article thumbnail

Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

10,000 Birds

The “Crow Down” is a “hunting contest” where both adults and children slaughter as many crows as they possibly can in two days. Some people think it’s just plain fun to kill enormous numbers of animals and pile up their bodies, and when there’s no “bag limit” it’s legal to do so. Why do they do this?

Killing 272
article thumbnail

NBC News 4 Covers the Killing of Snowy Owls at JFK Airport – Updated!

10,000 Birds

December 9, 2013. Below is the blog post as it originally ran: It’s not every day that you get a call from Jeff Gordon, president of the American Birding Association , asking if you will reach out to a reporter who has contacted him about a story on the Snowy Owl killings happening at JFK Airport. 212-435-7777. 1 Commerce Plaza.

Owls 258
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Can Birds Be Safe? If Only.

10,000 Birds

Another product has been invented that could cut down on the number of wild birds killed by domestic cats. Lawrence University associate professor Dr. Susan Willson, who led a field study involving pet cats in 2013 and 2014. The testimonials all credit Birdsbesafe with reducing the number of birds killed by pet cats.

Cats 260
article thumbnail

Crows, Contest Killing, and Communication

10,000 Birds

After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding a recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest , it seemed to me that all of us needed Dr. Phil. The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. And being anti-hunting does not weaken our position when it comes to contest killing.”. It will never happen.

Killing 260
article thumbnail

A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. 212) who trap, follow, and analyze the migration paths of Snowy Owls, a project founded in 2013, the magic year of the Snowy Owl irruption. Author Scott Weidensaul and a Snow Owl.

Cyprus 264