10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Cattle 255

Critter News

OCTOBER 14, 2008

Some huge livestock farms produce more raw waste than cities as large as Philadelphia or Houston. The conclusions fueled concerns about a proposed Environmental Protection Agency rule change that would eliminate one of the few federal oversight mechanisms over air and water pollution from big farms. Deregulation is EVERYWHERE.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Factory Farming 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

As I have explained before these islands are the best place for a lot of the birding here because they are more easily protected from introduced mammals which wreck such havoc on the wildlife here. The whole place itself is an island, but the main islands are themselves the mainland to a number of smaller islands.

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Penguins New Zealand Parrots Fur 165

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2020

Even though a 2013 petition by the Royal Society of Protection of Birds failed to convince the Scottish parliament to make it official, the campaign to make the Golden Eagle Scotland’s national bird continues.

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Lions Eagles Hunting Lamb 203

Critter News

DECEMBER 6, 2008

4, 2008 by the Environmental Protection Agency to charge a fee for air-polluting cows and hogs. The ag industry really fears that the government may start taxing them for heads of livestock because of their contribution to global warming. I don't know how seriously to take this, or if it's just the ag industry pulling an NRA stunt (ie.

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Cows Detroit Livestock Cattle 100

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 7, 2012

These big cats are a species under constant threat from poachers and farmers who fear that the leopards are attacking their livestock. But experts can’t protect them without knowing more about them. Afghanistan, one of the most dangerous places on earth, is also home to a population of endangered and elusive snow leopards.

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Snow Leopard Cats Afghanistan 2012 100

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

Komondorok have been bred as livestock guard dogs originating from Hungary, and when threatened they reveal sheer athletic muscularity and a deep, ferocious bark that is sure to scare anyone. They have a protective instinct and will even sleep across thresholds within your house, taking position. About Jaime Van Wye.

Dogs 100

Dogs Dog Training Hungary Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

In parts of the Simien Mountains of northern Ethiopia, from which I have just returned, Geladas have been protected from persecution for some time. Competition with domestic livestock has restricted some Gelada bands to poorer foraging on steep slopes. Bachelor male Geladas chase a harem male. Photo by Adam Riley.

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Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 174

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In 2008, the Environmental Protection Agency charged Wildlife Services for its illegal placement of a sodium cyanide M-44 (a highly lethal booby trap) on public land, which harmed a U.S. The aerial gunning program has killed at least 10 agents and injured 28 more. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

To the Editor: Mark Bittman wants to outlaw confined livestock feeding operations because, he says, they harm the environment, torture animals and make meat less safe (“ A Food Manifesto for the Future ,” column, Feb. Modern livestock housing is temperature-controlled, well lighted and well ventilated.

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New York Times New York Livestock Meat 40

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 10, 2007

But today these livestock operations don’t have to be unwelcome neighbors in their communities. Producers like me are ready to comply with tough new Environmental Protection Agency regulations that protect the nation’s water supply, by adopting a policy of zero discharge into rivers and streams.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

Animal Ethics

APRIL 2, 2007

March 27, 2007 To the Editor: Livestock producers raise their animals under humane standards and under the care of a veterinarian. Kristina Cahill Long Beach, Calif.,

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New York Times New York San Diego 2007 40

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

According to the Food and Agricultural Organization's own report entitled Livestock's Long Shadow : "The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global.

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Lacto-Ovo Vegetarian Vegan Veal 40

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

The column, which you can read here , is a call to arms to factory farmers to fight back against those individuals and organizations working to protect farm animals from the abuses inherent in factory farms.

Factory 40

Factory Gestation Crates Veal Crate Factory Farm 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The region boasts some of the country’s richest farmland and besides wine, the estate produces rice, cork, and livestock. ‘Tyto alba’ is made at Companhia das Lezírias, a state-run agricultural and forestry estate founded in 1836 on lands once belonging to the Portuguese Crown in the province of Ribatejo, north of Lisbon.

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Barn Owls 2013 Owls Livestock 263

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2017

Our analysis indicates the known threats at the time of listing, habitat loss through land use changes, livestock grazing, and vegetation succession, and brown-headed cowbird parasitism, are reduced or adequately managed.

Endangered Species 179

Endangered Species Species Texas Oklahoma 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2017

Not only is the Trump administration going about removing our hard fought environmental protections, they are destroying our reputation around the globe. With the administration’s plans to remove many regulations put in place to protect our environment, what can we expect in our future?

North Korea 116

North Korea Mountain Lions Legislation Nebraska 116

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

conservation legislation and regulation, a tool used to protect birds from irresponsible hunting, industrial intrusion and incidental take, habitat loss and pollution, and to encourage best practices by everyone, from birders to corporations. Congress and Senate who recognized the need to protect the birds.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147