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APHIS finalizes rule requiring electronic ID tags for certain cattle, bison

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Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced April 26 it will issue a final rule that mandates electronic identification (EID) tags for interstate movement of certain cattle and bison to prevent disease outbreaks.

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Nate Makes the News!

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Asides / Nate Makes the News! Nate Makes the News! 4 Responses to “Nate Makes the News!&# Nate will make the News every day once he takes over from Obama after his second term.

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If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News…

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5 Responses to “If You Think Squirrels Raiding Your Feeders Are Bad News…&# Jochen Mar 17th, 2011 at 10:17 am What is it with North American birders and squirrels?! Though it is certainly bad news that the U.S. Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!

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Of Bird Diets, Dangers, and Delinquents

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This week in birding news has it all covered. To wit: As if beach-nesting birds don’t have enough problems , along comes a new scourge: nudists. Brings a new meaning to the term “shake your tail feathers” ! Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in Maine, will use “nano-tags” to track migrating birds. Er, sort of.

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Birds Are Gumming Up the (Public) Works

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In the United States, a few of those conundrums are making news. In the New York metro area, not-quite-hurricane Sandy unleashed a significant amount of devastation back in October 2012, with storm surge and severe flooding along shorelines. But sometimes, what’s best for the birds and what’s best for the humans collide.

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Latest News on Best Friends' Haiti Efforts

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Tags: developing countries Haiti animal rescue Best Friends earthquake. I hope one day to leave a bunch of money to help animals in such horrible conditions. Of course, I have to figure out how to earn that money first :-). In the meantime, direct from Best Friends Animal Sanctuary.

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CBS News Runs Series on Factory Farms

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Tags: antibiotics cbs farm animal welfare factory farm agriculture agribusiness. Of course, the question remains as to whether these animals should be in these factory farming conditions in the first place, regardless of antibiotics' use. And, of course, the focus is on the impact on humans. But I'm glad they took the time to look at this.