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Berne Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern/Berne Convention; also acceded by several non-CoE member states); European Convention for the Protection of Animals during International Transport (original 1968 animal transport convention & revised 2003 animal transport convention)
Russia's forests comprise 22% of the forest in the world [1] as well as 33% of all temperate forest. [2] According to the data furnished in the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, as of 1996, there were 266 mammal species and 780 bird species under protection. [3]
In comparison, swans that did not signal were only able to create a following 35% of the time. [10] In most cases, the whooper swan in the flock that makes the most movements (head bobs) is also the swan that initiates the flight of the flock – this initiator swan can be either male or female, but is more likely to be a parent than a cygnet. [10]
British Parliament passed the first national animal protection legislation, and the first animal protection and vegetarian organizations formed in the U.S. and U.K. [13] The American and British anti-vivisection movements grew in the late 19th century, led by Frances Power Cobbe in Britain and culminating in the Brown Dog affair, then declining ...
VITA Animal Rights Center is a Russian animal activist organization whose activities include campaigning for better conditions for farm animals, promoting veganism, opposing fur production, pushing for the use of alternatives to animal testing, and addressing Russia's stray cat and dog program through sterilization and provision of shelter. [8]
1991 Russian novels (3 P) S. 1991 in Leningrad (1 P) 1991 in Russian sport (6 C) Pages in category "1991 in Russia" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of ...
It is one of the oldest zoos in Russia, as well as the most northernly. The zoo was renamed from "Zoological Garden" to "Leningrad Zoo" in 1952. In 1991 the name was retained, even after the city resumed its former name of Saint Petersburg, in commemoration of the zoo workers' deed of saving the animals during the Leningrad Blockade. [3]
1991 in Russia (9 C, 9 P) S. 1991 in Soviet sport (8 C, 5 P) T. 1991 in Tajikistan (3 C, 2 P) 1991 in Turkmenistan (2 C, 1 P) U. 1991 in Ukraine (5 C, 7 P)