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The International Football Association Board (IFAB) is an international self-regulatory body of association football that is known for determining the Laws of the Game, the regulations for the gameplay of football. It was founded in 1886 in order to establish standardised regulations or "Laws" for the gameplay of international competition, and ...
The Health of Animals Regulations must be followed for all animals in human care while in Canada. Endangered species are subject to additional controls by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. In Canada, these controls are administered by the Canadian Wildlife Service.
Similar to the American Animal Legal Defense Fund, Canada's Animal Justice lobbies for stronger animal welfare legislation and litigates on behalf of animals. [28] Canadian freelance journalist and animal advocate Jessica Scott-Reid, has written about animal rights and animal activism in Canada, for mainstream media [ 29 ] since 2014.
August 9 – The remnants of Hurricane Debby strike eastern Canada, causing the rainiest single day in the history of Montreal [76] and becoming the costliest climate event in Quebec history, exceeding the 1998 ice storm, with over $2.5 billion in insured damage. [77] August 18–25 – 2024 World Rowing Championships. August 22
In addition to the seventeen laws, numerous IFAB decisions and other directives contribute to the regulation of association football. [ 106 ] [ 107 ] Within the United States, Major League Soccer used a distinct ruleset during the 1990s [ 108 ] and the National Federation of State High School Associations and NCAA still use rulesets that are ...
The List of Wildlife Species at Risk currently has more than 800 entries for Canadian wild life species considered vulnerable; including 363 classified as endangered species, —190 threatened species, —235 special concern, and 22 extirpated (no longer found in the wild). [1] About 65 percent of Canada's resident species are considered ...
This is a list of the mammal species recorded in Canada.There are approximately 200 mammal species in Canada. [1] Its large territorial size consist of fifteen terrestrial and five marine ecozones, ranging from oceanic coasts, to mountains to plains to urban housing, mean that Canada can harbour a great variety of species, including nearly half of the known cetaceans. [2]
The Canada jay is found in the boreal forest north to the tree line, and in the Rocky Mountains subalpine zone.. The fauna of Canada consist of approximately 200 mammal species, over 460 native bird species, 43 amphibian species, 43 reptile species, and 1,200 fish species.