Iowa VMA – September 26-27, 2024
AVMA News
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
The Iowa VMA (IVMA) held its annual meeting from September 26-27 in Ames. The association presented awards and seated new officials.
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Iowa VMA – September 28-29, 2023
AVMA News
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The Iowa VMA (IVMA) held its annual meeting from September 28-29 in Ames. Dr. Fred Sick won this year's Veterinarian of the Year Award. Dr. Kristen Clark was elected president and Dr. Ken May was elected president-elect
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Iowa Dove Hunters Will Use Lead Shot
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 26, 2011
A panel of the Iowa legislature decided to ignore common sense, wildlife professionals, and Iowa’s own Natural Resources Commission and allow lead shot to be used for the new Mourning Dove hunting season. This decision is just plain dumb. Hat-tip to John.
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Veterinary Medical Association Executives – July 14, 2023
AVMA News
OCTOBER 12, 2023
John Tramontana, executive director of the Michigan VMA, won this year's Executive of the Year Award, and Dr. Randy Wheeler, executive director of the Iowa VMA, won the Distinguished Service Award. The Veterinary Medical Association Executives (VMAE) held its annual meeting on July 14 in Denver.
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Iowa to Allow Hunting of Mourning Doves
10,000 Birds
JULY 15, 2011
For the first time since 1918 hunters will be able to hunt Mourning Doves in Iowa – but with one big caveat. Lead ammunition will not be allowed.
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Why Did the Prairie Chicken Cross the State?
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 8, 2013
112 was released in Iowa and has since traveled a circuitous route of more than 1,100 miles across two states. 112′s meanderings across Iowa and Missouri. According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, “The upper green dot is a lek at the Kellerton Wildlife Management Area in Iowa where Bird No.
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Stamping the First Robin of Spring
10,000 Birds
MARCH 10, 2015
” Several years later, in 2012, we got a comment from someone named Fred Jacob that said the following: When I was a boy growing up in Iowa some sixty years ago, we would “stamp” the first robins in spring. You see, back in 2009, I put up a blog post called “ First Robin of Spring.”
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University of Iowa Animal Lab Goes Underground
Critter News
JUNE 18, 2009
The Iowa Board of Regents approved $11.2 million for an underground vivarium that will house University of Iowa animal research laboratories. From the Des Moines Register. The 35,000-square-foot facility would connect the Medical Education Research Facility and Carver Biomedical Research Building on the west side of campus.
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Wildlife Rehabilitation in Tulsa
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 21, 2014
And to top it all off, the day before I left Kim drove me to the Grey Snow Eagle House, where we were given a breathtaking tour by Iowa Tribal Elder Victor Roubidoux. I just arrived home and since I’m too tired to write this week’s post, I’ll speak it instead. More on this trip to come.
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The Birds of March Madness
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2013
Iowa State Cyclones (represented by Cy the Cardinal). Miami Hurricanes (represented by their American White Ibis, Sebastian). Florida Gulf Coast Eagles. Liberty Flames (represented by their American Bald Eagle, Sparky). Temple Owls. Louisville Cardinals. LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds. Creighton Bluejays. Kansas Jayhawks. Marquette Golden Eagles.
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I and the Bird: What is a Swallow?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 26, 2013
Northern Rough-winged Swallow in flight – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice. Barn Swallow – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice. Northern Rough-winged Swallow , Stelgidopteryx serripennis. Northern Rough-winged Swallow: Wings on Wednesday – Larry Jordan, The Birder’s Report. Barn Swallow , Hirundo rustica.
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10,000 Birds goes eBirding – Part II
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
A few states still have no checklists at all: Nebraska , Minnesota , Iowa , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , and Alabama. The Collective added six new states in the past three years, but none have eclipsed the century mark: Wisconsin ( 74 ), Utah (55), Hawaii (38), Oklahoma (18), Rhode Island (9), and Connecticut (5).
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Mercy for Animals Exposes Cruelty at Iowa Select Farms
Critter News
JULY 20, 2011
Safeway and Kroger have announced they're halting all purchases of the farm's pork. Mercy for Animals is trying to convince Costco to do the same. News story is from the end of June. Almost let that one slip by!
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100 More Alleged Abuse At Iowa Egg Farms
Critter News
APRIL 7, 2010
Another undercover video from the Humane Society.
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FBI Serves Search Warrant to ALF Supporter
Critter News
MARCH 18, 2010
From the Iowa City Press-Citizen. A federal judge in Iowa issued the warrant. Law enforcement there has a long-running investigation into animal releases at a University of Iowa laboratory. The FBI served a search warrant Monday on a Salt Lake City home occupied by a supporter of the Animal Liberation Front.
Who Wants To See a Greater Prairie Chicken?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2015
There are no individuals remaining within an area of nearly 56,900 sq miles which once formed the core of the range of this truly magnificent bird, This area where the highest densities were recorded stretched from central and northern Iowa into western Illinois before covering most of northeast Missouri.
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DeMuth Agrees to Plea Bargain
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
DeMuth was originally charged in connection with a 2004 lab break-in at the University of Iowa that caused more than $400,000 in damage. His plea agreement does not mention the Iowa break-in. DeMuth was arrested and charged in November 2009 after refusing to cooperate with a grand jury investigating the Iowa break-in.
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The Newest Beat
10,000 Birds
MAY 25, 2011
He attended Iowa State University where he earned his B.S. Mike is a familiar face to anyone who regularly attends birding events as he is one of the faces of Nikon Sport Optics for the birding world. Mike Freiberg grew up in Philadelphia, PA, where his family introduced him to the world of birding. Over time the hobby grew into a career.
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How To (And Not To) Transport Wild Birds
10,000 Birds
APRIL 18, 2021
And another one,” she added, “in a tampon box.” “A Big Brown Bat in a large glass terrarium,” said Marlene Ehresman in Iowa, “because the people wanted to make sure it wouldn’t escape.” Debbie Faires in South Carolina had a baby squirrel delivered in a mink hat.
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279 I and the Bird: What is a Vulture?
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
Turkey Vulture – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice. Black Vulture – Michael Motto, Iowa Voice. A Vortex of Turkey Vultures During Fall Migration – Larry Jordan, The Birders’ Report. Turkey Vulture on Little Miami River – Kelly Riccetti, The Red and the Peanut. Vulture Follies – Suzie Gilbert, 10,000 Birds.
Flying with Determination
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 24, 2011
Even after living in Iowa for ten years it seems to me that dark-morph juvenile Pomarine Jaegers tend to show up more than Parasitics in the interior United States. Parasitic Jaegers show a few white primary shafts without the clumping of white. When out lake birding this fall be sure to look out for these dark beauties.
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170 All Three Populations of North American Trumpeter Swans Are Increasing
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 28, 2015
During the 1980s, the Pacific Coast Population swans became the source of eggs for several restoration programs in Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa 2.
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Endangered and Disappearing Birds of the Midwest by Matt Williams
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2019
Focusing on an often under-appreciated portion of the continent, the book showcases forty species found in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio – but perhaps not for long.
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Critter News
JANUARY 6, 2009
Barack Obama has picked Tom Vilsack, former Governor of Iowa, to be the next Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). As Iowa’s Governor, Tom Vilsack took steps to protect animals, including vetoing a bill that allowed dove hunting. Bauer is the president and co-founder of the Farm Sanctuary.
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100 Animal Legal Defense Fund Ranks States on Animal Protection
Critter News
DECEMBER 26, 2008
And the worst: Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arkansas, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, South Dakota, Wyoming You can check out the whole report on their web site. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.
Obama's Rules Freeze May Help Wolves
Critter News
JANUARY 30, 2009
Wildlife conservationists say the freeze will delay and possibly prevent the removal of gray wolves from the federal endangered species list in Montana, Idaho, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, and also in portions of Washington, Oregon, Utah, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio.
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Winging It In Tulsa
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 5, 2014
A rehabilitation facility founded and run by the Iowa Nation, it has an ICU, quarantine cages, spacious quarters for unreleasable birds, and a 150-foot curved flight cage that made me gasp, especially when a soon-to-be-released Golden Eagle sailed around the corner and landed on a perch above our heads.
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The Most Birds
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Sharon Stiteler , the Birdchick , has the all time high count of Canvasback , in Iowa back in 2010. The New Yorker in me likes that the world high counts of Black Scoter , Surf Scoter , and White-winged Scoter were all made off Montauk Point in January and February of 2011.
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Demand for Palm Oil Threatens Orangutans
Critter News
JANUARY 27, 2009
There are only an estimated 50,000 to 60,000 orangutans left in the wild, 90 percent of them in Indonesia, said Serge Wich, a scientist at the Great Ape Trust of Iowa. Over the years, Galdikas has fought off loggers, poachers and miners, but nothing has posed as great a threat to her "babies" as palm oil.
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100 Forgotten Prairies
10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2011
I can certainly speak about the Midwest where states like Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, etc. Outside of hardcore twitchers looking for specialty birds and after speaking to thousands and thousands of birders, I have concluded that most people really do not put much emphasis on our prairies. have over-developed these areas for agricultural uses.
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Minnesota Activist Indicted for Animal Terrorism
Critter News
NOVEMBER 21, 2009
The Animal Liberation Front claimed responsibility for vandalizing two labs and three offices at the University of Iowa on Nov. According to the indictment, unsealed today, DeMuth committed "animal enterprise terrorism and cause[d] economic damage to the animal enterprise in an amount exceeding $10,000" between Nov.
H1N1 and your pets.
4 The Love Of Animals
NOVEMBER 10, 2009
Although it was previously believed that cats were also safe, a cat in Iowa has now tested positive for the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus. Experts are continuously keeping an eye on the situation for any changes. Cats should be monitored.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Some states have no species at all, not even a pigeon, crow, or sparrow: Hawaii , Utah , Nebraska , Oklahoma , Minnesota , Iowa , Wisconsin , Kentucky , West Virginia , Mississippi , Alabama , Connecticut , and Rhode Island. Even the nation’s capital has been ignored.
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115 Birding and Safari-ing South Africa with the ABA
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
There were birders from a wide cross-section of the United States: Colorado, Ohio, Idaho, Iowa, Wyoming, Washington State, Pennsylvania, New York State, New Jersey, California, Texas, Florida. I’m sure there are states that I missed, but you get the idea.
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Are Farm Animals Usually Killed in a Humane Manner?
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
One of my closest friends worked as an accountant for IBP (formerly Iowa Beef Producers, now Tyson’s) and, he won’t speak of it, but there were some bad things that happened there. Shove them in, shove them out. There are horror stories of animals not completely dead before they are being processed.
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An Open Letter to the Birds on the Webcams, Re: Nesting Season
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 11, 2017
I get that good nest sites are at a premium, whether you’re in the market for a box along a bluebird trail in Iowa or a ledge overlooking pigeon-rich Central Park. Again, I know you’re just doing what you gotta do. Drag some other bird bodily out of a hollow tree and thrash the feathers off them?
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101 Push Land-Grant Universities Out of the Meat Industry
Animal Person
MARCH 17, 2009
consider pointing out to a few of the biggest and most influential (food-wise) LGUs -- Iowa State, Cornell, University of California-Davis -- the harm they're doing globally by continuing to promote meat despite the known dangers to animals, people, and the environment.
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From Today's New York Times
Animal Ethics
AUGUST 17, 2007
To the Editor: Re “An Ape Types in Iowa” (column, Aug. 9): Gail Collins writes: “Human-ape conversation was a very hot topic back in the late 1960s, when researchers first taught a chimpanzee named Washoe to use sign language.
Another Reason to Go Vegetarian
Animal Ethics
JULY 15, 2009
It's hard to say because the government still has not instituted a comprehensive MRSA inspection process, but independent research conducted by Tara Smith, PhD, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Iowa, suggests that MRSA-infected animals may be widespread indeed.
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40 From Today's New York Times
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 27, 2012
There are more humane alternatives available that would reduce that condition, and according to experts at Iowa State University, some forms of alternative sow housing could actually cost less in dollars and labor—savings that could potentially reach the customer.
What is a Titmouse?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
A half-century ago, this species might have been restricted to Iowa or New Jersey, but now it can be found throughout New England and even south-eastern Canada. The Tufted Titmouse ( B. bicolor ), like the Red-bellied Woodpecker and Turkey Vulture , has expanded its range dramatically to penetrate northern reaches.
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