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. The two-week experiment involving 29 pigs began Tuesday in the Western Austrian Alps.

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Pigs Austria Animal Research Research 100

Critter News

AUGUST 12, 2009

If you think it's fun killing animals in your own forest in Austria and bring them to your hunting estate, we will destroy it. Understand this: This will continue until you sever all ties with Huntingdon Life Sciences. We will attack your private life wherever possible. Have you got any more hobbies Daniel? We will destroy them.

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Animal Rights Austria Rights Animal 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2019

Early in 1482, Mary of Burgundy, sovereign regnant of the Duchy of Burgundy and consort of Archduke Maximilian I of Austria, embarked on a falconry hunt with her husband and several knights. The horse landed on the young duchess, breaking her back but not killing her outright.

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Hunting France Falcons Horses 113

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley. Small semi-captive populations also exist in Spain and Austria and a reintroduction program from the Birecik population has been started in Syria.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 203