Critter News

JANUARY 31, 2011

Canadian police are investigating the reported killing of 100 huskies which had been used to pull tourist sleds in the ski resort of Whistler. An animal rights group claims the dogs were killed inhumanely by an outdoor adventure company and thrown into a mass grave.

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Critter News

MAY 11, 2010

Seems odd, although officials with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said that fish they've tested have not been killed by oil, but a lack of oxygen in the water. Tags: dead animals marine life marine animals 2010 oil spill. They also say low oxygen levels are common this time of year due to changes in temperature.

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Marine Life Sea Turtles Turtles Dolphins 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 8, 2013

While many worked on the issue, we here at 10,000 Birds like to believe that Julie Zickefoose’s heartfelt and powerfully written blog post here on 10,000 Birds in October of 2010 had a lot to do with the tabling. This time around, Vickie Henderson is once again sounding the alarm.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

In a news report from 2009, the DNA quoted a senior Forest Department official who feared that the poachers must have killed around 20 tigers in the region in just five months. Earlier, a large number of villagers were being killed by tigers: 11 in 2006, 13 in 2007 and more than 26 during 2008. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 18, 2012

Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, April 2010 Everyone knows that New York City is an extremely expensive place to live. … This post was first published in April of 2010 but a post like this is too cool to keep hidden in the archives ! This post has been submitted to Bird Photography Weekly #34. Go check it out!

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New York City New York Jamaica 2010 170

4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 1, 2010

Second Acts distributes 100% of all donations received to small, volunteer-run groups nationwide that adopt a no-kill policy. Second Acts Success Stories originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on January 1, 2010. Here is a recent video of their success stories.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JULY 31, 2010

Kitten Rescue’s goal is to help Los Angeles become a no-kill city. Jenna Fischer hosts the event, which is being held this year on September 11th, 2010. 2010 Fur Ball at the Skirball Hosted by Jenna Fischer. 2010 Fur Ball at the Skirball Hosted by Jenna Fischer. You can read the full details below.

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Kittens Rescue Los Angeles Fur 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Snowy Owls are at risk of getting killed via collisions, incidental poisoning from rodenticides, and even illegal hunting (Stone et al. It is estimated that Snowy Owl populations in North America have declined by 52% since the 1960s (Berlanga et al. 1999, Holt et al. of Snowy Owl deaths (Kerlinger and Lein 1988). Demarest, W. Gustafson, E.

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Ethics Owls New York North America 143

Critter News

APRIL 12, 2009

On March 19, 2009 a company representative emailed Compassion Over Killing: "…I am pleased to let you know the BOCA brand will be eliminating eggs in all of its products by the end of this year. We anticipate all BOCA products will be egg free in 2010." Totally missed this story from about a month ago.

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2009 Eggs Factory Farm Factory Farming 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

” By the very next day they were calling on their mindless followers to email the National Audubon Society’s CEO, David Yarnold, and Chairman, B Holt Thrasher, to call for Williams’ dismissal because he ”just published a major newspaper editorial calling on the public to kill millions of cats by poisoning them with Tylenol.”

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Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 272

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010 will be Baby Sky's first, and our opportunity to introduce her to the notion that our family doesn't eat animals (not to mention that other historical story we'll be correcting). When in the position of having the choice, which so far is always, I'd rather choose not to have someone killed for me.

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Greyhounds Forced Molting Debeaking Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Relying on the Kindness of Birders (and Reflecting on the Muckrace) Coromandel and Miranda Our Top 10 Birding Moments of 2010 Where Are You Birding This Final Weekend of December 2010? I can also imagine how much it costs, which kind of kills the dream a bit.

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 195

4 The Love Of Animals

JANUARY 28, 2010

Shy dogs are often among the first to be euthanized in shelters because they are difficult to adopt, but not at DogTown, a no-kill facility. DOGTOWN: THE ROAD HOME originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on January 28, 2010. Here are some sneak peeks: Do you watch the show? What do you like most about it?

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Homeless Animals Homelessness Adoptable Leopards 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve seen photos of birds with so many bands it looks like they’re wearing stockings, and then there’s the awful story of Violet , whose band eventually killed her. And to prove it, there’s The Queen.

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Rabbits New Jersey Neglecting North America 238

Animal Person

MARCH 11, 2010

William Horden's, " The Sacred Space of the Shared Heart " is exactly the type of piece I am talking about when I express frustration over "spiritual" people who kill nonhuman animals or who have them killed for a meal. "My As frequently happens with "spiritual"types, there's an apology to a corpse. And for the animal, it means death.

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Killing Vegan Goats Buffalo 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 5, 2018

The last beaver in the area was killed ten miles to the east – near Pancevo around the year 1900, but, reintroduced some dozen years ago, there are some 150 of them in the country nowadays. In 2010 the League for Ornithological Action, a local NGO, initiated the protection of the Danube foreland , which was accepted by the authorities.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

To the Editor: Re “ Hero Dog From Afghan Base Is Killed by Mistake in Arizona ” (front page, Nov. 19): The story of Target, the Afghan hero dog, is truly heartbreaking. The important lesson, however, one that would add to Target’s legacy, is that all of us who love our dogs need to make sure that they have a tag and, even better, a microchip.

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4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

This could include violence (torture, mutilation, intentional killings, etc.), Two months later, he killed another neighbor’s Welsh Corgi with an ax. But it’s not just about how animal abusers end up also hurting or killing humans,” said Wells. “It sexual abuse, and animal fighting as well as neglect (such as hoarding).

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Animal Legal Defense Fund ALDF Animal Abuse Hoarding 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

Heartworms are easily controlled by any one of a number of medications designed to kill the worms or repel mosquitoes. Because the illness is mosquito-borne, the best way to avoid it is to kill the insects with something like a Mosquito Magnet or a product with DEET before the mosquitoes have an opportunity to pass on the virus.

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 31, 2010

By carrying out a slaughter system that greatly reduces the suffering of chickens, Bell & Evans and Mary’s Chickens show that animal welfare and good business go hand in hand. Bell & Evans has heard them and set a new standard in the chicken-supply industry. McDonald’s, are you listening?

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4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 3, 2010

He is also the past President of the Humane Society of Forsyth County (Georgia), a no-kill animal rescue shelter. Reiki for Animals by Tim Link originally appeared on 4 The Love of Animals on August 3, 2010. Tim Link, President and CEO of Link’s Wagging Tales, Inc., For more information about Tim, visit [link].

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For Animals Animal Emotional The Humane Society 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2012

Marabous have also learnt another trick, and that is to follow vultures and scavenge off the remains of Lion and other large predator kills. They have even been known to kill children who have been incautious enough to approach too closely.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 239

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

The illustrations of bird behavior–a Laughing Falcon with a kill, Swainson’s, a Crested Caracara with its head thrown back–offer opportunities for a little individual style to shine through. The colors are rich, much deeper and beautiful than the muted inks in my copy of Hawks of North America.

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Mexico America North America Falcons 163

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Here are just a few facts drawn from the column: Drug-resistant infections killed more than 65,000 people in the U.S. Protect your own health and the future effectiveness of antibiotics: Go vegetarian in 2010! last year—more than prostate and breast cancer combined. 70% of the antibiotics used in the U.S.

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Meat Meat Industry Farm Animal Farmed Animals 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Gulls in Larnaca, taken 22/02/2010 by ©Stavros Christodoulides Recognizing that gull identification is confusing doesn’t help your average birdwatcher however. Of course you could bring in here the debate over the whole subspecies concept: there are over 20 of these in the Herring gull-Lesser black-backed gull complex, so.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Note in this 2010 video, birders, birdwatching and kayakers are mentioned, not hunters. The State of Louisiana has increased fines for illegal killing of bears. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sk_5pt9OTLA. v=sk_5pt9OTLA. They know birders are their biggest draw. Marks National Wildlife Refuge : Expand upland game hunting and big game hunting.

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

As it turns out, “Rise and rise again” is actually a line from one of the more high-profile film adaptations of the Robin Hood legend — specifically, the 2010 blockbuster Robin Hood directed by Ridley Scott and starring every corvid’s favorite thespian, Russell Crowe (I had to look up the line, having never seen the movie).

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Connecticut India Lamb Lions 138

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2015

The high nutrient loading led to massive and unprecedented algal blooms which in turn killed productive plants and changed the once crystal-clear lake into pea soup. Massive quantities of nutrients, sewage, fertilizers and citrus effluent were pumped into the lake from the farms. Fish populations plummeted and bird populations declined.

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2015 Florida Farming 2014 233

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2020

She seamlessly interweaves memories of her bryologist father (he collected mosses), statistics on building-killed birds and the Audubon volunteers who collect them, details of modern taxidermist techniques seen on a visit to a Pennsylvania taxidermist, and the sight of hundreds of bird study skins at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates. .”

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New York City Birds Owls Fox 187

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2012

That’s a good way to end up as road kill, which, while it might get your body a good look at a vulture, is not something we want to see happen to any of our 10,000 Birds readers! … This post was originally published on 16 March 2010, but we hate to keep posts this good buried in the archives ! ……… a.

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Birds illegal Parrots 2010 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. One important reason is the wide discrepancy in mid-winter count survey numbers—in Tennessee those figures were 44,000 counted in 2010 versus only 12,000 counted in 2011.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 246

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

This time they appear more relaxed, but nervousness might be a better politics: in 2007, poachers killed only 13 rhinos in South Africa, but in 2008 already 83, in 2009 – 122, in 2010 – 333, in 2011 – 448 and in 2012 a staggering 668! If such a trend continues, we will lose these animals for good!

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 191

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2012

Of course, the idea that a bug could kill you with a bite if you remained chaste is absurd. … (This post was first published in November 2010, but a bug this beautiful deserves to be taken out of the archives every now and then!) No I am not making this up.

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Ecuador United States New York 2010 192

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2018

Logging into my eBird account… December 6th, 2010. Yet, in 1990s India has killed more than 99% of its Gyps vultures (e.g. Yes, some gruesome graphic content follows, but don’t blame me, you have been warned. Oh, that cover photo? I lied to you, no sex here – but you already clicked. Let me see, when was it?

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India Stray Dog Cows Rats 130

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Those who harvest are unfortunately myopic, seeing only the instant gratification of the meal or the kill. The list goes on and on.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 242

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

As 2013 draws to a close we here at 10,000 Birds thought that it would be a great idea if we, like we did in 2010 , 2011 , and 2012 , shared our Best Birds of the Year. The end of the year is nigh and birders the world over are looking over their checklists and reminiscing about their amazing sightings and devastating dips.

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2013 Birds Costa Rica India 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

While these groups were once considered two orders (Caprimulgiformes and Apodiformes), recent work (summarized in Mayr 2010 ) shows that swifts and hummingbirds emerged from within the night birds. Sister to this group is the Strisores : the “night birds” (excluding owls), swifts, and hummingbirds. Jarvis et al.

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Family Parrots Birds 2014 279