10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2024

The species is listed as Vulnerable – the estimated number of individuals is 4600-5100 (HBW), of which about 2000 winter on Hokkaido. Another danger to the species comes from lead poisoning as they eat the carcasses of deer killed by hunters ( source ).

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Eagles Sea Lions Bears Russia 131

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APRIL 2, 2024

.” California Condors are thriving now, mostly, but Osborn’s experiences in the early 2000’s were years of triumph and heartbreak. Lead shot injured and killed condors young and old, lead in the carrion they ate, lead in the bullets that hunters shot at them.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 190

Critter News

AUGUST 22, 2010

The Spoon-billed Sandpiper, one of the world's most threatened birds, is rapidly heading towards extinction because young birds are being targeted for human consumption. In 2000, around 1,000 breeding pairs were known, but by 2009, the number had plummeted to just 120-220 pairs, a decline of 88%.

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Species Myanmar Endangered Species Russia 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Due to Prime Hook’s strategic location on the Delaware Bay, the refuge has national conservation significance as a designated RAMSAR Wetland of International Significance Site (1999), American Bird Conservancy-Important Bird Area (2000), and a Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network site (1986). www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 145

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

The first most readers have probably been aware of, the cheerleader hunter who has been in the news for, well, hunting game animals and being attractive and blonde. I bring this up because there have been two stories bubbling along that are weirdly connected to each other, and ultimately to the struggle between realism and idealism.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 171