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Germany’s Great Bustards and how to see them

10,000 Birds

Walk to a small abandoned farm and keep on along the track, crossing a small canal via a small bridge (don’t worry about the gate) just after the farm. This is prohibited under German nature conservation laws and a moral no-go. I’ve once seen Grey Partridges there, and the meadows have breeding Montague’s Harriers.

Germany 101
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On ANIMAL EQUALITY, by Joan Dunayer

Animal Person

Minus that role, the term implies, such an animal has no place; if they aren't some human's companion, or their companionship fails to please, they can be abandoned or killed" (8). However young and healthy, captives judged inappropriate for exhibition or breeding are considered 'excess' and usually are 'unloaded' or killed.

Animal 100