10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

About a quarter of the world’s Brown Bears live in Europe (including the Russian part of it), some 55,000, divided into nine separate and evermore fragmented populations – some of them dangerously tiny, a dozen or two dozen animals only. inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers. After all, bears are solitary and elusive animals.

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 271

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Pronghorn Antelope populations once exceeded 30 million animals, but by the turn of the century, was down to just a few small bands. The combination of over hunting, and the native animals susceptibility to diseases carried by domestic livestock that were allowed to graze there, completely eliminated these Bighorns by 1915.

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Sheep Oregon Mules Livestock 119

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2017

A consistent source of water is always a great attraction, drawing birds and animals alike. At this end of the waters edge, quite a bit of livestock had had been in and out, leaving large footprints in the mud. As well as Cactus Wrens , A few Black-throated Sparrows, Northern Cardinals. ……and several Pyrrhuloxia.

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Livestock California Sparrows Birds 100