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Opinion: A Bird Artist Perspective on Birds in Zoos

 in Uncategorized  tagged animal rights / animal welfare / avian / birds / Exotic Animals / parrot / wildlife protection / zoo / zoocheck

By Barry Kent MacKay (September 9, 2022) As a part-time professional bird illustrator, I visit a lot of zoos to look at, and sketch, birds. But as a naturalist, a bird-lover, and part time professional animal protectionist, as well as an artist, I spend a lot more time observing birds […]

Fight Ontario government plan that will allow every small game license holder to kill up to 1500 cormorants a month!

 in Uncategorized  tagged animal welfare / bird watching / birds / conservation / cormorants / double-crested cormorants / Doug Ford / Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act / Ontario government / Ontario parks / waterbirds / wildlife protection / zoocheck

CLICK HERE TO ADD YOUR COMMENTS ON THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT’S PLAN TO ALLOW EVERY SMALL GAME LICENSE HOLDER TO KILL UP TO 1500 CORMORANTS A MONTH A short while ago the Ontario government announced, through an Environmental Bill of Rights website posting, their plan to designate cormorants as a “game” […]