Critter News

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The complaint also alleges violations of the federal Fur Products Labeling Act and Federal Trade Commission Act, which also prohibit the false advertising and mislabeling of any fur product.

HSUS 100

HSUS Fur Raccoons Rabbits 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it? A female red-tail may leave a nest to hunt for her two chicks and return to feed a rabbit to three chicks without noting an increase in the number of chicks a rehabber has placed there. Birds of prey look cool, but they can’t count. Owls are a little different.

Birds 265

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2013

One wouldn’t tether a rabbit out to get a shot of a fox or a coyote, or is that somehow different? How do birds that are already stressed, such as many of the Snowy Owls in the south this year are, fare? I am well aware of the debate that this is no different than photographing birds at a feeder, but for me it feels different.

Owls 188

Owls Mice Tethering Chickens 188

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

In the Far East they keep birds of prey which they use to capture other animals such as foxes and rabbits. Great Green Macaw digiscoped at the Rio Platano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras For many centuries throughout the world mankind has kept birds as pets. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat.

Honduras 186

Honduras illegal Parrots Birds 186

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Grief in magpies and red foxes: Saying goodbye to a friend. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. He never chased the rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, or deer who regularly visited. Over the years Jethro approached rabbits as if they should be his friends, but they usually fled.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. The foxes wreaked havoc on nesting birds, and island by island the geese disappeared, until it seemed that they were gone for good.

Albatross 199

Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 199

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2015

We ended with 7 species of mammal, including River Otter, Gray Fox, and Marsh Rabbit, but the highlight may have been a little Canebrake Rattlesnake crossing the road at the Bodie Island lighthouse, a lifer herp for me. Photo by Nate Swick. Though our focus was birds, there’s plenty of other wildlife on the islands.

North Carolina 150

North Carolina Rattlesnake Sparrows Owls 150

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. Foxes have also been known to take their eggs and there are now numerous local groups who endeavour to help the populations of Hooded Plovers along their local coastlines.

Species 174

Species Australia Birds Parrots 174