Critter News
NOVEMBER 16, 2010
The author is Nick Cooney and he's the Director of The Humane League, an animal advocacy non-profit with offices in Philadelphia, Boston, and Washington DC. Change Of Heart provides science-based answers to many questions that are hotly debated among animal activists. In the author's words.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 16, 2011
It is much stranger and illustrative of the ways of evolution to point out that whales are a form of “hoofed animal&# (unlikely but true). Bipedalism is somewhat rare these days in the animal world. One of the most interesting differences between birds and dinosaurs has to do with their eggs.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
The site serves as a breeding centre for endangered birds and animals, and you can walk around large aviaries and even a night house to see captive kiwi. Abel Tasman is popular for its easy hiking trail along the coast and kayaking, keep an eye out for New Zealand Fur Seals and Spotted Shags.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
They breed in dense colonies, incubate their single egg on the feet, and take more than a year to fledge a chick. Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters. There are eleven types of plant habitats, including Bog, Mire, and four kinds of grasslands.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
In the mid 1700s, fur-traders began introducing foxes up and down the Aleutian chain, in order to generate some more raw material work with. The most notorious effect is that their eggshells become so thin that a parent bird will crush it’s eggs while attempting to incubate them.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2018
The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.” The Amur Leopard ( Panthera pardus orientalis – above) is just one majestic animal on the Critically Endangered (CR) list with less than 100 individuals in the wild due to hunting for its fur.
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