10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

The book is chiefly about how people have conceptualized and studied birds, but there is an underlying theme, the changing ways in which our Western culture has viewed animals, nature and God. The difference seems to be that Selous had previously killed birds and she had not. It’s a huge scope for a 338-page book.

Dissection 218

Dissection Birds Research Europe 218

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

forest buffalo goes into first ​ hyena: The spotted hyena is a highly successful animal, being the most common large carnivore in Africa. Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste.

Africa 40

Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2022

So, it sometimes comes to South Africa to relax and enjoy relative anonymity. Others are being killed for use in traditional medicine. As usual at Kruger, there are a few animals that are irrelevant for birders. This can lead to birds being poisoned. If that sounds stupid, that is because it is.

Zimbabwe 147

Zimbabwe Birds South Africa Benin 147

Critter News

DECEMBER 29, 2008

Elephants in Zakouma National Park, the last stronghold for the savannah elephants of Central Africa's Sahel region, have crashed to just 1,000 animals from an estimated 3,000 in 2006. Several park guards have been shot and killed in recent years. Tags: ivory chad africa poaching elephants.

Chad 100

Chad Elephants Congo Gorillas 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2015

And on their way south, they reach the killing fields of northern Serbia ( Newsweek on poaching in the Balkans ). But by then, all surviving Turtle Doves are already in Africa, and those less fortunate await in deep freezers for their final flight to Italy. The Turtle Dove is not a trophy animal.

Serbia 270

Serbia Slaughter Slaughtered Turtles 270

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2015

I finally broke this nemesis cat in Mkuze in South Africa. Obviously we had interrupted a kill, but the Leopard didn’t reappear and we had to move on (to find the rest of Fala’s pack). What an animal! It was, I don’t know, maybe twenty minutes after we left Fala dying in the bush ( as told last week , go read!

Cats 104

Cats Leopards South Africa Tigers 104

Critter News

AUGUST 4, 2009

The dramatic film shows seals being killed by hunters during a hunt at the Cape Cross Reserve in Namibia and hunters armed with clubs running towards film maker Bart Smithers and Jim Wickens, from the UK's Ecostorm agency. Tags: animal cruelty africa seal hunters seals namibia hunting.

Seals 100

Seals Hunting Namibia Hunters 100

Critter News

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Over 150 rangers have been killed on duty in this park in the past decade. Rangers are able to identify individual gorillas because each animal's nose is uniquely patterned. Tags: virunga africa congo gorillas endangered species. Many worked for years without receiving a salary. And did you know.

Gorillas 100

Gorillas Congo Endangered Species Africa 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Early starts are the rule when monitoring endagered species in Mkuze Game Reserve, in South Africa, but there’s a particular urgency to this morning’s start. And the two species were not inclined to get on, by which I mean that Lions will kill other large predators including Painted Wolves. Her concern was well founded.

Wolves 189

Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 189

Animal Ethics

JUNE 7, 2016

In light of this horrible incident, is it right for the zoo to carry on a breeding program that subjects more animals to such unnatural lives? Further, did those who reacted so strongly to Harambe’s killing go home and serve meat to their children? Finally, what of the audience? Many sanctuaries do not permit breeding.

Los Angeles 40

Los Angeles Gorillas Zoos Non Human 40

Critter News

MARCH 2, 2009

Tags: wildlife crime ivory africa zambia trafficking elephants.

Trafficking 100

Trafficking Zambia Rhinos Elephants 100

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. Here’s the kicker though.

California Condor 180

California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 180

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Each animal they raise to adulthood is a step away from extinction, with the ultimate challenge to return them to the wild. We’ll see ambitious programs to save diverse species from the outback of Australia, the savannahs of East Africa, the Brazilian Amazon and some of the most successful zoo breeding programs in the world.

Pandas 100

Pandas Leopards Gorillas Zoos 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg. The others follow, some dozen animals in all. Trips Mammals South Africa'

Africa 190

Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 190

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The first was Lewis Binford, who noted, correctly, that if you look at actual animal bones from actual archaeological sites, you could not objectively see clear evidence that would distinguish hunting from scavenging, and if you compared these “food remains” to hyena food remains, they looked roughly the same.

Humane 165

Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

Critter News

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

These are the results of a study commissioned by Bont voor Dieren (BvD), Humane Society International (HSI), Respect for Animals (RFA) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), and produced by the Australia-based independent economics consultancy Economists at Large. Excerpted from PR Newswire.

Seals 100

Seals World Society For The Protection Of Animals WSPA Namibia 100

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

Mosquitoes bite humans and animals with no regard to species, and they bring along a number of illnesses. For animals, the bugs can cause harmful disease and life threatening conditions. Heartworms are easily controlled by any one of a number of medications designed to kill the worms or repel mosquitoes. West Nile Virus.

Protection 100

Protection Pets Horses Humane 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

From the abstract of that paper: The behavioral strategies developed by predators to capture and kill their prey are fascinating, notably for predators that forage for prey at, or beyond, the boundaries of their ecosystem. in Central Africa and in the US is that they are more active at night. pigeons, Columbia livia ).

Fish 202

Fish Birds Whales Whaling 202

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Pafuri lies in the northernmost part of the Kruger National Park and is described as “some of the most potentially productive birding territory in South Africa” on the SANParks website. It is the heaviest among the rollers in Africa. ” (HBW). .” ” (HBW).

Elephants 147

Elephants Birds Congo Africa 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

The majority of wildcats live today in Africa, and virtually none of them have provided the DNA from which supposed histories of domestication have been constructed by researchers. He also had tigers, cougars, and some other animals. And I think he was speaking only of our American Kitties not the Wildcat of Africa.

Feral Cats 254

Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 254

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2012

As Mattison says, “Frogs are unlikely to be mistaken for any other type of animal.” There’s the Goliath frog from South Africa—up to one foot in length and over 6 pounds in weight. All species of frogs and toads share the fact that they are amphibian creatures, they have two types of skin gland, four legs, and, well, they jump.

Reptiles 184

Reptiles Madagascar Family New York City 184

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

They are also threatened by cultural beliefs that lead to killing them because they’re seen as harbingers of death and bad luck. People and organizations in Nepal, Zambia, and South Africa have sought to change cultural attitudes, having the most success with school children. They are also hunted.

Owls 209

Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 209

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

In the past I have attributed some of this conflict to differences between the conservation mindset and that of animal rights/animal welfare. We all know the answer to that – not thinking at all about the how – how on earth you actually do that – and causing a civil war that has killed hundreds of millions.

Tigers 172

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 172

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2012

In reality this is not true and they can easily succumb to the venom of many of Africa’s poisonous serpents. Secretarybirds counter this by being very careful when killing snakes and ensuring that the prey is dead before eating it. When a fire is located they will descend and feed upon small animals that flee the flames.

Botswana 221

Botswana Eagles Porcupines Hunting 221

10,000 Birds

APRIL 20, 2014

I wrote about the Hoatzin here a couple of years ago when Gerald Mayr published a paper hypothesizing that Hoatzins invaded South America from Africa by raft. The story just keeps getting better. Hoatzin ( Opisthocomus hoazin ) by Carine06. Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata). Secretarybird ( Sagittarius serpentarius ) in Kenya by David J.

Madagascar 276

Madagascar Comoros South America Ecuador 276

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

He subsequently leaves for Peru and gets kidnapped and killed by Sendero Luminoso – the local brand of Maoists. It has all Big Five animals and a whole lot of other grumpy mammals. As an aside, outside Africa “bird parties” are called “mixed feeding flocks” – it says it all, doesn’t it?

Mozambique 217

Mozambique Birds Ghana Namibia 217

Critter News

JUNE 26, 2009

Lots of animals have died since the beginning of the year. Dozens of animals have been killed by armed groups at Africa's oldest national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the start of the year, park officials and environmental groups said Tuesday. They died between May 25 and June 16, he said.

Congo 100

Congo Gorillas Endangered Species Animal 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Hunters go to Africa to shoot lions, and this is without question a good thing; for birds, for ecosystems, and for lions in general! The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do.

Lions 183

Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 183

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

They are software mascots, cartoon characters, animated film dancers, children’s book heroes, zoo celebrities, and documentary film stars. None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human.

Penguins 197

Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 197