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Critter News
JANUARY 2, 2009
The amendments to the Marine Mammal Regulations, which include strengthened federal enforcement, come just over a month after newly appointed federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea said Canada is "going straight ahead for the 2009 hunt. We're proceeding as usual." "No The sealers must now feel the seal's cranium to make sure it is broken.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2019
As a test of endurance, as a physical ordeal, it’s both miraculous and monstrous.” Eastern red bats, for only one example, may actually be attracted to wind turbines; and unlike birds, they are often killed by “barotrauma” – their inner organs explode from the drop in air pressure as the blade sweeps past.).
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Critter News
MAY 28, 2009
Like Vick, most of us shamelessly abuse and kill animals. In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 24, 2009
It’s no coincidence that the two species that pass Hare’s pointing test also share a profound cross-species bond. Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. But scientists had carried out few studies to test those beliefs–until now.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
The Cherokee nation called them “Peace Eagles” owing to the fact that they never killed a living thing – and also that they tended to show up in numbers after battled when peace treaties were being signed, though admittedly that may have been for a slightly more macabre reason. White-backed Vultures, photo by Adam Riley.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. At some stage, a salmon-hunting bear at a shingle beach came too close, mere 9 steps. Being apex predators, when surprised – met at an uncomfortably close range, Brown Bears usually fight.
Animal Person
APRIL 14, 2009
According to Reuters: Japan, which considers whaling to be a cherished cultural tradition, killed 679 minke whales despite plans to catch around 850. It caught just one fin whale compared with a target of 50 in the hunt that began in November. That's one result.
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