10,000 Birds

MAY 18, 2023

After several game drives, once again we are at the front gate of the Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat. This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species.

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India Lions Boars Mammals 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Now, in 21st century America, we’re entertaining new considerations, in keeping with our modern understanding of wild animals and conservation. A new willingness among scientists to consider certain moral and ethical implications with respect to wild animals, where previously utilitarian ideas prevailed, including ideas of intrinsic value.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 234

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2014

An unknown number of adult tricolors is shot each fall due to their similarity in appearance to red-wings, as red-wings are exempted from protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and are legally shot each fall as they feed on ripening rice.” See Birdchick’s post here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rwi0SF8r8o. v=3rwi0SF8r8o.

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Blackbirds California 2014 2013 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Nearly 2,500 square miles of the wildest sections of the Omo Valley are protected in the almost contiguous Omo National Park on the river’s west bank (Ethiopia’s largest park) and Mago National Park on the east bank. Just after dawn we came across our first Mursi tribesmen, two herdboys driving their cattle to market in Jinka.

Ethiopia 237

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Game 237

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Early starts are the rule when monitoring endagered species in Mkuze Game Reserve, in South Africa, but there’s a particular urgency to this morning’s start. Pippa called the park ranger in charge of animals. Like other social animals, his family connections were keeping him alive, as his family was feeding him.

Wolves 188

Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

To explain what a Grallard is one must first go back to those societies and recall that one of their predominant preoccupations was game. New Zealand had, once upon a time, some fairly spectacular game birds, including massive flightless geese, massive flightles rails, and really enormous moa.

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Species New Zealand Ducks Game 165

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2010

They offered him hand-outs and cared enough about him, not to call Animal Control and risk having him picked up and sent to a shelter where his fate would be doomed. The homeless dog, once called Bones, renamed Blue, who played a “hide and seek game” with Cody, to protect himself and stay alive, ends up at Cody’s side. “I

Dogs 100

Dogs Homelessness Stray Dog Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Many of these refuges and associated Conservation Areas, which have the potential to protect more than 1 million acres of vital wildlife habitat, have been forged through creative partnerships with sportsmen, conservation groups and private landowners. It would be a separate but parallel and symbiotic addition to Refuge budgets.

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Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 194

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share During a soccer game in Colombia, a player kicked an owl that was on the field. 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? Soccer Player Kicks Owl on Field?

Owls 145

Owls 2011 Barn Owls Deer 145

Critter News

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

From WildEarth Guardians: WildEarth Guardians’ research reveals this agency is: • Biologically Unsound - Wildlife Services uses a “sledgehammer approach” to wildlife management, meaning over one million animals are killed each year using non-selective killing controls such as poisons, traps, and aerial gunning.

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Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

The first most readers have probably been aware of, the cheerleader hunter who has been in the news for, well, hunting game animals and being attractive and blonde. I’ve written before about how I don’t think shooting game in the name of conservation is necessarily a bad idea. she’s Texan.

Rhinos 167

Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 167

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Sadly the great gannet colonies during the July to October period to protect the birds, but if you head up to Boundary Stream you’ll find a good mix of lowland and mountain forest where active management is keeping forest birds going. If you do decide to give your liver a rest then rest assured there are birds to be seen here.

New Zealand 157

New Zealand Penguins Sanctuary Birds 157

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2013

After several game drives, once again we are at the front gate of the Gir National Park in the state of Gujarat. This park protects the largest remaining tract of dry deciduous forest in the west of India, offering visitors 37 species of reptiles, 38 species of mammals and, not to be forgotten – almost 300 bird species.

Lions 220

Lions India Mammals Boars 220

Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2009

I mistakenly believed that geography would solve any problems I had: that once positioned where all of nature is respected, and people are working toward the common goal of protecting the environment, I would be in that elusive place we spend our lives searching for—home. Heaving and sobbing, I spoke to him. That’s not sport.

Bears 100

Bears Vermont Laws Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

My post last week where I defended game hunting as a conservation tool has, unaccountably, encountered a certain amount of push back. Who would have thought that a post defending hunting game in general would have not been universally acclaimed? And embattled minority should be protected. A hungry child should be fed.

Tigers 170

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 170

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Nowhere else in Africa do the preconceived ideas of the continent really exist in such living detail; tall, red-robed Maasai herding their skinny cattle, endless grasslands studded with flat-topped Acacia trees and grazed by herds of zebras and wildebeest, and dramatic volcanic calderas brimming with big game and fierce predators!

Tanzania 211

Tanzania Africa Stud Leopards 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Sandhill Hunt: They’re Voting Now Sandhill Cranes: Game Birds? 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. Or These Blasts From The Past What’s In A Name?

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 241

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

That’s what you do with other game, right? In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. Fourth Whooping Crane This Winter Shot Animal Rights vs Conservation in Cyprus Tennessee Crane Hunt Tabled for 2 Years! Or is the mandate to protect the welfare and habitat of our state’s wildlife?

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 240

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 29, 2012

Not only is it a beautiful parade, featuring floats made of flowers and other plant materials, but this year is extra special for animal lovers. Not only will Dr. Goodall ride in the 124th Rose Parade she will also toss the coin before the 99th Rose Bowl Game. We have two very special announcements to share with you!

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2013 Dogs Game Protection 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2021

Then you take into account that the tides will be completely different and it is a whole new game! Regardless of the weather they were well protected! Look for the little surprises around you whether they are birds, animals or plants. We headed to Gantheaume Point for Eastern Reef Egrets and Sooty Oystercatchers.

Geese 199

Geese Ducks Breeding Zebras 199

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

This Lion should not be shot, as it is a protected reserve that forbids shooting. The interests of those working for conservation and those working for animal rights and animal welfare don’t always perfectly align like you might think they do. Take the Selous Game Reserve in Tanzania.

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Lions Killing Hunting Hunters 181

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 21, 2008

To the Editor: It is deeply troubling that a legally mandated and urgently needed decision to protect polar bears under the Endangered Species Act has been delayed by one agency of the Interior Department even as another agency rushes ahead with plans to sell oil and gas leases across a huge expanse of critical polar bear habitat in Alaska’s Chukchi (..)

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New York Times Polar Bears New York Endangered Species 40

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.” Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. A newly created U.S. A newly created U.S.

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Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 109