Animal Person

JULY 15, 2010

In the Washington metro area, we have a BIG deer problem. Let's deconstruct: What we have here is the myth that killing animals in the wild and then eating them is somehow a compassionate act. Whether or not someone appreciates the taste of my flesh after they have killed me doesn't matter to me.

Deer 100

Deer Euthanasia Killing Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? And I submit that it poses an unacceptable risk to whooping cranes to encourage hunting of the very populations of sandhill cranes that mingle with them. Another thing to consider.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

When I see a band I imagine something slipping beneath it and trapping the bird, I’ve seen photos of birds with so many bands it looks like they’re wearing stockings, and then there’s the awful story of Violet , whose band eventually killed her. One of the animal keepers brought her to me, and I put her in my clinic.

Rabbits 248

Rabbits New Jersey Neglecting North America 248

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

But in Iraq, and more exactly, Kurdistan and Iraqi Kurdistan, they are supposed to be there (and are regularly hunted and eaten) and the fighting is not supposed to be there. They feed on animal plankton and build their nests by burrowing in the dirt on offshore islands. BBC has the story as a video.

Science 152

Science Iraq Research Birds 152