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FDA phasing out animal testing in preclinical safety studies

AVMA News

The Food and Drug Administration has announced its plan to phase out its animal testing requirement for preclinical safety studies in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs.

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The Residence: A Commentary on the TV Show

10,000 Birds

Is Cordelia Cupp the birder we have been waiting for? The cinematic representation of our passion, presented to the world as both the smartest person in the room and the quirkiest person in the building? Is this how we look to the world? Is this how we want the world to see us? Let’s talk a bit about The Residence and other representations of birders (and birding) in film and television.

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Rough Seas Ahead: Preparing for Recession

Sales and Marketing Management

Now is the time to fortify your organization for the rough seas ahead. Five strategies most experts agree will help contend with a recession. The post Rough Seas Ahead: Preparing for Recession appeared first on Sales & Marketing Management.

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How Updating Your Long-Term SEO Strategy Delivers Best Results

SalesFuel

When Google launched its AI Overview (AIOs) feature last year, advertisers and SEO specialists panicked. They feared all their hard work to reach the top of the SERP would no longer work. If youre selling SEO services, the latest BrightEdge report contains good information about how to change the long-term SEO strategy for your accounts. How Search Is Changing Analysts have speculated that the increasing popularity of AI platforms would shift consumer search activity away from Google.

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Meet the Team: Male Flores

Animal Equality

Male is a fundraising coordinator with a big heart for animals and an even bigger belief in community. As part of Animal Equality’s Philanthropy team, she connects with supporters who are just as passionate about protecting animals as she is. Based in Guadalajara, Male lives with her husband, two dogs, and cats.

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Habitat protections for endangered species in doubt from proposed rule change

AVMA News

For decades government agencies have understood habitat degradation as harmful to protect animals under the Endangered Species Act. Now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing a narrow interpretation of the law that would eliminate those protections.

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Career-focused offerings at AVMA Convention have something for everyone

AVMA News

The AVMA is supporting its members on their professional journeys by offering career-focused online resources and in-person continuing education at AVMA Convention 2025 and the 40th World Veterinary Association Congress this July.

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Veterinary Sector Spotlight: Shelter medicine

AVMA News

Dr. Jen Bolser is the latest veterinarian to be highlighted in AVMA News’s Veterinary Sector Spotlight series to help readers learn more about the unique rewards, challenges and opportunities in various sectors of the profession.

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US pet insurance industry surpasses $4.7B in 2024

AVMA News

The North American Pet Health Insurance Association has released its 2025 State of the Industry report. The record $4.7 billion in U.S. gross written premiums in 2024 reflects a 21.4% year-over-year increase from $3.9 billion in 2023 as the sector continues to grow, albeit at a slower pace.

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Amazon, Tractor Supply now offering online pet pharmacies

AVMA News

While companies like Amazon and Tractor Supply capitalize on a post-pandemic world hyper-focused on digital convenience by jumping into the growing online pet pharmacy market, veterinarians still have a key advantage, industry experts advise.

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Virginia VMA – February 20-22, 2025

AVMA News

The Virginia VMA (VVMA) held its Virginia Veterinary Conference from February 20-22 in Roanoke. The association presented awards and seated new officials.

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New animal food ingredient review process touts ‘twice as fast’ scientific evaluation

AVMA News

The Association of American Feed Control Officials has partnered with the Kansas State University Olathe Innovation Campus to launch a new animal food ingredient review process called the Scientific Review of Ingredient Submissions program.

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Ask a Birder: Which Bird Species Do Well in Cities?

10,000 Birds

Given that urbanization continues, this is certainly a highly relevant question – but how to find the answer? Researchers from UCLA took an interesting approach. They combined data from eBird (to see which species are where) and data showing nighttime illumination (to identify urban areas).

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Bird Guides of the World: Stan Shadick, Canada

10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? The Whooping Crane is my favorite bird species for many reasons. This magnificent white bird with a red crown and black flight feathers is the tallest bird in North America. Although still an endangered species, it is a wildlife conservation success story.

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Navigated 360° tours, like YourVRTours, advance pipelines by engaging clients further along the sales funnel. These immersive experiences provide comprehensive property insights, increasing buyer intent and readiness. By embracing navigated tours, agents can optimize property exposure, better qualify leads, and streamline the sales process. Stay ahead in the ever-evolving real estate landscape with innovative technology that elevates buyer journeys and progresses pipelines more effectively.

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eBird Economics: How Much Would You Pay to See Birds?

10,000 Birds

This post was originally published in 2017. It is republished in our “From the Archives” series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalog of more than 10,000 birding-related posts published over the last 15 years or so. Birders derive “value” from birding.

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Birding Raden Soerjo Forest Park, East Java, Indonesia (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

Raden Soerjo Forest Park is an area of montane evergreen forests and also has a fairly high mountain (Gunung Arjuno, 3399 meters). It is about 3 hours by car from Surabaya and about 2 hours from Malang – though as a major local tourist spot, it may take longer to get there on weekends. Local attractions include waterfalls and hot springs.

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Species Spotlight: Painted Stork

10,000 Birds

While my natural grumpiness typically leads me to make fun of even halfway sensible bird names, I am perfectly fine with the common name of the Painted Stork. Not so much with the scientific name Mycteria leucocephala though – how anyone can call this bird white-headed is a mystery to me.

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Birding Poyang Lake in Winter

10,000 Birds

Here is an excerpt of what Wikipedia has to say about Poyang Lake: Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China. The area of Poyang Lake fluctuates dramatically between the wet and dry seasons, but in recent years the size of the lake has been decreasing overall. In a normal year, the area of the lake averages 3,500 square kilometers.

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Why it is not always fun to be a foreign birder in China

10,000 Birds

This morning, I posted a simple question in a local Shanghai birding group – and got a reply. Here is the unedited transcript, with the Chinese answers translated using machine translation. Kai Pflug: Does anyone know whether the back entrance to Binjiang Forest Park is still open, so that one can enter before the official opening time?

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Summer Birds, Winter Birds, and Residents

10,000 Birds

From what I understand, a majority of our readers are from northern climes in the United States, Canada and Europe. For these readers, birds either belong to the migratory majority, seen only in the summer, or to a much smaller group of year-round resident species. Down here in central Mexico, our situation is more complicated. The largest group of species we see consists of resident birds.

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Birding Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa

10,000 Birds

The Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park is one of the most popular game-watching spots in South Africa. The arid landscapes and large number of mammals make it particularly attractive in the dry season, when many species can show up at waterholes. I’ve only been to the park once, on the way to Namibia, when I stayed at the Mata-Mata campsite for a few nights.

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Three Photos: Urbanization!

10,000 Birds

Eurasian Hoopoe, Bayuquan, Liaoning, China, May 2020 Eurasian Kestrel, Shuangtaizhen, Liaoning, China, June 2025 Daurian Redstart, Wanfu, Liaoning, China, May 2024 Little Owl, Settle, North Yorkshire, UK, July 2017 Photos by Brian Meredith… Source

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Webinar 5.9.22

Speaker: Steve Romanco

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Analogue vs. digital birding

10,000 Birds

This post was originally published on August 01, 2019. It is republished in our “From the Archives” series, featuring highlights of our vast back catalog of more than 10,000 birding-related posts published over the last 15 years or so. Looking at a photo of a dozen birders on a Colombia tour, it struck me that they were either using binoculars or cameras.

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Ask a Birder: What are the smallest and the biggest bird species?

10,000 Birds

By weight, the Bee Hummingbird of Cuba is the lightest, weighing around 1.6 to 2.0 grams. It has a length of about 5.5 cm – still a bit bigger than the largest bee species, Wallace’s Giant Bee, whose females have a length of about 3.8 cm. Predictably, the heaviest is the Ostrich, weighing about 100-160 kg and reaching a height of up to 2.7 meters.

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Bird Guides of the World: Kwame Brown, Ghana

10,000 Birds

What is your favorite bird species? Yellow-Headed Picathartes. What is your name, and where do you live? Kwame Brown, Accra, Ghana. What are the main regions or locations you cover as a bird guide? Ghana. How long have you been a bird guide? 15 Years Akun Eagle-Owl How did you get into bird guiding?

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Birding Lodges of the World: Earth Lodge, Malaysia

10,000 Birds

Which bird species do you think is the biggest attraction to visitors to your lodge (please name only one species)? Plain-pouched Hornbill, Rhyticeros subruficollis What is the name of your lodge, and since when has your lodge been operating? Earth Lodge at Ulu Muda. Operating since 2011 How best to travel to your lodge? Find your way to George Town, Penang.

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Three Photos: Auks of Teuri Island, Japan

10,000 Birds

Rhinoceros Auklet Common Murre Ancient Murrelet Spectacled Guillemot Bonus species: Red-necked Phalarope All photos taken on Teuri Island, Japan, May 21-25, 2025, by Paul Whitton (Instagram: @kumaKafe)… Source

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Species Spotlight: Streaked Weaver

10,000 Birds

There are about 123 species of weavers worldwide, spreading over 16 genera, but more than half of the species are in just one genus, Ploceus. This includes the protagonist of this post, the Streaked Weaver.

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A disappointing day? Not really.

10,000 Birds

My birding trips to North Norfolk are always enjoyable, usually productive. Yesterday’s outing, though, was disappointing. The weather was miserable, with grey, cloudy skies, showers of rain and a temperature that didn’t budge much above 15degC all day. It was windy, too, which made finding birds difficult, and made it feel much colder.

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Mid-Year Sales Funnel Check: Are You Missing a Big Opportunity?

SalesFuel

Smart sellers know that a mid-year sales funnel check ensures theyre on the right track. A lot can happen in the first six months of the year. Pausing to look over your funnels health helps identify any issues that can cause trouble ahead. As SalesFuel has reported, most salespeople believe their sales funnel is good enough. But they also report struggling with closing sales in their prospected time frame.

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Speaker: tara and tori

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