10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Resources—who will get together on June 3, 2011, to vote on whether to open season on Sandhill Cranes in Kentucky. Their slow wing beat keeps the breast meat from being as dark and strong flavored as many other migratory birds. The shooting starts in December 2011, unless we can turn the tide.

Kentucky 258

Kentucky Hunting Tennessee Indiana 258

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

He says he hunts out of a need to take responsibility for his family, who evidently live where the supermarkets offer no meat. He says meat tastes more precious when you’ve watched it die. It is only the prejudice of our species that justifies culling the deer population while protecting our own. Animals suffer when killed.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Mountain Lions Deer 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

Or, one of the 145 species of Glass frogs living in the Cental and South American rainforests, I could look through the transparent skin on their undersides and see their internal organs. All species of frogs and toads share the fact that they are amphibian creatures, they have two types of skin gland, four legs, and, well, they jump.

Reptiles 190

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 190

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

These birds can learn to pull a string to retrieve a short stick, use the stick to pull out a longer one, then use the long stick to draw out a piece of meat. Stories about animals rescuing members of their own and other species, including humans, abound. the Spring 2011 issue of YES!

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100