Animal Person

AUGUST 5, 2009

Twice in the past 24 hours (once here and once on Stephanie's blog, in the comments )I have come across the following statement: "[insert animal here] are safe from predators, get fed regularly, and are better off on farms than if they were in 'the wild.'" The animals on farms are created for the sole purpose of human consumption.

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Gazelles Slaughter Slaughtered Deer 100

Critter News

AUGUST 14, 2009

Detectives seized 200 products believed to be made from endangered animals including musk deer, leopards and tigers. The regulations closed a legal loophole which enabled traders to pretend animal products came from countries with lower levels of protection. From the Telegraph.

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illegal Wildlife Endangered Species Trafficking 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

The Numbat is the animal emblem. Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona. Wicked, right?

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Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 188

Animal Person

APRIL 11, 2009

In an act of kindness, the police took the dog, which was a Greyhound female, to the nearby Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary, run by a man named Geoff Grewcock and known as a willing haven for Animals abandoned, orphaned or otherwise in need. But she is like that with all of our animals, even the rabbits. And one roe deer fawn.

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Greyhounds Guinea Pigs Rabbits Badgers 100

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 29, 2009

As the name suggests, they rescue rabbits, but they also rescue other small animals like ferrets, and other small rodents. The structures will be small so we don’t disturb the trees or our resident wildlife (raccoons, deer, owls, cottontail rabbits, etc.) Tags: rescue spotlight ferret rabbit rescue rodent.

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Rabbits Rescue Rabbit Rescue Ferrets 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2011

Tree Swallow by Mike Bergin Tags: poetry , swallows • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Despite being mainly interested in botany, about which he published some of the most influencial scientific essays of his time, he was also very well acquainted with the animal kingdom. Get yours today! Wicked, right?

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2011 Deer New York Science 164

10,000 Birds

MARCH 9, 2011

Leucism “is a condition characterized by reduced pigmentation in animals and humans.&# Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona.

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Ducks 2011 Jamaica Deer 170

Animal Person

JUNE 26, 2009

Felony animal cruelty is the cruel killing of an animal, and he is also being charges with 19 counts of improperly disposing of an animal body.) The four counts of burglary he is being charged with carry a heftier sentence than the animal killing. Tags: Activism Current Affairs Ethics Language.

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Cats Dissection Cougars Pigs 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Go win a copy and you might get it before I get off my keister and write my review… Great Horned Owl Taking a Deer Leg Seriously, that really happens in this excellent video of a Great Horned Owl scavenging a deer carcass by Kirk Mona. They may weigh in to make their voices heard… or not. Wicked, right?

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2011 Wildlife Birds Deer 140

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

Searching for kiwi is unlike spotlighting that I’ve done while looking for nocturnal animals in the past. Tags: features , kiwi , national bird , new zealand • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Soon it became dark, and we slowly walked down the paths ringing the island. Wicked, right?

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New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 176

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Ringer Tags: cormorants , frigatebirds , genetics , taxonomy and systematics • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! Another, hands against the animal’s vast side, said… March On Into Spring – I and The Bird #146 Mar 17th, 2011 at 12:37 am [.] Wicked, right?

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 174

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. Please go to [link] Tags: macaws , parrots , peru , tambopata • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The experience is one of the ornithological highlights in the world.

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Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! Her writing is based on keen observation of animal and human behavior, and she likes to interweave solid natural history information with larger philosophical themes to challenge and inspire the reader.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

Happy birding, Dale Forbes Tags: accentors , Alpine Accentor , Birds , features , polygynandry • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? Journal of Ornithology 137 (1): 35-51 N. Davies et al. 1995 The polygynandrous mating system of the alpine accentor, Prunella collaris. Ecological causes and reproductive conflicts. Wicked, right?

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2011 Breeders Breeding Deer 235

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

Is what he did consciously to his pitbulls that much worse than what we do unconsciously to animals every day? Some of us forget that dogs are mere animals, and that animal mistreatment is as American as Apple iPods. Like Vick, most of us shamelessly abuse and kill animals. None of us is pure.

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Michael Vick Guinea Pigs Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Sincerely, Julie Zickefoose Tags: cranes , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! we allow limited (by season and bag limits) hunting on populations of game animals that can sustain it. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 263

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. Tags: blue tit , chickadees and tits , research • Have you seen the cool 10,000 Birds t-shirts? What do you think? Get yours today! Wicked, right?

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 171