10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
the development of field-based ornithological research in Europe and Great Britain; a quick step back through the history to look at bird protection, conservation, and our precarious future, with a focus on Birkhead’s long-term (50 years!) The difference seems to be that Selous had previously killed birds and she had not.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2022
Wikipedia also has an interesting paragraph hinting at observation bias in ornithologists: “At the continental scale, saddle-billed storks preferred protected areas that have a higher extent of open water compared to areas without the storks. The benefit for the wasps is that they get to keep a beautiful pet.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 26, 2014
Well, Copenhagen Zoo is back in the news; a few weeks after killing a giraffe and feeding it to some lions, it went and killed some of those same lions. If the whole thing passed you by then Mother Jones did a good piece on why zoos sometimes have to kill individuals for the good of the species.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011
These are the results of a study commissioned by Bont voor Dieren (BvD), Humane Society International (HSI), Respect for Animals (RFA) and the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), and produced by the Australia-based independent economics consultancy Economists at Large. Excerpted from PR Newswire.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2012
The Blue-tongued Lizard that was also having the same experience was definitely not as excited and was trying its hardest to protect itself. These birds will even stand stubborn on road kill as large road trains up to 53 metres long go by.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 22, 2022
Reportedly, the Water Thick-knee sometimes locates its nest close to the nest of Nile crocodiles as this offers some protection. Others are being killed for use in traditional medicine. A bit like renting an apartment next to a mass murderer in the hope that this will deter other criminals, but as they say, nature knows best.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 6, 2013
Cats, along with other introduced mammals, are genuinely a problem in New Zealand in a way they aren’t in most of the rest of the world (Australia has similar problems mostly with foxes and cats). That said, I have not been impressed by a New Zealand economist, Gareth Morgan, calling for New Zealand to wipe out cats.
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