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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

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. It’s a huge scope for a 338-page book.

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Flight to Freedom

4 The Love Of Animals

Four lions, rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI) from a Bolivian circus when the country banned the use of animals in circuses have a new home, and a life of luxury at the ARK 2000 sanctuary in Calaveras County. As with every animal at PAWS, we are committed to providing life-time care.

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Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

10,000 Birds

But the disregard for animals that leads to teams using a live owl as a mascot…and having so little control over it that it got onto the field during play? Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network.

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