10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2024

I was one of a small group of journalists, each of whom was presented with the latest Dialyt 10×40 inscribed with our initials. We had met before, so when he encountered me in Austria he asked me what I was doing there. In 1999 came a watershed moment when I flew to Austria for the launch of the brand-new Swarovski EL range.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2015

You see, it clearly resembles a hybrid between the Spanish and the House Sparrow, and an ancient hybrid event was long suspected to be the source of its existence – with recent research indicating that apparently this isn’t the case after all. Winter plumage makes things a bit more difficult, but the difference is rather obvious.

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Critter News

JANUARY 18, 2010

An experiment in which anesthetized pigs were buried alive in snow to learn how humans live or die in avalanches was halted today in Austria after animal-rights groups denounced the research as cruel and useless. Tags: austria animal research pigs. From USA Today.

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Pigs Austria Animal Research Research 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 30, 2007

It was the first lecture series of its kind in german speaking world organized by the members of the Interdisziplinäre Arbeitsgemeinschaft Tierethik (literally “Interdisciplinary Study Group on Animal Ethics”) – an initiative of students. The results of the lectures are written down in this book.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds. After meeting the woman of his dreams, he moved to Austria where he now has the coolest job in the world making awesome toys for birders ( Swarovski Optik product manager ).

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

Now this, might not sound like anything of particular ground-breaking significance, but in the context of animal personality research, it is a fairly big thing. While studying, he also worked on various conservation/research projects (parrots, wagtails, vultures, and anything else that flew) and ringed thousands of birds.

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Cats 2011 Costa Rica Deer 162