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.

Killing 100

Killing Wildlife Groups Endangered Species 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Nationwide, wildlife watchers now outspend hunters 6 to 1. Giving a few hundred hunters something else to shoot, in my opinion, cannot be worth the blowback from tens of thousands of people who are willing to travel and spend just to watch the birds fly over. Where Are You Birding this Second Weekend of March 2009?

2011 245

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 245

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

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. Seals and Whales are also given a lot of attention, with entries organized similarly to the bird species accounts.

Georgia 173

Georgia Penguins Wildlife Whales 173