonneville Dam each spring. Mosman denied an attempt by the Humane Society of the United States to stop the killings. Let's pick the sea lions! Three thousand salmon annually?

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Sea Lions Lions Killing Humane Society Of The United States 100

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JULY 17, 2011

As you’ll remember, Kentucky’s Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources unanimously passed its sandhill crane hunting proposal. Fish and Wildlife Service for final approval or denial. A hunting season on sandhill cranes vastly increases the chance that collateral kill of endangered whooping cranes will occur.

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Maine, will use “nano-tags” to track migrating birds. The USFWS (along with another federal agency) is facing a lawsuit that blames solar-power plants for killing endangered Yuma Clapper Rails and other birds. Another study, led by the U.S.

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Critter News

MARCH 19, 2012

A federal government decision to allow a Wyoming tribe to kill two bald eagles for a religious ceremony is a victory for American Indian sovereignty as well as for long-suppressed religious freedoms, the tribe says. The Northern Arapaho decline to say specifically what they will do with the eagles the federal permit allows them to kill.

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Eagles Bald Eagle Killing Wyoming 100

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JUNE 8, 2024

A month later I had the chance to watch these impressive birds again, fishing off Cape Trafalgar in southern Spain. It’s rare to see the Gannets fishing close to the nesting cliffs, as their favoured prey are big fish such as Cod, Mackerel and Herring that are found in deeper waters farther offshore.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 15, 2009

. — A 27-year-old man who attacked his ex-girlfriend and killed her pet fish has been sentenced to two years probation and a psychological evaluation. The woman fled, then returned to find her fish on the floor with a knife through it. The woman fled, then returned to find her fish on the floor with a knife through it.

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Animal Abuse Killing Portland Psychology 100

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NOVEMBER 10, 2016

In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. Another ellie is being killed as you read this line. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. How much time did you need to read this blog?

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Elephants Botswana Zimbabwe Africa 242

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MARCH 13, 2018

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) generally creates a formal plan to guide recovery efforts. However, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (“MBTA”) broadly prohibits the “take” of any bird, which effectively means that a protected bird cannot be killed, harassed, or otherwise adversely impacted. Fish & Wildlife Serv.,

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Owls Endangered Species Oregon Friends Of Animals 178

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OCTOBER 20, 2011

Then, as often happens, a PhD student (one of mine) by the name of Rusty Low came along and proved that the Holocene was full of all sorts of rapid climate change thus killing my beautiful hypothesis with a bunch of ugly facts. Similar things happen to both fish and birds. because the Holocene had little rapid climate change.

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JUNE 20, 2012

In California, the Cliff Swallows usually arrive in February so the agency in charge of enforcing these laws, the California Department of Fish and Game (CDFG), considers February 15th to September 1st the swallow nesting season. Fish and Wildlife Service. Outside of these dates, the nests can be removed without a permit 1.

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San Diego illegal California South America 165

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AUGUST 24, 2011

According to US Fish and Wildlife domestic rural cats kill roughly 39 million birds annually. It’s dangerous for cats to be outdoors: disease, cars, tiny towns with gun happy neighbors and Lorraine has heard me talk about the Cats Indoors Campaign –non native house cats are hard enough on native birds.

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APRIL 19, 2011

I enjoy fishing almost as much as I enjoy birding. In many cases, myself included, the desire manifests itself in less apparent ways than going out and killing something for the trophy wall. In many cases, myself included, the desire manifests itself in less apparent ways than going out and killing something for the trophy wall.

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Ecuador South Africa United States Hunting 150

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MARCH 7, 2011

I can also imagine how much it costs, which kind of kills the dream a bit. Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled.

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AUGUST 20, 2013

From Birdlife International, “In 2010-2011 an American Mink Neovison vison, a new arrival on the Buenos Aires plateau, killed more than half the adults in a breeding colony of two dozen nests (Roesler et al. And, the Mink are capable of wiping out large portions of a breeding colony in a short period.

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2010 South America 2011 Argentina 261

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APRIL 10, 2013

What put this once small fishing town on the map was not birds but mammals, specifically whales and dolphins. I have raved on and on about how Kaikoura is the best place in the world to see albatrosses , but the once sleepy seaside town is not actually famous for these magnificent birds.

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Whales Whaling Albatross New Zealand 257

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MAY 5, 2016

We have been assured by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife (CDFW) that they are watching this nest also. We are all watching intently as these two beautiful raptors attempt another successful breeding season without further disturbance.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

Pelicans and cormorants breeding at the Mikri often go to the Megali Prespa to fish the cold, deep waters – actually, cormorants to dive for fish and pelicans to wait for the cormorants at the surface to steal their prey. Hence, the smaller lake is frozen in winter, while the bigger one never freezes. Other taxa. Maps and guides.

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Critter News

MARCH 17, 2009

of Fish and Game hopes to kill up to 328 wolves in order to protect caribou calves. The Alaska Dept. The LA Times Greenspace blog has the story.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

A federal appeals court made a final decision Wednesday on whether Fish and Wildlife could allow oil companies to interfere with polar bears. Fish and Wildlife service wrongfully issued authorization for oil companies to work in areas that could potentially hurt the bears.

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Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

I mean, I eat chicken and fish.". Interviewer: "Wait, so you want to abolish animal cruelty, except for chickens and fish, (pointing at the contestant) because she doesn't like them?". Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.". Now you kill turkeys, chickens, fish and--". Well, sort of.

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Lions Animal Cruelty Cruelty Illinois 100

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MARCH 10, 2011

Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. The proposal from U.S.

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Deer 2011 New York City New York 140

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DECEMBER 19, 2019

The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season. Fish will lose their spawning ground, otters and White-tailed Eagles will be no more. Photographed within Beljarica: five White-tailed Eagles by Snezana Panjkovic. I barely started when some sulphur (a.k.a.

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Critter News

MARCH 8, 2010

Sea lions are killed here for eating salmon. It's the humans' fault through overharvesting, the use of fish hatcheries, hydropower dams (like Bonneville) and the decimation of habitat. About 60 have already been identified as nuisance animals with the possibility of future trapping and euthanization. It really makes me angry.

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Sea Lions Lions Washington Endangered Species 100

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MARCH 14, 2011

These Blasts From The Past New York City Canada Goose “Kill Zones&# Revealed Help Save Migratory Birds! Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity. Say Hello to the South Hill Crossbill Snipe Hunt in the Bird Blogosphere 3 Million Page Views! The proposal from U.S.

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Deer 2011 New York City New York 140

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

I checked the tides and the low would be in the afternoon, so I decided to walk to the estuary as it was only about 12 kilometres from our apartment and I had a morning to kill. The fish were jumping like crazy as the tide went out and my first bird was a mystery to me.

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AUGUST 6, 2012

Origins and classification describes the evolution of frogs from lobe-finned fishes; there are some gaps in the stages from fish to frog, but scientists have identified the earliest frog-like fossil as Triadobatrachus massinoti, a creature which lived in the area we know as Madagascar about 230 million years ago.

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Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 244

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Located about 20 miles from Lakeview, Oregon, and sitting at an elevation of 5100 feet, this 208 acre lake is home to many species of fish, including Largemouth Bass, Crappie and Bluegill. There was a small house at the north end of the lake that kept a bit of fishing gear, rented some small boats and had a few snacks.

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Dogs Mules Deer Oregon 145

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JULY 21, 2022

The German name of the Yellow-billed Stork is Nimmersatt, which translates as “Glutton” or “Never full” Wikipedia explains the name: “Parents feed their young by regurgitating fish onto the nest floor, whereupon it is picked up and consumed by the nestlings.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 6, 2010

Dolphins are so smart that scientists think they should be treated as "non-human persons" and as such it is "morally unacceptable" to use or kill them. They can also learn how "to hold sponges over their snouts to protect themselves when searching for spiny fish on the ocean floor." Where are we on that one, I wonder?),

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Animal Person

MARCH 23, 2009

Ian says, regarding " Veterinarians Train Sealers to Kill Humanely, " that "veterinarians very often do not care about animals but rather are more like auto mechanics who are providing a service for humans (that service may be to save an animal or kill an animal, etc)." " which includes a poll. The situation is dire. education [link].

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Elephants Vegan Bullhook Laws 100

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2011

Researchers have tracked plummeting shark populations, in part due to indiscriminate fishing and their widespread use in traditional medicines and delicacies. Does exposed human skin, like bare feet, bring them in for the kill? In fact, on average four times more people are killed by cows in the U.S. Time of day. Panic and fear.

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Animal Person

JANUARY 27, 2010

It's just another excuse people have concocted because they like the taste of cow/pig/chicken/fish flesh. If you don't have to enslave, rape, dominate, or kill someone (or have someone else do it for you), why would you? All they do thereafter is replace cows with chickens and pigs and fish. What do you think?

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JUNE 6, 2022

But indeed they vanish somewhere once the people pretending to try and catch fish appear. In our compound, a better name for the Black-crowned Night Herons would be Black-crowned Early Morning Herons. Even though they probably do not need to be afraid of the competition. But the stars of the month were some breeding Eurasian Tree Sparrows.

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 11, 2009

Sadly there are 4 million healthy adoptable companion animals killed in shelters each year due to overcrowding. In addition to dogs and cats, we now feature all kinds of pets for adoption, including rabbits, farm animals, ferrets, hamsters and other small animals, horses, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and even fish.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

This Amazon Kingfisher is big, but it still had a real mouth full with this fish. After bashing it on a branch to kill it, it did finally get it swallowed. An even bigger kingfisher, one who would have had a lot less trouble with a fish that size, is the Ringed Kingfisher pictured below.

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Costa Rica Tigers San Jose Squirrels 138

Animal Person

AUGUST 18, 2011

And of course, many self-identified vegetarians eat fishes and/or chickens. The unnecessary killing of a terrified animal who was likely fighting for his life, becomes he lined up to be slaughtered so you may dine on his flesh. A good friend said he "loved" animals the other day and my response was, "Yeah, you love them grilled."

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Vegan Chickens Vegetarian Eggs 100

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MARCH 20, 2017

In “Summer of the Sparrow,” actress and ABA board member Lili Taylor relates a dramatic tale of murderous passion directed towards a House Sparrow who has killed the Bluebird babies in her nest boxes. He points out that birding is a community that values sharing (as opposed to fishing–who knew?)

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