10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

Soon after, Williams retired and moved out of state, and Eric was arrested by the Texas Rangers for a combination of credit card fraud (something about a fake field school for high schoolers in Orange Walk Town) and child abandonment. Any buffalo bones from prior to that transition were obviously scavenged. Photo by Mikebaird.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Most likely orphaned by poachers who killed her mother for profit, the one-year-old baby is believed to have been subsequently attacked by local Maasai tribesmen who were angry about losing their traditional grazing land to the park. The spear had penetrated ten inches, rupturing her sinuses, which prevented her from using her trunk to drink.

Elephants 100

Elephants Kenya Wounded Rhinos 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. Sometimes a chimpanzee, usually an adult male, will dance at a waterfall with total abandon. Photo by Paul Huber.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100