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In the early years following its establishment, the Dutch Society for the Protection of Animals was an aristocratic movement seeking animal protection, similar to organisations elsewhere. [1] Early objectives included abolishing draft dogs, improving living and working conditions for horses, banning the docking of dog and horse ears and tails ...
Habitat damage: In Greenwich, Connecticut, the Greenwich Audubon Society's 600 acres (2.4 km 2) of land have seen deer push out ground birds such as the ovenbird and black and white warbler. [29] The deer have devastated species of plants once abundant on the Audubon group's land and ravaged low-lying vegetation, including hickory and hemlock ...
Zoos in the Netherlands (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Animal welfare organisations based in the Netherlands" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum sits on a 32-acre (130,000 m 2) site in the Putney section of Stratford, Connecticut.Built about 1840 and remodeled in 1914, it is said to be "The Oldest Homestead in America," [2] since it sits on the foundations of a 1663 house, and has been continuously occupied.
The Netherlands outlawed the breeding of foxes and chinchillas for their fur in 2008, and in 2012 passed a measure phasing out mink fur farming by 2024. [11] On 11 November 2020, the Netherlands moved the phase-out of fur farming forward, putting 1 January 2021 as the target date to limit the risk of mutation of SARS-CoV-2. [12]
Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is the only Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA)–accredited zoo in the state of Connecticut. The zoo includes one of the few carousels in the state. The zoo has around 500 animals, from over 100 species, and welcomes about 280,000 visitors a year. [2]
A Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is a common name for non-profit animal welfare organizations around the world. The oldest SPCA organization is the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , which was founded in England in 1824.
This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 77 mammal species occurring in the Netherlands. Two are endangered , two are vulnerable , and seven are near threatened . The following tags are used to highlight each species' status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature :