10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

“The Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) and Friends of the Earth (FoE) Cyprus have now released the report on their bird protection camp during the peak of bird migration in autumn 2011.

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Cyprus 2011 Slaughter Slaughtered 160

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

In 2008, over nine billion chickens were slaughtered for Americans to eat. Feral Chickens number in the thousands in Key West alone and that population has not been dented even as hundreds of birds are trapped and removed – in fact, in 2011 0ver 1,500 were captured and trucked to an organic farm in central Florida.

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Chickens Florida Feral Species 192

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. 14 Responses to “The Nonessential Whooping Crane&# Vickie Mar 20th, 2011 at 7:38 am Wonderful, heartfelt and enlightening post, Julie.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 239

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

But every photo is clearly here for a reason, whether to show juvenile plumage or large egg clutches or illegal trapping (many of the images in the Challenges and Conservation chapter are from CABS, the Committee Against Bird Slaughter). Gerard Gorman is a prolific writer on woodpeckers and related topics.

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Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 224

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

However, the age of the Golden Gooney was to come to a brutal end; beginning in the late 1800′s, they were being slaughtered by the millions for their feathers at their breeding colonies. In 2011 their population was estimated at over 3,000 individuals, increasing steadily at 5-8% every year.

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Albatross Endangered Species Geese Alaska 198