10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

And it’s the subject of a new article in National Geographic by author and birder Jonathan Franzen. There aren’t many solutions proferred—the article is really about consciousness-raising—but it’s well worth a read.

Cambodia 145

Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 145

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 3, 2014

By the early 1980s, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was aware that poison control centers were reporting 12,000 to 15,000 calls annually regarding children under the age of 6 ingesting rat poison, and rodenticides were documented as causing large numbers of secondary poisoning in wildlife.

Rats 248

Rats Barn Owls Rodents San Francisco 248

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

To the Editor: Soon after I read Gary Steiner’s article, my wife asked me to kill a spider, which I did. How far do we go in protecting them? Cows, domestic sheep, chickens and many others would not survive if they were not raised for human consumption, protected from malnutrition, disease and predators.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Vegan Vegetarian 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. She illustrates her books and magazine articles with her own sketches and watercolor paintings. Letters from Eden (Houghton Mifflin, 2006) will soon be followed by a memoir about the birds she has raised, healed, studied and followed throughout her life.

2011 243

2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 243

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is in addition to the many articles and exhibits and even film devoted to the bird, one of the few species whose death was witnessed and noted down to the exact day, Tuesday, September 1, 1914 (though there is some question about the exact time). Or the absence of legal protection. 8) that could not possibly happen in Europe.

2014 161

2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161