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Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

10,000 Birds

After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding a recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest , it seemed to me that all of us needed Dr. Phil. The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. And being anti-hunting does not weaken our position when it comes to contest killing.”. It will never happen.

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Humane rat control?

Reddit Animals

At night I hear things on the roof but dont know if its possums, cats, rats, who knows. I dont want to kill them. At what point do I need to develop a pest control plan? There is no sign of them in the house. Can I transport them away? We live near some bushland. I cant purchase a cat because we are not allowed animals in our rental.

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Keep finding decapitated mice/rats under car

Reddit Animals

We do have a possum and a raccoon that live somewhere on the property. And I could even see that being the case even with the lack of consumption as I've known cats that killed for sport but didn't eat the prey. I have never once seen a cat anywhere in my neighborhood. or even this city for that matter. Not even in a window.

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When conservation and animal rights collide

10,000 Birds

I’ve written at length about the specific vulnerability of insular faunas and the catastrophic extinctions caused by the arrival of rats, mice, ferrets, cats and possums (amongst others), here in New Zealand fully half the pre-human bird species were lost.

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Australian Fireman Honored by Animal Rights Activists

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Peta called on authorities to add cruelty to animals to the arson charge laid against a 39-year-old man on Friday in connection with a bushfire in rural Victoria state that killed 21 people.

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You’re Not Helping

10,000 Birds

And New Zealand has a fairly aggressive programme of conservation measures in place to protect native wildlife by killing native species, again something I have defended on th is site. Even wiping out one species, like possums, or stoats, or hedgehogs is probably beyond current methods.