10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Malta, you might recall, has the dubious distinction of being a hotspot for illegal hunting of protected birds. So European conservationists and birders expressed reservations about how well Vella would uphold EU laws. During a confirmation hearing, Vella pledged to make sure the laws are implemented in all EU countries.

Malta 221

Malta illegal Laws Hunting 221

Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2009

The Humane Society Legislative Fund is having a contest where you can submit your idea for a new law protecting animals. The winner will get a trip to Washington DC to lobby for it with HSLF staff.

Laws 100

Laws HSUS DC The Humane Society 100

Critter News

MARCH 8, 2009

It is now law as of March 1. The provincial government says it's gone from "worst to first" and Ontario is now the only jurisdiction in Canada with special protections for law-enforcement animals like police dogs and horses.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Laws Welfare Legislation 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Out of over 30 respondents, almost everyone wanted money for better facilities, paid staff, on-call veterinarians, emergency vehicles, food, and protected land – from Terry and Lindsay in California to Cindy in Michigan, from Sally in Kentucky to Mickie in South Dakota, and Lisa and Lia in New York. Change in Law. That’s easy!”

Wildlife 255

Wildlife Wildlife Rehabilitation Oklahoma Michigan 255

Critter News

DECEMBER 26, 2008

The ALDF has released a report on how different states' animal protection laws stack up. Tags: animal law. Among the best: California, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Oregon.

Animal Legal Defense Fund 100

Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Protection South Dakota ALDF 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2014

As bird lovers, we’re happy that laws exist to protect birds, and that people are especially looking after protected species. Environmental officials believe the plan can be reworked so that the Plovers’ habitat is protected. But sometimes, what’s best for the birds and what’s best for the humans collide.

San Francisco 211

San Francisco Oakland Massachusetts United States 211

Critter News

JANUARY 3, 2011

According to this Technorati article , the Humane Society rated the states on their animal protection laws. BEST STATES California (best-yay!) BEST Illinois (best) Maine Michigan Oregon California WORST Mississippi Idaho Hawaii North Dakota Kentucky.

Animal Legal Defense Fund 100

Animal Legal Defense Fund Animal Protection North Dakota Protection 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Chinese Hwamei is a second-level protected species in China – as a consequence, according to Chinese law on wildlife protection, it is prohibited for local people to capture and keep the species in captivity without a permit. Still, a few spend the summer here.

Thailand 231

Thailand Indonesia Legislation illegal 231

Critter News

JULY 19, 2009

Sunstein is a Harvard law professor who has written about animal protection issues. He is the co-editor, for example, of Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions, which examines views both in favor and against animal law.

Animal Protection 100

Animal Protection Protection Animal Welfare Obama 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Membership of the MBCC is set by law: the Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, the Administrator of the EPA, two Senators, and two Representatives. Moreover, once the land is protected, it is habitat that is permanently saved for the benefit of birds and other wildlife.

Ducks 260

Ducks New Hampshire Kentucky South Carolina 260

Critter News

AUGUST 1, 2009

India is to amend its wildlife crime laws to protect the country's tigers, a government minister said. Environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh said that speeding up justice as well as hefty fines are needed to strengthen the Wildlife Protection Act. But is it enough? From the Press Association.

Tigers 100

Tigers India Protection Endangered Species 100

AnimalEquality.net

OCTOBER 25, 2024

With rich emotional lives and unbreakable family bonds, farmed animals deserve to be protected. Advocates are working on two levels—reshaping the food system and plant-based options nationally, while strengthening farm rules locally. You can build a kinder world by replacing animal… Source

Mexico 52

Mexico Farm Animal Farmed Animals Animal 52

10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

btw, I promote equality in all ways, but I don’t bend over backwards protecting any either.&# If only I was a minority, I’m sure that law enforcement would treat me way better.&# If you saw any of this, you were to leave the park immediately and call local law enforcement. Not too many I bet. you guessed it.

Colorado 252

Colorado Laws Kazakhstan Indiana 252

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2011

An interesting aspect of the fishing of this species is the fight between recreational and traditional (Maori) fisheries and commercial ones, which resulted in a court ruling that recreational and traditional fishing was a right derived from and protected by common law, but that commercial fishing wasn’t. Used with permission.

New Zealand 212

New Zealand Goats Fish Japan 212

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2018

Second, Amendment 2 required a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the state legislature to authorize the transfer, sale, or disposal of land under the control of the state agriculture or environmental protection departments.”. Election Results = PASSED with 84%+ voter support. Red-breasted Merganser. Photo by © Mike Blevins. Denver, Colorado.

Nevada 213

Nevada Georgia Colorado Denver 213

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

“The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and Friends of the Earth (FoE) Cyprus have now released the report on their bird protection camp during the peak of bird migration in autumn 2011.

Cyprus 160

Cyprus 2011 Slaughter Slaughtered 160

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2021

Contact your Town Board, Zoning Board, or, if you have one, Conservation Advisory Board, and ask about implementing such laws. Film the tree cutting, get the name of the tree company, and report it to the Law Enforcement Office of the U.S. 4) Dream of the European model. Fish & Wildlife Service. 5) Display attitude.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 264

Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Laws Game 264

10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2019

At the same time, at the western bank of the Volga River corpses piled ever higher… or so starts the plot of the Jean-Jacques Annaud’s movie Enemy at the Gates, with Jude Law as young Zaytsev. And protect them, too. I would advise them to wear a hat, or protect a child with an umbrella for those 20 metres, but to no avail.

Protection 202

Protection Elephants Owls Laws 202

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2014

, and at the same time not grumpy enough to make them draw their guns (yep – it’s a true story, but do not trust the first impression: they were rough on the outside and soft on the inside, e.g. being fiercely protective of stray dogs and cats – that particular guy kept about five dogs and 15 cats, and they all lived together peacefully).

Serbia 247

Serbia Stray Dog Botswana Protection 247

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2014

‘Tis true that anyone who plucks a bloom in modern times will have more than just the pixies to contend with as the flowers are protected by law to prevent people from digging up the bulbs to plant in their own gardens.

Laws 215

Laws Europe America Protection 215

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2016

All birds of prey are protected by state and federal law,” says Eileen Wicker. “If Predators have a hard enough time surviving without having to deal with the fallout from something they’re incapable of even doing. If you have a very small dog, be careful and use common sense. If you have a cat, keep it inside.

Pets 240

Pets Barn Owls Kentucky Bald Eagle 240

Critter News

MAY 3, 2009

Montana has passed a law making it difficult to challenge the building of a horse slaughtering facility in that state. The last such facility in the US closed in 2007. This bill specifically makes for groups that might oppose it to use the court system to do so. From the bill, which you can read here : Section 2.

Montana 100

Montana Horses Horse Slaughter Slaughter 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In law, there is often a similar approach, memorably articulated by Justice Louis Brandeis , who said “in most matters it is more important that the applicable rule of law be settled than that it be settled right.”. Laws and regulations can be updated over time ( e.g., the list of birds protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act ).

Birds 264

Birds Laws 2020 Jordan 264

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Individually, many NWRs protect crucial bird habitat. Because many NWRs were established to protect migrating birds, they lie along one of the four primary flyways. These protected areas are not merely convenient, they are essential. The Refuge System protects and, in some cases, restores, some of what remains.

Wildlife 190

Wildlife Grizzly Bear Puerto Rico United States 190

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Out of these 136 bird species, 108 are strictly protected and further 28 protected by Serbian legislation. Considering the number of species, but also habitats of international conservation concern, protection of this area and its biodiversity is clearly an issue of wider European and not merely local significance.

Serbia 189

Serbia Eagles Protection Ducks 189

Critter News

MARCH 25, 2010

As noted in another post, no protections for marine mammals. But plenty of drivel about improving law enforcement for wildlife protection. Tags: wildlife crime law enforcement CITES BS. Just more drivel out of a toothless organization.

Laws 100

Laws Mammals Wildlife Protection 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

It’s about putting the Federal Government back into the confines of the law.”. It’s imperative that local, state, and federal law enforcement ensure the safety of our land managers. It puts our ecologically valuable wildlife at risk and disrespects the men and women charged with protecting our natural resources.

Extremist 211

Extremist Oregon Wildlife illegal 211

Critter News

APRIL 23, 2009

Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit in Philadelphia voted 10 to 3 last summer to find unconstitutional the rarely used law passed by Congress in 1999. The appeals court noted that the Supreme Court is resistant to removing First Amendment protections of depictions even of illegal actions. Thanks to Animal Law Online for the catch.

District of Columbia 100

District of Columbia Animal Abuse Animal Cruelty Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

So far as I can determine the swan was not officially granted status as the national bird of Denmark by law but by a popular vote held by either Danish Television or Denmark Radio. The proposal from U.S. Fish & Wildlife comes in response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity.

Denmark 219

Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 219

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

The money is intended to create and protect national parks, areas around rivers and lakes, national forests, and national wildlife refuges from development, and to provide matching grants for state and local parks and recreation projects. Future generations deserve nothing less.”

Legislation 211

Legislation Montana Wyoming Idaho 211

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2011

As is the rest: Although most of the forest ecosystems are government forest land and protected, they are still threatened, through fragmentation, disturbance, road building, poaching and forest fires. Well no kidding! And there are efforts underway to prepare an integrated management plan for the forest.

Cyprus 157

Cyprus Breeders 2000 Protection 157

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Brown, a case in which the meat industry is attempting to invalidate a California law designed to reduce animal suffering and protect public safety. Tags: meat california farm animal welfare factory farm animal law meatpacking.

Animal Legal Defense Fund 100

Animal Legal Defense Fund Meat Humane Society Of The United States Factory Farm 100

Critter News

JULY 12, 2009

Less than one year ago, Puerto Rico enacted a landmark animal protection law, based in part on a set of model laws drafted by the Animal Legal Defense Fund. states and jurisdictions with regards to the strength of their laws protecting animals. The sweeping set of reforms provided for in Act 154 (P S.

Puerto Rico 100

Puerto Rico Animal Legal Defense Fund Primates Research 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 23, 2018

Then the EIS (environmental impact statement – a document required by federal law) hit the press. From that moment to this, the islands remain untouched thanks to the restrictions of the Coastal Marshlands Protection Act, actions by the Nature Conservancy, and ultimate management by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

Georgia 198

Georgia Eagles Bald Eagle Dolphins 198

Critter News

OCTOBER 17, 2009

Six members of Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty were convicted at a 2006 trial in New Jersey of conspiracy to violate the 1992 Animal Enterprise Protection Act. The law, since revised, aimed to protect animal research laboratories from illegal, sometimes violent protests. From the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Guinea Pigs 100

Guinea Pigs United Kingdom New Jersey Protest 100

Critter News

APRIL 20, 2010

The Supreme Court struck down a law that outlawed the depiction of animal cruelty. He argued that his documentaries were protected by the First Amendment. A federal judge disagreed and a jury convicted him of selling banned depictions of dog fights in violation of the 1999 law. He was sentenced to three years in prison.

Animal Cruelty 100

Animal Cruelty Pit Bulls Cruelty Laws 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

Elephants used to cross the border here before the war, but the fighting increased incidents of poaching as law and order broke down, leading to highly traumatised elephants crossing the border.

South Africa 198

South Africa Elephants Africa Lions 198