 Birders harass dog people in Prospect Park saying they disturb ground-nesting birds. But only six species nest on the ground here, none exclusively. Some aren’t even in the park in the summer. Keep reading Dogs Don’t Eat Warblers–in Prospect Park or Anywhere  One of the last places it was safe for families to feed ducks falls for the frenzy to eliminate Canada geese. Keep reading Atlanta’s Duck Pond cracking down on Geese  The new scorecard for the FWS recovery effort: 58 Mexican wolves in wild. Agents killed 13 on purpose, 18 by accident and let another 43 get killed illegally. Oh, and zero new wolves released since 2007. Keep reading Seriously? Feds to shoot one of 58 endangered Mexican wolves left in wild  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says we need to hurry up and kill Canada geese at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge near JFK because bird-plane strikes are up–but Canada geese haven’t hit planes there in years. Keep reading Gilibrand rushes killing geese at refuge near JFK, where they haven’t hit a plane in nearly 2 years  A big campaign blocked–for now–what would have been the UK’s biggest breeding farm for laboratory beagles. About 75,000 U.S. dogs are being tested on; the biggest US breeder, Charles River, has 736 dogs. Keep reading Ricky Gervais helps stop breeding beagles for research  To stop USDA Wildlife Services agents from killing geese unnecessarily, Brooklyn volunteers contemplate citizen arresting agents for animal cruelty. Keep reading Brooklyn geese protectors strategize for next year  NYC birders halted a USDA plan to kill Prospect Park’s Canada geese. They also question whether the culls are to protect air travelers or lawns. Keep reading NYC birders’ patrol stops goose cull plan. Is the goose kill to protect air travelers or lawns?  Rescued for an NC research lab, Moxie and Huckleberry are sometimes bewildered by NYC civilian life, but they are becoming excellent cuddlers. Keep reading Two months with two laboratory beagles  They are now the Will Ferrell in Elf, naive and crazy enthusiastic about all the wonders of New York City. They chase leaves down the sidewalk, think every stick, bottlecap and discarded chicken bone is a priceless treasure and are delighted at how many people just want to be nice to them. Keep reading The Adorables, Week 3: Laboratory beagles not only cute, but smart  You know how Americans are appalled every time there’s a story out of China or Iraq about the government thugs primitively rounding up dogs and shooting them? Well, we do that, too. On purpose. Federal agents are out there killing dogs, more than one a day. They shot 157 dogs to death. And it’s not just in the yahoo states out west, either. (Although Texas and Arizona are the top states of dog-killing.) The USDA somehow insinuated itself into dog situations in 32 states. They went out and shot two dogs in Ohio and 30 in California. And it wasn’t because they feared they were rabid, either. They only tested 14 dogs for rabies. Keep reading USDA Kills Another 4 million animals, including 477 dogs and 1,991 feral cats |
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