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.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019
Thus, its listing has been contested by groups advocating more development. More recently, a group of developers petitioned FWS to delist the gnatcatcher because the underlying science was allegedly flawed and the coastal gnatcatcher is not really a distinct subspecies.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2011
But the efforts of a few groups and individuals have reversed the downward spiral and, although the birds still remain listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, it is hoped that they are soon downlisted to Near-threatened status. First recorded in the Cayman Islands in 1916, the birds were described as “not uncommon&#.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2020
They seem to be particularly interested in a group of large trees in a nearby coffee farm. Incredibly, during a recent visit to the Caribbean lowlands, we had close looks at a group of Great Green Macaws in a neighborhood of a small town! I see and hear a small flock of these small Amazons on a daily basis.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2016
Scooter is now getting on in years and has suffered health setbacks. She also brings the birds to schools and other community groups. But Kasia has kept the bird-therapy program going with other rescued birds, including ducks and chickens that are often surrendered or abandoned once Easter’s over. But that’s a whole ’nother rant.)
10,000 Birds
JUNE 11, 2011
They like to fly in pairs or groups and in the evening they come together in big groups to roost in a favorite ‘dormitory’ tree. Last but certainly not least, the macaw suffers along with the other species in its ecosystem from rampant habitat destruction and deforestation.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Once, and only once, a while after I became a bit crazy about birding, my long-suffering wife decided to go along with me and see what it was all about. Golf is a good walk spoiled. — Mark Twain. Now, my wife is extremely conscientious about exercise. Every day she walks one hour, to the minute. the male Summer Tanager.
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