Reddit Animals

APRIL 11, 2023

New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). And their behavior is completely consistent with what we would understand as "animal sentience." The FWC then proceeded to kill the total 34 pythons using a bolt gun.

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Pythons illegal Florida Killing 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

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Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Code, Title 18.48, made it a federal crime to knowingly create, sell, or possess a depiction of animal cruelty with the intention of placing that depiction in interstate or foreign commerce for commercial gain. Is the NYTimes right to support striking down the law banning depictions of animal cruelty on First Amendment/free speech grounds?

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Pit Bulls Animal Cruelty Laws Animal 40

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Flying in excess of 200 mph in a stoop, the Peregrine Falcon is considered to be the world’s fastest animal. BBC Nature has a really cool video of the Peregrine hunting a pigeon in a stoop. I have been fortunate to get a visit from this beautiful raptor in the photography blind at Delevan NWR. Don’t miss it!

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Falcons Wildlife Sacramento Endangered Species 134

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2024

videos (see Birding Hongbenghe part 1 to understand this obscure and not very good joke). Unfortunately, juvenile White-hooded Babblers do not look cool and hedonistic enough yet, so they are usually excluded from these videos. The species is also hunted for local consumption in Meghalaya (India), according to the HBW.

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