Critter News
DECEMBER 29, 2009
That's right, a herd of panicked elk were cornered in a cow pasture and a group of boneheads decided to "hunt" them. Even other hunters were disgusted: "How can you call that hunting?" You pin some animals inside a barbed wire closure then allow people to come in there and take shots at them with arrows.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 7, 2010
In this week's podcast ending February 6, 2010: **Willet Dairy the subject of a Mercy for Animals undercover investigation suspends a worker shown abusing cows; **The Humane Society applauds the Allergan Corporation for progress on the replacement of animal subjects in Botox testing; **PETA files a lawsuit to free Lucy the elephant from the Edmonton (..)
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 27, 2014
These birds even lay their eggs on piles of cow or horse dung, most likely to elevate them from the cold ground and possibly provide some heating through the process of rotting plant material. That can be traced back in time to 1875, when Alfred Brehm wrote that he had found Sociable Lapwings only alongside the domestic cattle.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. Image taken in Uganda’s Budongo Forest by Adam Riley Buffalo The big – to anyone familiar with the wilds of Africa, the Cape or African Buffalo is the most fearsome of all animals.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
While I'm not a fan of using animal hearts for transplants, I'm far more sympathetic to that than to simply using their parts for human vanity consumption. But the seal industry doesn't care. They'll exploit anything to try to save their barbaric trade and, if they can use guilt, even better. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald.
Animal Ethics
SEPTEMBER 8, 2009
Here is a New York Times blog post about wolf hunting. Peter Singer more broadly examines the moral standing of animals here.) While this belief might not compel us to be vegetarians, it does demand significant changes in the way we raise animals for food, and it forbids wolf hunting as a form of entertainment.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 23, 2011
Birding by bear is by far the best way to view the park, although it seems to terrify the hoofed animals. The more you know about bird physiology, migration, hunting methods, longevity, etc. Holy cow, there’s not even a dihedryl on that thing, its really flat. Birdmaster would be more appropriate, but I do not mind.
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