Animal Person

JULY 20, 2009

Brief commentary follows this e-mail I received regarding greyhounds, animal rights and Ireland. Today it is a different situation, i learned from then about respecting animals and my life has been devoted to ending their suffering and torment. Thinking back still touch's me to the point where I feel so guilty-but I knew no different.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

Located right where the Yangtze River enters the sea (and dividing it into two parts), it is mostly flat farmland. Northern Lapwings are difficult to get right on a photo, as their metallic greenish sheen often comes over as just undifferentiated black. Winter also brings Chinese Grey Shrike to Chongming.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The court also rejected the notion that Dr. Zink, would have standing to bring a claim in his own right. CESAR had alleged that Dr. Zink would suffer professional and reputational injuries because FWS rejected his research, but the court found that inadequate.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2016

So much so that I walk right by them, even when in the peak of their brightest seasonal plumage? I have to wonder then, is this a common malady, suffered by birders all over the globe? I have to assume that to suffer this interesting mental condition, requires the kind of steady movement that I have managed to accept as normal.

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Costa Rica Suffering California Species 178

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

Birders wanted the boat to go out but were concerned that the weather could postpone the trip or, perhaps worse, almost postpone the trip, which would mean a long day suffering in rough seas. You see, Saturday, 23 November, was the day chosen by Paul Guris of Sea Life Paulagics for a pelagic trip out of New York. More on that in a moment.).

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 23, 2014

After all, I’m sure North America has suffered under the tyrannical grip of a polar vortex before, even though the term seems new to me, just as we survived last year’s Snowpocalypse and Sharknado. Taking in Neotropical migrants in tropical climes is one of the all-time best ways to escape a polar vortex, right?

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2024

Southern Spain has been suffering from a long-term drought for a few years already. There will be large eucalypts and a canal on your right. After another few kilometres you will turn a very sharp right just after the rice mill, cross the canal and start your birding on the SE-659 (37° 4’53.84″N, 6° 2’20.57″W).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Now please understand, having lived on the Baja for eight years, and suffering thru 6 hurricanes, I would never wish one of these monsters on anybody. If you look draw line straight up a northern biased line thru the Sea of Cortez, the normal path of a hurricane in the Sea of Cortez, it would run very nearly right thru Southeast Arizona.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2022

. “I am not bad-looking, I am just badly photographed”: A Bay Woodpecker (Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia) using a joke from “Roger Rabbit” The pinkish eyerings of the Brown-capped Pygmy Woodpecker (Tansa, India) make it look as if it is constantly suffering from a hangover.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The first sighting was of an individual seen and photographed right off the pier at Boynton Inlet on December 9, 2012. As the storm was pulled northward across Cuba and the Bahamas, it began to temporarily weaken, lose convection, and suffer from dry air intrusion before it began interacting with an incoming trough.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2022

T]he Association had suffered net losses and has a net deficiency in net assets that raise substantial doubt as its ability to continue as a going concern.”. Without a clear vision for the future, it seems difficult to search for, let alone hire, the right person. Nevertheless, some criteria will obviously be important.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Formerly distributed across parts of southeastern Brazil from the state of Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, this Brazilian endemic suffered dramatic declines due to chronic loss of its lowland Atlantic forest habitat. We parked the car and walked for hours to seek out other species. What happened next was pure magic.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

yanked the steering wheel to the right, slammed on my brakes, grabbed my binoculars, and threw myself out of the car. Skye wore a long-suffering expression, while Bau-Hien – whose parents had settled in Texas after leaving Vietnam – regarded me with a mixture of fascination and alarm. Soon the girls emerged.

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Puffins Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eggs 274

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

We may not see as many 2016 species as Arjan Dwarshuis ( epic! ), but happiness is a journey, not a destination, right? I suffered a deficit of happiness this weekend when my scheduled birding time became subsumed by a rare work emergency.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 21, 2014

One thing every guide should avoid – and it may be hard to resist, especially when it is some mega, is giving useless information like: “Right there, two weeks ago, I’ve seen an Elvis Bird.” He suffered from the lack of experience as a traveler and someone who has hired guides himself. Bhola Mawaskar is a man of his word.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 8, 2013

And so, the foxes and shrikes endemic to the island began to suffer as the greenery went. No wait, they were, but they had experienced so much genetic drift and selective pressure that they now constituted a unique breed in their own right. Also, they were infested by a species of ear mite unknown to science.

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Goats Bald Eagle Fox Feral 211

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2013

The timing of seasonal changes is shifting, so that some birds are at risk of showing up at the right place at the wrong time (see: Birds migrating at wrong time for warmer climate ). GL: If you had one thing to say to, say, President Obama (or the US congress, if you like) right now…advice, warning, etc. And penguins.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 9, 2013

Two days ago I went on Facebook and queried some of my exhausted compatriots: if you could have one wish right now – anything in the world – what would it be? “I They’d also have to pay for every aspect of care the injured bird requires, as well as the emotional suffering of the wildlife rehabilitator!”.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2021

Brasserie au Baron has its origins in a bistro run by the Bailleux family since 1973 in Gussignies, a small French town along that lies along the river Hogneau right at the border with Belgium’s Hainaut province in the Francophone south of that country.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

If birders are willing to spend so much money in the pursuit of birds, it seems some would be willing to spend some on protecting them as well…right? They have suffered from competition with Blue-winged Warblers (including hybridizing), forest succession, and parasitism by Brown-headed Cowbirds.

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Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2009

The underlying premise is that you can know what is right (such as me knowing what's right then eating cow flesh in the form of filet mignon for a year), but that by no means will necessarily manifest in your behavior. In contrast, abstract-rational entities, like personhood or rights, are not.

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Psychology Animal Rights Movement Campaign Vegan 100

Critter News

JANUARY 17, 2011

The tradition is under threat from animal rights groups, who say the horses suffer as they leap over the flames. But the residents of San Bartolome de Pinares fiercely defend the festival, arguing that if the horses were really suffering they would not go near the flames. "We We don't force them," Quique said.

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Horses Suffering Animal Rights Collecting 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered. They did the right thing. On Mother’s Day, an F2 Tornado hit the small town of Delmont, South Dakota. 84 homes were destroyed so it was minimal in many ways and I am thankful for that. Enormous Gratitude to them.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2023

I try not to talk too much with my long-suffering congregation about birds. On the left is a Michoacán pine; on the right is an Ocote pine (named for a resinous pine wood used as fire starter kindling). Birding in the developing world means being a witness to constant habitat destruction.

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2018 Suffering Mexico Protection 257

Critter News

JANUARY 6, 2009

No, their suffering will be far more drawn out. Humar, pictured on the right, is just one animal to have suffered this traditional, yet ineffective treatment, to horrifying effect. For many years, Humar had carried heavy loads for his owner and was now suffering from arthritis. His suffering didn’t stop there.

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Animal Ethics

AUGUST 31, 2008

My view, then, is not that which it has often been taken to be in discussion and which Singer, Regan, Clark, and others blast in their work; I am not suggesting that, because they lack language, animals can be factory farmed without suffering. Animals can suffer, which they could not unless they were conscious; so they are conscious.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 13, 2011

The whole setup is very nicely balanced and at just over 2.5kg I can easily hold it for longer periods without suffering from fatigue. The acceptable depth of field is tiny at this high focal length and you need to be right spot on to get a good image. I like this setup as it is much better suited for my personal style of digiscoping.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

link] Duncan Mar 14th, 2011 at 11:20 pm My boss from Tern has let me know that Laysan apparently suffered “significant loss of wildlife and some damage and loss of infrastructure and equipment.&# Wicked, right? The islands of French Frigate Shoals are also considerably less substancial than Midway. I see Kure was also badly hit.

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Critter News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

It's an adult male macaque suffering from zoochosis. According to the article, "Zoochosis is a term used by animal rights activists in reference to the degrading effect of zoos on animals that have been kept in captivity over a long period of time. A monkey was rescued from a factory in India where it was being held in captivity.

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Monkeys India Rescue Animal Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2012

The IOC has been on a mission to remove all grammatically incorrect hyphens from common names , but eBird required me to manually return every one to its rightful place. My ABA list suffered from poor documentation, while keeping track of country, state, and county lists wasn’t even a viable option.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

the species suffering most from deforestation). After some brief birding along the trails at PANACAM Lodge the following day, we drove to La Tigra National Park which sits right above the capital city of Tegucigalpa.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

In particular the South Island destination of Kaikoura is world-renowned for the flocks of albatrosses and giant petrels floating right off the pelagic boat, and the ease of the trip makes it a must-visit for any visiting birder. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella. Coreys 2011 Year List - 228 Copyright © 2011 10,000 Birds.

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Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

I'm a longtime proponent of animal rights, but this suit is ridiculous. Second, it is not a necessary condition for the possession of rights (legal or otherwise) that one be a person. Nonhuman animals can suffer. That fact alone suffices to grant them a legal right not to be made to suffer.

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Animal Rights Rights San Diego Animal 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

As always, you are reminded that if you take the time to look at this post YOU MUST SHARE YOUR BEST GUESSES or you will suffer from broken optics, missed life birds, and the clap. Feel more confident in saying we’ve all gotten 1/3 right. Yes, you are right: I have never been to Queens. Wicked, right? DIABOLICAL!!!!

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Critter News

OCTOBER 26, 2008

I came across this 2005 book from the Society & Animals Journal titled Confronting Cruelty Moral Orthodoxy and the Challenge of the Animal Rights Movement. Readership: This book will be of interest to anyone who wishes to understand the animal rights movement in England, the United States and Australia. Sounds interesting.

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Critter News

MARCH 4, 2010

And who will suffer? All for the love of animals right? People are buying them like crazy, which means.eventually people will start dumping them like crazy. The animal shelters who have to find them homes at the expense of other animals. Thanks lady! And, yes, she plans on making money from these animals by franchising.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Local people would have to suffer pollution and oil spills coming from the harbour upriver from the city, as well as the lack of facilities to neutralize major floodwaves, directly endangering up to 80,000 people living along the right bank of the Danube and the left bank of the Sava.

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