AVMA News

APRIL 22, 2024

The AVMA American Board of Veterinary Specialties (ABVS) has received a letter of intent from a group of veterinarians wishing to seek recognition for a clinical wildlife practice specialty within the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners. The ABVS will accept public comment on the proposal through July 31.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Gulls aren’t everyone’s cup of tea it seems but I find them a fascinating group, highly adaptable and capable of surviving and thriving in many situations. Here, in the south-west of the Iberian Peninsula, I am lucky to be able to see a wide range of gulls, particularly along the Atlantic coast at this time of the year.

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AVMA News

APRIL 22, 2024

However, certain groups of students seem to be affected by this pressure more than others, indicating a potential need for more targeted and intensified support. For veterinary students, the heavy workload and long hours during clinical veterinary training appear to be the major stressor.

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AVMA News

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Dog trainers that use aversive training methods, including Augusto DeOliveira, also known as "The Dog Daddy," have caught the attention of concerned animal welfare groups, trainers, veterinary behaviorists, and pet owners.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

More than a specific bird, it is a group of birds that really fascinates me, possibly because in my opinion they are the greatest exponent of the ability of birds to fly, the swifts. What is your favorite bird species? Beings that can live constantly flying. But if I have to choose one, the Alpine Swift with its enormous size is spectacular.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2015

Some bird groups take more to learn than others. Challenging groups of birds are those with very similar species occurring in one locality. For instance gulls are one of the most challenging groups, but one can have study looks of stationary birds through a spotting scope. In contrast, warblers are in constant motion in foliage.

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AVMA News

MAY 30, 2024

She will oversee the organization’s Membership and Field Services Division, the Convention and Meeting Planning Division, and the Veterinary Career Center group. Bianca Zenor joined the AVMA on March 25 in the role of chief membership officer.

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Sales and Marketing Management

SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

Teaser: Many managers are hesitant to give feedback in a group setting for fear that it puts the person on the spot, gets him or her defensive, makes everyone else in the room uncomfortable, and strains the team’s working relationships. read more

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2024

This is not a post about The Machine Learning and Optimisation (MALEO) group, led by Prof. Dr. Heike Trautmann, so if you want to read about machine learning, you need to look somewhere else … Unlike machine learning, the Maleo is critically endangered. The females lay their eggs in burrows at , and no further parental… Source

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AVMA News

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The Positive Pet Care Guide is the result of an industry-wide working group, led by the AVMA and Mars Veterinary Health, aimed at strengthening the relationship between veterinary teams and pet owners through resources, education, and collaboration.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2012

And should a group dare question the wisdom of domestic cats being outdoors they are “extremists” in the eyes of the crazy cat people. Apparently Alley Cat Allies only wants to protect feral cats, an introduced predator that decimates native wildlife communities.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The Netherlands White-tailed Eagle Working Group watches out for them, partly via transmitters. A detective story: A few White-tailed Eagles live in the Netherlands. At one point, a White-tailed Eagle does not change its position anymore, obviously an alarming sign, and subsequently is found dead in a field.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Parrots are also by far the most traded and the fastest declining group of birds – and almost… Source Furthermore, Indonesia is the country with the highest priority for parrot conservation given the number of species and threats there.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The last segment of our hiking trip (and correspondingly the last post of this mini-series) took us to the Soierngruppe, a relatively free-standing group of mountains forming a circular barrier arround two small picturesque lakes. On the way up, a large family of Willow T**s… Source

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AVMA News

MARCH 1, 2023

With the cannabidiol products market continuing to grow and after reviewing published scientific literature and information submitted to a public docket, an internal working group of the Food and Drug Administration concluded that a new regulatory pathway for cannabidiol is needed.

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Critter News

DECEMBER 9, 2009

I was browsing for some quotes when I came across this group - The National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA). Our members are pet owners, dog and cat clubs, obedience clubs and rescue groups as well as breeders, trainers, veterinarians, research scientists, farmers, fishermen, hunters and wildlife biologists.

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AVMA News

MARCH 21, 2023

The AVMA offered sessions at the 2023 WVC Annual Conference as part of a year-old partnership with Viticus Group, the organization that hosts WVC.

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AVMA News

APRIL 12, 2023

An industry-wide working group, led by the AVMA and Mars Veterinary Health, has developed a free resource that veterinary teams can use to help foster healthy communication and a positive partnership between staff and pet owners.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2011

The call was issued after the animal rights group discovered that the fur were sourced from the raccoon dog in China, ABC Radio Australia reports. About 10 million dogs in China are killed for their fur, prompting an animal rights group to seek a ban on fur trade to Australia. The dog fur are used are inside lining for ugg boots.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Apparently there was an announcement at the desk for a pet bereavement group. A pet bereavement group. I think pet bereavement groups are really important and I think that's a horrible thing to say. She shook her head and said to the librarian at the desk, "Well, is there anything they won't do? What a waste.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2024

During my vacation with friends close to Cannes in southern France, my priority was of course to catch up and spend some quality time with my friend group from university. Apart from my birding trip to the Coussouls de Crau, I couldn’t stop birding when I was outside.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2024

Most notably, a group of five Greater Scaups was present in one of the large ponds in the Rheinaue urban park, where they were present for a while. They were scattered among large numbers of Tufted Ducks and particularly Common Pochard , creating a active group of diving ducks that was fun to watch.

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Birds Ducks Groups Species 211

AVMA News

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

Several new studies were unveiled at @the_NAVC Veterinary Meeting & Expo this January in Orlando, Florida, including research identifying 30 different bacterial groups in the fecal microbiome of domestic cats and a survey on dog owners’ awareness of osteoarthritis.

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Critter News

MARCH 9, 2009

told me that horse groups have been hit particularly hard with the economy. I came across this lovely blog by who I think is one of the group's volunteers. I've never been around horses much, but a friend of mine who has 3 horses and 2 burros (!)

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Critter News

JANUARY 11, 2009

Here's a group I've never heard of. I found a link to them on ANIMAL's blog (ANIMAL is a Portuguese animal rights group.) These scientists are NOT an animal rights group. They do support some animal-based studies (which sucks); HOWEVER, they acknowledge that much animal research is useless.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 2, 2024

This Monday, I went in a group of four to bird around the town of Atzimbo. So I kind of feel that I should not talk about which birds are best. And yet, I just can’t help myself.

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Livestock Sparrows Birds North America 215

Critter News

AUGUST 30, 2011

Ringling Brothers is coming to Kent, WA, and I'm happy to know the Northwest Animal Rights Network will be protesting (we live in nearby Seattle by the way.).

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2022

As is my self-declared tradition of speaking of groups of birds within the species gamut of Trinidad & Tobago, allow me to introduce you to yet another group of three. While the entire Tyrannidae family of Tyrant Flycatchers is massive, the Myiarchus group of those recorded on these two islands comprises just three species.

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Critter News

JANUARY 4, 2009

According to the Washington Post , PETA was one of many groups the Maryland State Police considered a security threat. A "very casually dressed" undercover trooper attended a speech by PETA's president that month and waited afterward to see whether anyone talked about chickens.

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Maryland PETA Groups Chickens 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Truth be told, only two of the three are from the Cyanerpes group of true or “typical” honeycreepers. All members of this group are small, richly coloured birds with long, curved bills that are used to feed on nectar – only some of the time, though! Today, I’ll touch on honeycreepers.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2024

As they flew, a large group of Avocets took flight around them. Of course, when a group sees 109 species, there are many highlights for the day. If you don’t know about this devilish group, consider yourself fortunate.) (The fact that he is an ornithologist gave him extra street cred.)

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Yes, field guides to other groups of organisms, as there’s hardly any room left in your baggage or the energy to carry it. No, Madagascar is the most famous for an endemic group of mammals: lemurs, sifakas, indri, aye-aye – in total, 112 endemic species and subspecies of lemurs alone!

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Critter News

OCTOBER 31, 2009

A coalition of food and consumer groups that includes Consumers Union and the Center for Science in the Public Interest has asked the Food and Drug Administration to ban the practice. Well, you learn something new every day. McDonald's Corp.,

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 14, 2021

Last weekend I accompanied a small group of intrepid birders to El Cerro del Aripo, the tallest peak on the island at about 940m. But when we stumbled upon a small group of Red-crowned Ant-Tanagers I swiftly changed my tactics and opted for the camera-in-hand approach. A productive morning, I thought. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush.

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Trinidad Groups Parrots Eagles 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 21, 2022

I’ve been leading a small but faithful group on Trinidad for several years to count birds within a livestock farm that is generally restricted to the public (you can read about some of those shenanigans here ); this was the first time I was to embark on a CBC on the smaller island of Tobago. Anyway, I digress. Mangrove Cuckoo.

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Trinidad Falcons Ducks Livestock 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2024

Around 2011 or 2012, I discovered an online forum of a rather select group of Mexican birders. In May of 2018, I included some rather sad photos of what I had identified as a group of 6 Long-billed Dowitchers in my eBird report for Lake Cuitzeo. Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo : I get game.

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Squirrels Mexico Kansas South America 229

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2024

Here is what the paper says: “In the first group, we added a blue, non-mimetic egg to the nest of the host, while in the second group we added a blue, non-mimetic egg and a peanut half-shell.” ” So, either just a fake egg or a fake egg and trash (a peanut shell).

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