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Envigo pleads guilty to neglecting dogs, faces $35M fine

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A company that bred Beagles for research will pay more than $35 million after pleading guilty last month to violating the federal Animal Welfare Act (AWA) by neglecting thousands of dogs at its Cumberland, Virginia, breeding facility. The payment includes the largest ever fine in an animal welfare case.

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Hitler’s 700th Bird

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Though we have already covered the addition of the Nutmeg Mannikin to the official California state checklist we neglected to let you know that the ABA Checklist Committee quickly followed suit. This had bad results for Adolf Hitler, as the video above proves. Birding listing video'

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Birds of Visselhövede in Winter

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The garden benefits from benign neglect, and a variety of bird feed is on offer. For a birdwatcher, it is rather nice to be at a place where – unlike my 13th floor Shanghai apartment – there are birds right outside the house. So, what is there to see on a regular winter day?

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The Warbler Brewery: Canopy 2 Double India Pale Ale

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I think we neglected to identify the Guinness toucans in that review, though they appear to be Toco Toucans ( Ramphastos toco ), close relatives of the Keel-billed. Keel-billed Toucan ( Ramphastos sulfuratus ) illustrated by English ornithologist and artist William Swainson (1789-1855) in Zoological Illustrations, Volume I (1820).

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So proud!

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Taking a leaf from my neighbour’s gardening technique, I have embraced the neglectful method of gardening. Whilst my neighbour applauded my wild patches, he has now convinced me of the need for “joined up” neglect. The theory being that supplying the seed is as far as you need to exert yourself.

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$50,000 Worth of Birds

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All too often they are neglected. But, you know, at least he was going to take care of them: “I volunteered to feed and water them every other day, but on Wednesday they took a whole bunch of birds,&# Ratcliff said. Another reason why wild birds should not be kept as pets.

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A Walk in the Desert

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During our tenure there, we had exceptional views of Africa’s largest ( Verreaux’s Eagle-Owl ) and smallest ( African Scops Owl ) owls, the largest bird on the planet, not neglecting numerous hornbills, sunbirds and weavers.

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