10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2014

'Whether this ends up as a colossally bad decision remains to be seen. But for the time being, it looks like Maltese politician Karmenu Vella will probably be the European Union’s next environmental commissioner. Malta, you might recall, has the dubious distinction of being a hotspot for illegal hunting of protected birds. (Like the felled Turtle Dove photographed above by the BBC.).

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 1, 2014

'This blog had 812 visits during September, which is an average of 27.0 visits per day. A year ago, the average was 44.9.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2014

'Sometimes, when I’m writing trip reports about far off places (relative to most of my readers) I wonder what exactly people make of some of the birds I mention seeing. It’s easy to talk about what a Storm’s Stork, a Red-fronted Parakeet or a Black Swan is without having to wonder if the reader knows what I’m talking about. But there are types of birds that many European or American readers will not only have never seen but also not have much idea what it is or how it rel

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Australia Fiji Hunters Family 173

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 1, 2014

'Here are the posts from October 2004.

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Speaker: Steve Romanco

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