10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

First, let’s start with the good: Scientific testing of drones near birding hotspot Cape May, NJ has been postponed to avoid messing with Red Knots and Piping Plovers (like the cutie above that Corey photographed there a few years back). (On Still craving more penguin news? News Nature News'

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Adobe Animal Hospital Los Altos and Adobe Animal Hospital South Bay have both on-site customer service representatives (CSRs) and off-site video client representatives (VCRs) using the Otto platform.

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APRIL 2, 2024

More dairy cattle in Idaho, New Mexico, and Texas have tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza virus (HPAI).

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DECEMBER 18, 2024

Several Veterinary Technician National Exam policy changes by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards, which manages the application and testing process, should result in more efficient operations and faster reporting for all testing candidates, veterinary technician program directors, and member boards.

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JULY 18, 2020

In Costa Rica, our July birding news usually consists of interesting sightings during the mid-summer tours. Of course, unless you live on Venus, we all know that this year is far from normal and so is the birding news. The post Some Birding News about Birders in Costa Rica appeared first on 10,000 Birds.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Test page scheduled for 10:00 a.m.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Test page scheduled for 9:05 a.m.

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JUNE 22, 2023

Test to publish at 11:00 a.m.

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DECEMBER 19, 2024

The Fall 2024 AVMA Animal Welfare Assessment Contest, also known as AWJAC, recently brought together hundreds of competitors from across North America and Europe to apply science-based methods and ethical standards to assess the welfare of animals in a variety of settings.

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MAY 1, 2023

Department of Agriculture (USDA) began testing the efficacy of four vaccines against highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). In April, the U.S. Initial data from the single-dose trials are expected to be available this May, followed by results from the two-dose studies in June.

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MAY 24, 2023

A beef cow at a slaughter plant in South Carolina tested positive for an atypical case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), according to a May 19 announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Critter News

AUGUST 12, 2009

I stumbled across this site called FiercePharma that has all kinds of news about the drug industry. Note - this company has a lot of industry news sites on a wide range of topics, so they do more then just drug company news. Tags: animal testing. I've never heard of them before.

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MAY 11, 2012

From CosmeticsDesign.com.good news! PETA has been successful in pressing Chinese officials to adopt non animal testing methods as it announces the country is in the final stages of approving the use of its very first non-animal test method for cosmetic ingredients. Click on the link for the full story.

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JULY 26, 2009

Bad news from the Guardian. The increase marks the greatest leap in animal use in medical research since 1986, when the government introduced new auditing procedures. Substantial numbers of animals are used to test the safety of new drugs before they are allowed to be used in human trials.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

From the BBC News. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has defended its use of more than 100 pigs in explosive tests in Wiltshire. The tests "saved many lives" in Iraq and Afghanistan due to improvements in post-traumatic techniques, junior defence minister Quentin Davies said.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

From the University World News. A substantial fund of EUR50 million (US$74 million) is being offered to European research teams to develop alternatives to animal testing for cosmetics and related industries. We're not even talking drugs or medical treatment here, we're talking stupid cosmetics. It's disheartening.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Here's a scathing overview in Primate Freedom of the new organization "Pro-Test," an organization of animal researchers who want to advocate for their work. Long and impressive expose.

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MAY 18, 2009

Interesting article on animal testing and cosmetics in Japan. Tags: animal testing europe cosmetics Japan. They still have a lot of work to do in the pursuit of alternatives. They also need the will to change.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Tags: animal testing animal cruelty military pigs medical research PETA.

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JUNE 7, 2010

I'm updating this rant from a few years ago regarding why I question animal testing. I get frustrated when people accept a scientist's opinion in support of animal testing simply because that person is a scientist. Do they work for a drug company that tests on animals? For whom do they work?

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NOVEMBER 10, 2008

Their is a proposal to ban testing on apes in the EU. Europe's environment chief plans to ban laboratory tests on mankind's closest relatives -- chimpanzees, gorillas, bonobos and orangutans -- in a clampdown on animal testing by the drugs industry and other laboratories. Is this a solution to a problem that doesn't exist?

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NOVEMBER 1, 2010

The increase was largely due to new EU rules on chemical compounds, which have led to an increase in testing on rats, the inspectors said. Dutch researchers carried out 592,665 experiments on animals last year, a 2.5% increase on 2008, government inspectors said on Friday.

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DECEMBER 1, 2009

It's too controversial because the baboons involved would have to be destroyed after the testing. The testing of lethal pathogens on primates would be a new area for OSU that is controversial and is outside our current research programs. From Bioprepwatch.com.

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MAY 31, 2010

A Malaysian government official defended an Indian company's plans to build an animal testing medicine lab in his state, saying Monday that God created monkeys and rats for experiments to benefit humans. The activists say Malaysia has no regulations on animal research, which could lead to test subjects being abused.

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MARCH 1, 2009

The EU is so far ahead of the US when it comes to developing alternative testing methods, it's embarrassing. It has gone so far as to establish a website for tracking the development of methods to replace, reduce, and refine current animal testing in EU nations. They talk out of both sides of their you-know-what.

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MARCH 27, 2009

Environmental Protection Agency is reducing its reliance on animal testing to assess human risk of chemical toxicity and will instead focus more heavily on the tools made possible by advances in molecular biology, genomics and computational modeling. For a long time there will be a need for animal testing," he said.

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MARCH 28, 2023

Under the ADMC Program, racing will have centralized testing driven by an investigative unit and will institute harmonization among laboratories. The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority’s (HISA) Anti-Doping and Medication Control (ADMC) officially launched March 27.

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DECEMBER 31, 2010

The chimps have been free from testing at the Alamogordo Primate Facility at Holloman Air Force Base since 2001. The NIH proposed sending them to Texas to be used in research aimed at finding a hepatitis C vaccine. Animal welfare activists protested the transfer.

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MARCH 19, 2010

You heard it right.sheep decompression tests. PETA and the Alliance for Animals are asking for charges to be filed against the University of Wisconsin at Madison. From the Wisconsin State Journal. They filed a petition Tuesday asking a judge to allow them to prosecute five UW-Madison officials and several researchers.In

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10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2012

I’ve long been a convert to the iPhone as a superb tool for birding, variously using it in the field to report news via phone, text, email, access news via the fantastic birdguides UK news app , occasionally browse through the Northern European Field Guide from the same stable, as well as take the odd iPhonescope image as a record shot.

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Whist filming three TV shows for ProExport Colombia , we received the news that the bird had been rediscovered and I prolonged my trip for a few days to try and film the mysterious bird, whist the rest of the crew, including Richard Crossley (who, besides being the author of the Crossley Guide , happens to be a REALLY good table-tennis player!)

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FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Former Baywatch star and model Pamela Anderson has accused one of India's most prestigious research centres of animal cruelty, urging it to retire decades-old test monkeys and adopt humane practices. For the full story, g o here to the Vancouver Sun.

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JUNE 12, 2010

This is a continuation of an earlier post about why I question animal testing. Oftentimes, scientists seem to think that they just need to waive their PhDs and research projects in everyone's faces and we should all shut up and bow our heads to their great wisdom.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Here's an article on its progress from US News and World Report. When is this going to happen? It's proceeding at a snail's pace. There is NO EXCUSE or even argument for hurting animals in the name of a woman's vanity.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 24, 2021

I strained to see them, could only see an occasional booby escape our bow, watch some of the hundreds of Wedge-tailed and Pink-footed Shearwaters zip by and hold on as our boat tested its speed. As we approached and drew nearly alongside the small seabirds, we also tested the limits of our optics, our balance, and our focus.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Part 1 Freeport Pelagic Trip: 9/16/07 Nashville in New York Collared! Sandy Hook Sightings About the Author Mike Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but what he really aspires to be is a naturalist. Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. These Blasts From The Past Birding 1.1.11

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NOVEMBER 11, 2009

From Cordis News. At a conference in Brussels, Belgium on 6 November, European Commission Vice-President Günter Verheugen, and Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik restated the EU's commitment to the reduction of animal testing. Are animal rights organizations more effective? Are politicians more willing to act? What gives?

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