10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

One element that seems likely to cause controversy with readers of this website is a remark, in the last chapter, that the authors believe that laws against keeping corvids as pets should be relaxed. They are right, I think, in saying it is perverse that we can kill crows but not coddle them.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

The term “take” is defined as killing a listed species but also includes “harm,” which is defined in regulation as including “significant habitat modification or degradation where it actually kills or injures wildlife by significantly impairing essential behavioral patterns, including breeding, feeding, or sheltering 2.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2018

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. They argued that the scientific research exception only applied to research on the animal to be taken.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 28, 2012

Because I have birded southern California in winter several times there weren’t any of the normally occurring birds that I could get within easy reach of my in-laws house in Orange County. Permission to use the car was obtained from the brother-in-law and permission to be missing until 10 AM was obtained from Daisy.

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Critter News

JULY 22, 2011

However, Jewish and Islamic groups which can prove animals do not suffer more during ritual killing than in an ordinary slaughterhouse will be able to apply for permits.

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Critter News

APRIL 25, 2010

So, remember the incident in which an orca whale attacked and killed its trainer at Sea World? I sincerely hope this leads to a change in law regarding animals in captivity. Now there's going to be a Congressional hearing this week about it. At a minimum, they should stop the captivity of orca whales.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 20, 2008

More than 60,000 cats were killed in Illinois animal pounds and shelters in 2006. That’s 5,000 cats killed every month, and 160 each day. Illinois is one of the few states with laws already requiring pounds and shelters to report the fate of animals in their custody. Things don't look too good.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 29, 2020

Or, it’s just “bad luck”, that the laws of probability just have not worked in your favor. However, if there’s a good thing about the laws of probability and birding, it’s that the longer you don’t see a bird when you “should”, the more likely you will see that bird with every try.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 6, 2008

California recently passed a law protecting animal researchers from animal activists. This law changes NOTHING. Ralph Freeman has killed cats and kittens in his laboratory at UC Berkeley with no benefit for humans for over twenty years. In the short term at least, it's not working. We are still here and we intend to act.

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Critter News

APRIL 13, 2009

Laws remain grossly inadequate as do practices at our nation’s slaughterhouses,” says Farm Sanctuary President and Co-Founder Gene Baur. are killed in factory style slaughterhouses whose primary goal is to kill and process animals quickly and efficiently. Most animals in the U.S.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 22, 2019

But I insisted he try the blood and violence guy, and he humored me, only to send me, later, a longish email, pointing out the flaws in my judgment and in the book and the author, and closing with this: “Since I didn’t care for any of his characters, I really didn’t care who killed whom.”. Fair enough.

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Animal Person

OCTOBER 24, 2009

I recall one day when his sister-in-law was speaking with him about what she was feeding her children, and it wasn't a vegan-centered conversation. Sister-in-law doesn't disagree with what TD says about hot dogs, but says: "Everything in moderation." Sometimes permanently. I think it was about hot dogs. Or child molestation. ".

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2017

The law of unintended consequences has tragic effects at a zoo in England, as rat poison ends up killing the Rainbow Lorikeets it was intended to protect. So crazy it just might work? Scientists ponder the feasibility of genetically engineering chickens to lay the eggs of endangered bird species.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

HSUS’ latest public relations gimmick is part of a larger attempt by the very animal control officers responsible for this neglect and abuse to reform their image from one of “dog catcher” to “humane law enforcement.” Nathan Winograd is an advocate for no-kill shelters (and is the author of several books on the subject).

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Animal Person

APRIL 24, 2009

Meanwhile, I would love to be able to have some kind of law against human beings producing/reproducing more than one person per person. And when the option is rounding them up and killing them, TNR looks like an especially attractive option. And this is one of them. But who cares about me? What do you all t hink?

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

The beauty of this area is breathtaking, though the burned trunks are reminders that it is still recovering from the disastrous Station Fire of 2009, which scorched over 250 square miles and killed two firefighters. I’m sure there is a law that White-headed Woodpeckers are always on the other side of the tree.

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Animal Person

JUNE 23, 2010

Interviewer: "Oh, so you've killed chickens.". Now you kill turkeys, chickens, fish and--". Interviewer: "Cows, okay, there's another one you kill. If you kill animals or pay someone to do so for you, you support animal cruelty. They're from a legal farm in Illinois, so the law isn't the reason.

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Lions Animal Cruelty Cruelty Illinois 100

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. That was a lot, I know.

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Critter News

APRIL 18, 2009

Not guilty of gorilla killings - guilty of illegal charcoaling The Wildlife Officers were charged by the Congolese Wildlife Authority with the "destruction of flora and fauna" under Wildlife Law OL 069-41 of August 1969. The charges included the massacre of the gorillas and involvement in the illegal charcoal trade.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 19, 2013

Here is an essay by law professor Gary Francione.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

The University of Puerto Rico, an "1862" LGU founded in 1900, operates a slaughter facility killing small ruminants -- typically goats and sheep, cattle being large ruminants. Some key words are in English at the website, which gives clear instructions for streaming. There's an Archive icon for possible later listening.

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Animal Person

MAY 10, 2009

In " 'Animal Rights:' Pernicious Nonsense for Both Law & Public Policy ," Massachusetts attorney and "sportsman" Richard Latimer is on the mark with some concepts, and way off with others. Again, they just want to prevent the "cruel" hunters from killing Bambi's mother. First of all, does he really believe that piffle?

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 6, 2008

Thanks to Adrian Seeley for calling to my attention this story about PGA Tour golfer Tripp Isenhour, who allegedly intentionally killed a red-shouldered hawk with a golf shot. Isenhour is charged with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird. Weigh in: Should Isenhour receive the maximum penalty allowable by law?

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 9, 2009

6): I do not agree that “anyone with an appreciation for the First Amendment” must conclude that “crush videos” or videos of vicious dogfights are protected speech and that the federal law in question should therefore be struck down. Only a very narrow range of activities come under the sweep of this law, and all of them are illegal.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

To train them to fight one another, and then to kill the losers of these fights, is barbaric beyond words. Michael Vick should be punished to the full extent of the law if he is convicted of the charges filed against him. Dogs evolved with humans. They are our trusted friends and companions.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 12, 2008

To the Editor: Re “ To Revive Hunting, States Turn to the Classroom ” (front page, March 8): Shame on West Virginia if it approves a bill that allows hunting education classes in public schools to become law. We should not use public schools to try to reverse the inexorable decline in the “sport” of hunting.

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Animal Ethics

JANUARY 17, 2008

According to this AP Newswire issued yesterday: "President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the California coast — a practice critics say is harmful to whales and other marine mammals.

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Animal Ethics

JULY 29, 2007

To the Editor: Re “ States Try to Weigh Safety With Dog Owners’ Rights ” (news article, July 23): Any law that deems a dog as dangerous or vicious based on appearance, breed or phenotype is unfair and discriminatory. Canine temperaments are widely varied, and behavior cannot be predicted by physical features.

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 8, 2009

Suppose further that such blood is obtained without killing the animal and without causing the animal pain. KBJ: This is true of every normative ethical theory, from natural law to divine command to utilitarianism to egoism to contractarianism to Kantian deontology. Suppose someone enjoys drinking the blood of cattle and hogs.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

Thanks to groups like Alley Cat Allies, outdoor and feral cats have become above the law. Neighbor B’s cats are constantly on neighbor A’s property, urinating and defecating all over her garden, spreading disease, maiming and killing the birds who flock to her feeders. What birds need is their own SWAT team. What can she do?

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife. As a consequence, “people should treat all creatures decently, and protect them from cruelty, avoidable suffering, and unnecessary killing.” All individuals share the costs of conserving wildlife.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

wind-energy company has admitted that its farms have killed birds, and has settled with prosecutors. law against causing the deaths of protected birds without a permit (and no wind-energy farms seem to have such permits). expressed particular regret that its wind farms killed two Golden Eagles. These fatalities violate U.S.

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Farming Wyoming Eagles Killing 231

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

A poisoned rodent can kill whatever eats it, and death by poison is a very bad way to go. Look no further than Reckitt Benckiser’s website: “The Company strives to act in accordance with the laws … of the countries in which it operates, (and it) operates with integrity.”. Need an example of “hypocrisy?” What to do?

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Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 252

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2012

” That is the defense of Lloyd “Chip” Badeaux , a city councilman in Thibodaux, Louisiana, for killing 48 whistling-ducks at a friend’s house. State law allows 6 dead ducks per day. Badeaux, who claims to never have violated hunting laws before this incident, faces up to six months in jail and a fine of $15,000.

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Ducks Louisiana Laws Hunting 154

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

When news later reached our little town (likely through a newspaper) that the bird-killing chemical was to be banned, my environmental activism was born. southern border; and set regulations to waive environmental laws for building on public lands. S ierra Club Environmental Impact Brochure – with the list of laws being waived.

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Defenders Of Wildlife Bald Eagle Texas Protest 189

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2017

The Preliminaries : Paragraphs 1-5 identify the issues at a high level: the lawsuit involves a proposed turbine at a facility near Ottawa NWR in Ohio that will allegedly kill birds in violation of federal law. Paragraphs 32-39 set forth an overview of the laws that plaintiffs argue would be violated if the turbine constructed.

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