10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

So here it is, the review of Tracks and Signs of the Animals and Birds of Britain and Europe by Lars-Henrik Olsen. This is like Sibley calling his bird guide “The Sibley guide to Birds of Massachusetts and North America” The latter sounds silly, right? So what is one to think of the former?

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Good health starts with the right diet, and this isn’t just true for people! With so many products on the market it can be hard to know if you have made the right choice. Dr. Ashley Gallagher, vet at the Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington D.C., is not responsible for the content of this article.

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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 drawing on the left is from 1714, the one on the right is the result of Birkhead’s own dissection.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 10, 2014

Choosing the right food for your pet can be overwhelming. ™, but 4 the Love of Animals only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. is not responsible for the content of this article. The post Three Easy Ways to Keep Your Pet Healthy and Happy #GetHealthyHappy appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.'

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

I am being compensated for helping spread the word about Richell Products, but 4 the Love of Animals only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. RichellUSA /Richell is not responsible for the content of this article. With the holidays right around the corner, the kitchen is bound to be even busier than usual.

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4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 27, 2013

39% Calm and content behavior. Great benefits, right? The post PROJECT: Pet Slim Down (giveaway) appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals. Studies have shown that there are benefits of regular exercise/play for pets, with the most important ones being emotional. 56% Happier pet. 42% Deepend bond between owner and pet.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2011

Hal Herzog’s “ Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat ” (Harper 2011), though fascinating, is ultimately depressing for vegans and animal rights activists. Over at Animal Rights and AntiOppression , we’ve been discussing tactics and sharing our thoughts and experiences about what works and doesn’t work when it comes to advocacy.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2011

A FOLIVORE is an animal that eats leaves. With their high cellulose content and often raised levels of toxins drawn from the ground, mature leaves can be very difficult to digest so a folivore needs specialised equipment and adapted behaviour to be able to live off them. I was walking with Simon who knows about such things.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

That’s right, there is another Beat Writer at 10,000 Birds! in Animal Ecology. Mike is currently the Birding Market Specialist for Nikon Sport Optics and provides outstanding content for the Nikon Birding Blog. Mike Freiberg is the latest addition to the amazing group that is the 10,000 Birds Beat Writers.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

It’s very important to get the right balance of protein (humans take note for your diet too)! Fiber is important for healthy digestion, in the right amounts! is not responsible for the content of this article. The post Balanced Nutrition is the Key to a Healthy Diet appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.'

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2011

Bird poop is, summarized and generalized, the same thing as any other animal group’s poop: the final stage of digestion, the getting rid of the garbage. You may be right in remarking that this is a very poor poo pic, and indeed it is. Here’s the chain of events: an animal eats and the food is being digested.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2013

The goal is to choose a natural food that has the right proportions to provide optimal nutrition for your pet. is not responsible for the content of this article. appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals. Here is a handy tool to help you choose your cat food , and also one for dog food. Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2018

Yes, some gruesome graphic content follows, but don’t blame me, you have been warned. Vultures constituted the natural animal disposal system, processing carcasses and nearly 15,000 vultures have been observed at the carcass depositories in capital New Delhi.” ( Wikipedia ). What was the weirdest place you ever birded? A war zone?

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Animal Ethics

APRIL 23, 2008

For every person, being a subject of interests, has rights, i.e., has a claim to respect of his interests under the law of equality of persons. Under the moral law, all beings who have interests are subjects of rights, while all those who in addition to having interests, are capable of grasping the demands of duty, are subjects of duties.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 28, 2015

The start was there to try and break the warm fuzzies people have about wildlife biologists, people generally well regarded for doing badly paid work trying to help photogenic animals in the wild. The relationship between this bird and other animals and plants?” Studying a wild animal is a multi-disciplinary exercise.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 21, 2013

It’s a company we trust for other reasons too: Hill’s products are manufactured right here in the USA and they care about the safety and quality of their own pets’ food just as much as I do. is not responsible for the content of this article. appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals.' Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc.

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Animal Person

AUGUST 16, 2009

Many bloggers who are pro-animal rights have either not used Google's AdSense or stopped because they discovered that, for instance, their anti-fur post was surrounded by ads for fur. We all know that the ads are generated by computer based on the content. pro creating-animals-to-skin-them-for-their-fur.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Of course when giving treats it is important to know the right amount to give so your pet will stay healthy and happy. I am being compensated for helping spread the word about Hill’s Science Diet Perfect Weight Food, but 4 The Love of Animals only shares information we feel is relevant to our readers. Play time.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

People have moved useful plants and animals around with them as long as they had the wit to do so. So that New Zealand would end up with quite a few species of animal not originally found here is hardly surprising of itself. To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Nestled right in the middle of Europe, we have a little bit of everything, a nice cross section of Europe’s avifauna. To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here. Germany is underrated as a birding destination. Then of course, we have amazing birds such as Wallcreeper , Hoopoe , and Black Woodpecker.

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Animal Person

MAY 22, 2009

So here I am, on the third anniversary of Animal Person, asking for advice that has nothing to do with veganism or animal rights (and I've tweeted about this so some of you already know what's coming). And I cannot say I haven't missed a day for three years.

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Animal Person

MAY 26, 2010

My random number of 20 Lessons Learned From 4 Years of Blogging at Animal Person (for the others go to #1-6 , #7-10 and #11 & 12 ) ends today with #13-20, which is far longer than I thought it would be. The design of Animal Person is probably as uninviting as it could possibly be. Sorry about that.

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4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

is not responsible for the content of this article. That’s right, 10 winners of each kind of basket! appeared first on 4 The Love of Animals. I have been compensated for completion of this article. Hill’s Pet Nutrition, Inc. And a little something for yourself too? To enter simply use the form below.

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Animal Person

JULY 6, 2009

You can't pull the god card to claim superiority over the rest of us so you demonize the consumption of animal products. You purposefully choose to ignore facts like that though when citing the "cruelty and injustice" involved in the rearing and slaughter of animals. You're hypocrites essentially, and the worst kind in my opinion.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Animal rights types start emerging from the woodwork and comparing conservationists to Nazis, obsessing about the purity of a species (see attempts to control Ruddy Ducks to save White-headed Ducks). To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here. Nonetheless, this week will be chock full of invasive species.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

The two main areas, Greater Sundas and Wallacea, are separated by ‘Wallace’s Line,’ a boundary drawn in 1859 by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who realized that the two areas had totally different birds and animals. Two-columned text is on the left and illustrations and range maps on the right.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

A range of animals come to satisfy their need for salt or the soothing effects of the clay along the river banks of the region. That’s right – birds eating clay. Each bird, regardless of species, seems perfectly content to wait for the other to make the first move toward the colpa. Wicked, right? Hat-tip to Stella.

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Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

Spock's Baby and Child Care: A Handbook for Parents of the Developing Child from Birth to Adolescence , Dr. Benjamin Spock no longer recommends feeding animal products to children after two years of age. According to Dr. Spock: Most families have become more conscious about the fat content of meats, and many are choosing the lower-fat cuts.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Early morning is of course birding prime time and a pre-breakfast stroll around our lodge produced sightings of the lovely Orange-bellied Parrot , which we tracked down to a nesting hole right next to the restaurant. Splashes of color were added by cryptic Bruce’s Green Pigeons and more raucous Abyssinian and Lilac-breasted rollers.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

That’s right, the overwhelming benefits to the environment and the economy are generated by non-consumptive uses of the refuges like wildlife photography, environmental education, wildlife observation and interpretation, not hunting and fishing. ” Did you know that an estimated 300 refuges allow trapping of wild animals?

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Animal Ethics

MAY 6, 2009

According to this argument, the view that eating the meat of nonhuman animals is morally permissible but eating the meat of human beings is morally forbidden is analogous to racism or sexism. Moreover, since it is morally wrong to kill and eat human beings, it is morally wrong to kill and eat animals.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

What is amazing is that each of these three books is very different in content and tone. And, Fuller should know; he has spent his career producing books about extinct birds and mammals, including the recent Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record, from his home in England. We have a lot of source material. What a horror!

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