10,000 Birds
JANUARY 17, 2020
For starters, the official national animal is the unicorn, a fairy-tale beast chosen by Scottish royalty in the Middle Ages for its reputation as the natural enemy of the lion, the adopted mascot of English kings. Pair of Golden Eagles (1899) by Scottish painter Archibald Thornburn (1860-1935).
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
In Africa, one elephant is being killed every 15 minutes. But the “illegal international trade” is already there, killing – among other places – in Kruger (S. Another ellie is being killed as you read this line. We are facing a plague of poaching that is again decimating the species. How much time did you need to read this blog?
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 8, 2013
And so, injunctions were granted and lifted, granted and lifted, over the course of more than a decade; during one busy period in 1982, the official stance on killing the goats changed five times in two months. And so, most had been neutered, adopted out to soft-hearted landowners as odd pets, conversation pieces.
10,000 Birds
MAY 8, 2013
The Cherokee nation called them “Peace Eagles” owing to the fact that they never killed a living thing – and also that they tended to show up in numbers after battled when peace treaties were being signed, though admittedly that may have been for a slightly more macabre reason. Lammergeier , photo by Adam Riley.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 14, 2011
Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. AND you can use lead shot, which will impact any scavenger like a bald eagle that happens to feed on the carcass you leave. You don’t even have to have a duck stamp!
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 10, 2021
The changes revolved around something called “incidental take,” which is an activity that harm or kills birds incidental to its purpose. For example, wind turbines are designed to generate electricity, but they incidentally strike eagles and other birds. Public comments on the proposed rule closed on June 7, 2021.
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