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Post by Berserka on Jan 19, 2008 13:54:21 GMT
SEATTLE -- The Ocean Beauty Seafoods company of Seattle is giving $11,000 to bird rescue centers in Alaska as it expresses regret for the eagles killed and injured in a truckload of fish waste in Kodiak. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Jan 15, 2008 9:47:19 GMT
Dozens of bald eagles descended on a dump truck hauling fish guts at a Kodiak processing plant Friday and got tangled in the mess, leaving at least 20 of the birds drowned, buried or crushed, according to federal wildlife officials. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Dec 12, 2007 12:29:02 GMT
Take a glance at your feeders on a winter day and you might see chickadees and cardinals snatching up sunflower seeds, goldfinches dining on nyger seeds, woodpeckers chipping away at suet and juncos and sparrows scooping up spills on the ground. It looks harmonious, even friendly, but looks can be deceiving in the natural world. While birds spend less time defending territories in winter, their tendency to flock up seems to compel them to play by strict rules. And even small birds that seem to be without many defenses are protected by social orders and carefully defined roles. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Dec 12, 2007 12:02:18 GMT
Department of Conservation efforts to wipe out cats on Little Barrier Island to protect the Cook's petrel backfired as rats became an even more deadly threat. Efforts to rid the island of feral cats in 1980 failed to reverse the decline in numbers of the native Cook's petrel, says Matt Rayner, a PhD student at the University of Auckland's School of Biological Sciences. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Dec 12, 2007 11:53:56 GMT
The deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in wild birds at a fifth site in Poland, officials said on Wednesday. A stork and two buzzards, which died from the virus, were being kept at a wild bird rehabilitation centre near the town of Orneta, northeastern Poland, regional government veterinarian Ludwik Bartoszewicz was quoted as saying on the TVN24 Web site. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Dec 12, 2007 11:49:15 GMT
Geographic range maps that allow conservationists to estimate the distribution of birds may vastly overestimate the actual population size of threatened species and those with specific habitats, according to a study published online this week in the journal Conservation Biology. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Dec 12, 2007 11:45:28 GMT
Authorities say more than 30,000 birds have been killed by the thousands of tonnes of oil that leaked after a heavy storm broke a tanker apart near the Black Sea. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Dec 12, 2007 11:36:54 GMT
Changes in temperature and rainfall are changing the breeding behaviour of magpies, says a researcher who is investigating the impact of climate change on Australian birds. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Dec 12, 2007 11:22:36 GMT
Disgraced US football star Michael Vick was sentenced on Monday to 23 months in prison for his role in an illegal dogfighting ring in which he had admitted he was involved in the killing of at least eight dogs. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Dec 12, 2007 11:05:48 GMT
He is the odd ‘man’ out for he has never had a chance to show his manhood despite a bevy of armour-plated belles around him. Mohan has been yearning to mate for 30 years now. If no one has found him the ideal match, it’s because he has “one horn too many”. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Sept 14, 2007 13:05:10 GMT
AP - Pets are being slaughtered for meat in shortage-stricken Zimbabwe and record numbers of animals have been surrendered to shelters or abandoned by owners no longer able to feed them, according to animal welfare groups. Click For Story
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Post by Berserka on Aug 13, 2007 11:23:07 GMT
An entire village in Orissa plays host to a special group of guests who arrive for four months every year: birds! Residents consider them auspicious and take pains to protect them. All 2,000 residents of Gop village in Kendrapada district, some 150 km from Bhubaneswar, in eastern India have been protecting the birds that fly in to nest from July to October. This has been going on for five years. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Aug 13, 2007 11:19:46 GMT
Ecologists Hit Out at Ecuador for Legalising Shark Fin Sales Hundreds of sharks have been slaughtered daily off the coast of Ecuador since a ban on the sale of fins was lifted last week, prompting warnings of ecological disaster. Fishing boats have returned to shore laden with fins of dozens of species, including several that are threatened with extinction, which are vital to maintaining biodiversity, according to critics. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Aug 13, 2007 11:17:16 GMT
A cat's habits, behavior and personality are all learned as a kitten. Cats have to be excellent teachers and kittens great students in order to impart so much knowledge in the short time of kitten-hood. The down side is that once they learn their lessons, it's almost impossible to change their habits or behavior. Your best option is to emphasize the learning aspect and enroll them in a good training program. That's right. Everything your cat knows, good or bad, she learned in the first weeks of her life. Further, even though she is trainable as she leaves kitten-hood and grows into an adult, it becomes more difficult for her to change the way she does things as she grows older. Is that the reason older cats seem to be crotchety ole' grouches? And why they won't move off of your favorite chair without a lot of grumbling? Maybe. But, it's well documented that the first weeks of a kitten's life is where they develop all the critical elements of their physiology and personality. Read more: CLICK
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Post by Berserka on Aug 13, 2007 11:13:06 GMT
More than 100 million land mines have been planted just beneath the soil in 90 countries. Land mines are responsible for killing or maiming about 40 to 55 people every day, according to estimates provided by the Red Cross. There are approximately 500 mine-sniffing dogs deployed worldwide to help detect deadly unexploded land mines so they can be removed safely. The dogs were introduced a decade ago because they have fewer false positives than metal detectors, and they’ve been widely accepted by groups working to remove land mines. But a Belgian-based group, APOPO, has begun employing a new mine hunter that has proven to be much better suited to the work. Read more: CLICK
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