10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences. Environmental groups are all over the map regarding their positions on wind energy,” Kaufman says, and “the forces pushing hardest for wind-power development don’t speak any language but money.”.

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Critter News

AUGUST 21, 2008

The delisting would not open the door for hunters to kill wolves, the state's DNR notes. Killing would be permitted only if a wolf posed a direct threat to humans. State environmental groups are showing "cautious optimism.".

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 14, 2011

But in the case of Harris Hawks , this mentality jumps the species barrier and they form a strong bond with their human partners, readily accepting their non-avian hunting companions as members of their pack. I have never been one to advocate the needless killing of animals for whatever purpose. League Against Cruel Sports.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. The Afrotheres consist of several groups of mammals that evolved in Africa and include elephants, hyraxes, elephant shrews, aardvark, pangolin and golden moles.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

Their populations, plus those of other species that ‘wore’ the coveted long, colorful feathers used for women’s fashionable hats, were being dangerously depleted by hunters intent on feeding the millinery industry. The late Victorian age was not a good time to be an egret! Botibol” (p. There is no effort at context.

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Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 118

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

One study found that birds living in Botswana had elevated levels of lead in their bloodstreams during hunting season, presumably coming from lead bullets used on animals killed by hunters. According to the Eponym Dictionary of Birds (Helm, 2014), “James Sligo Jameson (1856–1888) was an Irish hunter, explorer, and naturalist.

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Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2012

The land was of course already occupied by San (Bushmen) hunter-gatherers for millennia and more recently Bantu tribes of the Nguni branch (most notably Zulus and Xhosas). Woodward’s Barbet belongs to a group of barbets known as Green Barbets. They discovered Gurney’s Sugarbird during their time in South Africa.

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Mozambique South Africa Africa Collecting 182

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

You see, in German we have three distinct words for different groups of owls. But no, there is another reason for this surprisingly creative way of describing the gruesome killing of a creature: the characteristics of hunting in Germany. I’d like to point out though that “owly“ is a poor translation.

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Germany Birds Hunters Owls 172

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste. Ostrich eggs have been used by humans for millennia. Ostrich kicks can kill a human or a potential predator like a lion.

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Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

March 14, 2011 Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Jon Gassett, Commissioner One Sportsman’s Lane Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 Dear Mr. Gassett, I am a writer, naturalist and artist with a special interest in human/bird interactions. Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 239

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Do all hunters realize that? Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Animal rights is concerned with preventing the suffering or even use of animals by humans. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. Wildlife conservation is concerned with protecting wildlife at the level of species or perhaps population.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 257

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

There is also a third element, only hinted at in the opening–the environmental and scientific necessity of gathering this data to document the importance of keeping the Pacific Northwest waters healthy and uncontaminated by human elements. Fox does an excellent job balancing these three elements, keeping the emphasis on the birds.

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