Author Interview with Alick Simmons: Treated Like Animals
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Treated Like Animals, by Alick Simmons, provides an incisive look at the way we treat animals and highlights the many ways in which we are complicit in their exploitation – whether that is via the food we eat, the pets we keep as companions, the medicines we take that rely on animal research, or the wildlife that is ‘managed’ on our behalf.
In this book, Simmons calls on us to face the facts about how animals are exploited and to form our own educated opinions about these issues.
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Alick Simmons is a veterinarian and a naturalist. During a career spanning 35 years, he held the position of the UK Government’s Deputy Chief Veterinary Officer and the UK Food Standards Agency’s Veterinary Director. He is currently chair of the Universities Federation for Animal Welfare and the Humane Slaughter Association. He also serves as a Trustee of the Dorset Wildlife Trust and chairs the EPIC disease control steering group on behalf of the Scottish Government.
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In this Q&A, we chatted with Alick about the book and about how our opinions on animal welfare and ethics can and should be a priority.
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Buyers' Guide: Sweep and Butterfly Nets
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This month, our equipment team has produced the first article in our new NHBS Buyers' Guides series, showcasing the very best conservation equipment as well as providing information on key factors to consider when choosing between products. This first article discusses our range of sweep and butterfly nets. These blogs will be updated periodically to include any new products or information.
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This month, browse our newly catalogued books on Leon's bookshelf.
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Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria
Due 1 February 2023
This comprehensive guide describes the 447 species of wild orchids that occur in Victoria, Australia. Guide to Native Orchids of Victoria includes brief descriptions on all species, enabling their identification in the field. With more than 460 photographs of wild orchids in their natural habitat and distribution maps for almost all species, this guide will delight and inspire anyone interested in orchids.
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Ticks: Biology, Ecology, and Diseases
Due January 2023
This book discusses disease transmission to humans and livestock, assesses the impact of human behavior and climate change on tick biology, and details how this will affect future disease transmission. Ticks: Biology, Ecology, and Diseases explores the unique biology of ticks and how it influences the transmission of some of the most devastating diseases. In a series of detailed chapters, the book provides up-to-date information on the interrelationship between ticks and the vertebrates they feed on.
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The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 2023
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For the past 44 years the RSPB has been running one of the largest citizen science projects in the world, the Big Garden Birdwatch. Each year in January, more than half a million people take to their gardens, parks and balconies to count the birds they see. This huge dataset has allowed the RSPB to create a comprehensive picture of how our local birds are faring, and to examine changes in both abundance and distribution over this time.
Anyone can sign up to take part, and you don’t need to be a member of the RSPB. All it takes is an hour of your time. The 2023 Big Garden Birdwatch will take place from 27th to 29th January, with results expected to be published in April.
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What happens when earth, wind, and fire present formidable challenges? Learn how a citizen science project monitoring amphibian response to urban wetland fragmentation is leading to improved city planning; how the sound of wind turbines alters anuran nighttime chorusing; and how a team of university, museum, national park, and state forest workers took action to mitigate impacts to threatened species amidst Australian wildfires.
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Earth, Wind & Fire
Amphibian Response to Wildfires, Windfarms, and More
Thursday 2nd February 2023
3:00PM - 5:00PM GMT
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