10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2023

It could easily be mistaken for a book about aviation or space navigation or even a flight simulator game if you don’t read the long, adjective-filled subtitle: How a Passionate and Quirky Group of Pioneering Scientists Solved the Mystery of Bird Migration. The photographs, many by the author, are credited at the end of the book.

Science 181

Science Illinois Investigation Research 181

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. of Wildlife Services , which is involved in mainly predator control programs (coyotes are a big target). Ranchers oppose the move. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog.

Killing 100

Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 30, 2007

Basis of this collection are the interdisciplinary lectures on Animal Rights which took place from April to October 2006 at Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg (Germany).

Germany 40

Germany Animal Ethics Switzerland Netherlands 40

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 18, 2006

I expect that the industry groups would like to put my farmer friends out of business with the costs and hassles of tagging their animals, to eliminate competition. I hope everyone who prefers local and pasture-raised animals will speak up and protect the source of their food and health. Marjorie Smith Shoemakersville, Pa.,

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Pennsylvania United States 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

I was in contact with a group of birders for whom I arranged and guided an annual tour to Africa. This image (by Marius Coetzee) shows Adam Riley & David Hoddinott with a group in Nsuta Forest, a forest reserve that is in the process of being clear-felled and settled by subsistence farmers.

Ghana 188

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 188

Animal Person

AUGUST 6, 2009

Tags: Activism Current Affairs Economics Ethics.

Honduras 100

Honduras Los Angeles Obama 2009 100

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 2, 2006

Bush signed the “ Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act ” into law this past Monday (November 27, 2006). It is chilling in its narrowness, because it targets a single group of political activists, namely, animal rights activists. On September 30, 2006, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) introduced Senate Bill S. 4239 by voice vote.

Extremist 40

Extremist 2006 Laws Legislation 40