10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

In responding to Suzie’s post defending wildlife rehabilitation I began to think again about the areas in which animal rights and animal welfare overlap with the field of conservation, and the ways in which they don’t. And people that work in either conservation or animal welfare tend to like animals.

Animal Rights 266

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 266

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

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. There is no solidarity among the big cats. You protect an entire ecosystem that holds 350 bird species. Conservation Animal Rights hunting'

Lions 186

Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 186

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death. Wicked, right? Speculation is useless in acts of vandalism. Without them, it would fail.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243