10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2019

And here in Europe, they are the real deal, an indigenous species and not domesticated animals gone wild. They may have been disturbed by the presence of hunters in the Danube backwaters. The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season. I think all were males, at last two huge ones certainly were.

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Serbia Otters Boars Eagles 242

Critter News

AUGUST 16, 2008

pleaded guilty in March to five counts of trafficking in wild animals. Attorney Julia Dudley said Blevins had bought animals for several years from trappers in different states and brought them to Virginia to sell to the owners of "fox pens." Hunters would then pay to hunt in the pens. Howard Glen Blevins, 68, of Asheville, N.C.,

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Virginia Fox Trafficking Coyotes 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter. To a point.

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Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 201

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

The day before, the day I arrived, was a transport day, and that meant the pack hadn’t been seen in the afternoon. Pippa called the park ranger in charge of animals. At first we were concerned that another dog had been injured, perhaps hit by one of the hunter’s cars (who were watching the pack as well).

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Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 188

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 23, 2006

Jonathan Hubbell, a philosophy major at the University of Texas at Arlington, is the newest member of the Animal Ethics blog, and once again, I would like to welcome him aboard. It truly is horrific and despicable to treat animals so badly. All that follows from that assumption is that it is morally permissible to eat some meat.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Morals Meat 40

Animal Person

DECEMBER 21, 2009

I followed his call, but so did Emily The Hunter. Outside he went, transported in plastic, back to his home in the wilds of suburban West Palm Beach. The race was on; I had to find the frog, whom I named Kermie, before my vicious feline was able to sink her claws into him.

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Greyhounds Dogs Ducks Litter 100