Critter News

DECEMBER 1, 2009

I come down hard on Puerto Rico, ever since the scandal in which dogs were being thrown off bridges by an animal control company. Plus, the horrible pictures I've seen of strays in Puerto Rico. They've been planning to build a facility to breed research monkeys in Puerto Rico for some time.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Here is the BBC article on that travesty in Puerto Rico. Tags: puerto rico. If you care about animals, don't give them your tourist dollars. This is just one of many of a long line of animal abuse problems there.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Remember this the next time you think about going to Puerto Rico. Tags: puerto rico animal cruelty. These are the guys that allegedly threw 60 or so dogs off a bridge. The judge said there wasn't enough evidence. Or better yet, don't think about going there. Disgusting.

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Critter News

MARCH 17, 2009

We've blogged quite a bit here about the poor conditions for stray dogs in Puerto Rico. Tags: puerto rico dogs. Here is a documentary on Youtube narrated by actress Selena Gomez. She is currently having an auction to benefit Island Dog Inc. I'm glad that this will get more publicity for the issue.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Though it’s been over a month since Mike and I returned from Puerto Rico my blogging about the trip has been sadly lacking. This is the fourth in a series of posts about Mike and Corey’s self-guided trip to Puerto Rico from 14-18 January 2017. ( You can find the rest here.

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AUGUST 17, 2020

Daniel Cadena — “The Origin and Future of a Tropical Diversity Hotspot” Beyond that, I primarily limited myself to the subject matter of hurricane impacts on birds and anything about Puerto Rico. But I also dabbled in topics such as Snowy Owl eruptions, urban ornithology, window strikes, and eBird (of course).

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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. 2552) place Puerto Rico among the top tier of U.S. Tags: animal experimentation puerto rico animal research primates medical research.

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Critter News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Actor Benicio del Toro has written a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico opposing a new monkey breeding facility. The Puerto Rican actor has penned a letter to the governor of Puerto Rico urging him to halt the construction plans for Bioculture's massive monkey-breeding facility.

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Critter News

AUGUST 19, 2008

Animal control workers in October took about 80 pets from the housing project in the northern Puerto Rican town of Barceloneta and allegedly tossed them off a bridge to their deaths. Tags: puerto rico. The killings brought revulsion around the world and triggered calls for tourist boycotts of this U.S. Caribbean territory.

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MAY 3, 2011

They are found in the Bahamas, Cuba, the Cayman Islands, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, the Turks and Caicos, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica. West Indian Whistling Ducks are the largest of the eight different whistling duck species. They are also the rarest.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

During the legendary, lost ‘ Puerto Rico Month ‘ on this blog, a Puerto Rican endemic was mentioned that no 10,000 Birds reader, and in fact no living birder, will ever add to their life lists. … Conservation Extinction Week Puerto Rico rails' Come back, click through, read, learn.

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OCTOBER 4, 2023

Truth be told, this isn’t a genuine Lesser Antillean endemic as it is also found on Puerto Rico – however that subspecies is sometimes considered separately from any other Lesser Antillean Pewee. Vincent Another species exhibiting considerable visible variation is the Lesser Antillean Pewee. Found from St.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

Populations in the eastern part of its range, including the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles are resident while those in the western part of its range such as Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, and the Bahamas are migratory. Its wintering range includes most of northern South America.

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OCTOBER 12, 2021

The National Wilderness Preservation System now includes more than 800 congressionally designated wilderness areas totaling more than 110 million acres in 44 states and Puerto Rico. The most recent additions were approximately 1.3 million acres designated by the bipartisan John D. Dingell Jr.

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APRIL 26, 2013

Many of the Caribbean islands (except Cuba and Hispaniola) make for ideal, quick birding trips where one can see all the endemics and Caribbean specialties at a leisurely pace — usually, with extra spare time to explore historic cities such as old San Juan in Puerto Rico or lounge on beautiful beaches such as Frenchman’s Cove in Jamaica.

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Puerto Rico's animal welfare is pathetic. It's not that different from the rest of Latin America, but Puerto Rico is part of the United States. Tags: puerto rico animal rescue latin america us. I really like this group and donate to them.

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JUNE 8, 2021

Or at least most of the United States, as eBird erroneously considers Puerto Rico and several other U.S. Incidentally, I am assuming an eBirder is someone who has signed up for an eBird account and has submitted at least one checklist in the United States. (Or territories to be separate countries.)

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DECEMBER 14, 2021

Inexplicably, eBird does not consider Puerto Rico part of the United States, but if it were properly included , it would do well, with 107 species.). Two of these are new to the 100+ list.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2017

For example, on the first morning in Puerto Rico that Mike and I explored Humacao Nature Reserve we saw several Mangrove Cuckoos and these birds had no problem making their way in front of my camera. If you want cooperative and carefree cuckoos get yourself off the mainland and make your way to Puerto Rico.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

His passion has interwoven with his interest in travel, having birded extensively throughout the southeastern United States, eastern Australia, and Ecuador along with shorter jaunts to other locales such as Puerto Rico and Costa Rica. …

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OCTOBER 16, 2017

Way back in January Mike and I made a quick trip to Puerto Rico with the hope of cleaning up on all of the endemic species on the island. And, as icing on the cake, we heard and saw a Puerto Rican Screech Owl about an hour later to finish our endemic sweep!

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MARCH 14, 2023

billion in PILT payments to 49 States (all but Rhode Island), the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Virgin Islands. The formula used to compute the payments is contained in the PILT Act and is based on population, revenue-sharing payments, and the amount of Federal land within an affected county. million.

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OCTOBER 2, 2021

Despite the Central American nation being occasionally confused with Puerto Rico, Costa Rica is not an island, it doesn’t really count as “Caribbean birding”, so what gives? Go to Costa Rica and you will be looking at other birds but you can still get in some Caribbean slope birding.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

On our first full day in Puerto Rico (Sunday, 15 January), Mike and I decided to start in the east of the island and work our way west. … This is the first in a series of posts about Mike and Corey’s self-guided trip to Puerto Rico from 14-18 January 2017. Make sure to come back soon for the next installment.

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Animal Person

MARCH 30, 2009

Today, March 30th, at 3:00 East Coast time, Susan Soltero of Puerto Rico will interview me live on the air at WALO Radio about Responsible Policies for Animals' 10,000 Years Is Enough campaign to get our universities out of the meat industry! Responsible Policies for Animals Members & Friends!

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DECEMBER 19, 2016

A fine February visit to Culebra, the little island off the eastern end of Puerto Rico, netted me some lifers as did my first ever trip to south Florida in late April. Antillean Crested Hummingbird , 17 February, Culebra, Puerto Rico. I didn’t manage a single passable picture. Hummingbirds are awesome.

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JANUARY 22, 2017

Corey did not get out birding much this weekend after our trip to Puerto Rico last week. But he did manage to carve out a couple of hours on Sunday morning to hit a couple of local parks in Queens where he found his Best Bird of the Weekend, a flyover American Pipit at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

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JANUARY 2, 2017

That I have trips to Puerto Rico, Austria, and the Bahamas planned in the first two months of the year makes me a bit more confident than usual that I can make it again this year. It’s doable, but I might have to work at it and will really have to clean up in Puerto Rico. I will see a Black Woodpecker.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Corey will be returning from Puerto Rico and may need several days to re-acclimate to New York winter conditions. Only through travel can you truly appreciate all the plates! I’m still in Israel, planning to cap off our adventure by exploring the Dead Sea and some live birds. How about you?

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MARCH 15, 2016

Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and they are located in every state as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. The reason is twofold, size and mission. The combination is potent. There are approximately 560 NWRs managed by the U.S. Virgin Islands , and the remote Pacific Ocean.

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APRIL 10, 2017

He has also written about birding in Puerto Rico, which he believes is criminally underappreciated as a destination for birders. He is particularly interested in the intersection of law and birding (especially the Endangered Species Act), other bird-related federal litigation, and the impact of federal public lands.

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JANUARY 15, 2017

Corey and I just spent our first day blitzing Puerto Rico and pulled some sweet sightings. Anyone who makes the effort will likely find–and fall for–the Puerto Rican Tody , a dazzling member of a charismatic Caribbean genus. Lucky are those, though, who have added new birds to their life list since 2017 began.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2016

That coupled with my preparations for a departure for Puerto Rico late on Sunday means that I didn’t get much birding done. Here in New York City we suffered through our coldest period of the winter with wind chill values dipping well below zero degrees Fahrenheit.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 20, 2009

Like a dog in a canoe>to be very nervous (Spanish, Puerto Rico). To make a cat’s laundry>to wash superficially (German). When dogs were tied with sausages>a very long time ago (Spanish, Uruguay). To hang all the dogs>to blame someone else (Russian). A dog’s fart>nonsense (Chinese).

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JULY 26, 2016

It was introduced to Puerto Rico and other island nations, and now flourishes. The Venezuelan Troupial has a large range, and can be found in Venezuela (obviously), Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and a number of Caribbean Islands. Venezuelan Troupial.

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APRIL 10, 2018

On eBird, the District of Columbia is part of the United States but Puerto Rico is not. But that’s better than other parts of the country, such as the U.S. territories, some of which are missing entirely. eBird inexplicably treats some (but not all) U.S. territories as separate countries.

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APRIL 17, 2017

Austria, Puerto Rico, the Bahamas, and a brief visit to California have kept me in new birds and it has been wonderful. This year has been a good year for me in terms of travel. But there is still little more in birding that I like than birding my local haunts and seeing what there is to see.

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