10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Not a cover species The Black Kite is not actually black, but of course, misleading bird names are not exactly rare. It is mostly a question of economics – raising just one is troublesome enough given the resources required to feed and educate the chick. But then, sanity (or maybe respect for you, the reader) prevailed.

Birds 130

Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

MAY 14, 2016

It was organized to boost eBird use, raise funds for bird conservation, and just get more people out birding. If you live in the northern hemisphere, of course there isn’t! Last year, the Cornell Lab Of Ornithology had this really cool idea to get as many people counting as many birds as they could, in as many places as possible.

Costa Rica 100

Costa Rica 2016 2001 Battery 100

Animal Person

APRIL 6, 2010

And of course, as a (pop) culture whose sensibility has been formed by The Onion and The Daily Show , it's no wonder. While other people might trade barbs or even turn to fisticuffs, I'd dig deep for the most hurtful thing I could say, in the fewest words, and deliver it without even raising my voice. Snark defined blogging back then.

Animal 100

Animal Pigs Human Animals Humane 100

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 6, 2007

The proposition outlaws raising pregnant sows in gestation crates and raising calves in veal crates , making Arizona the first state in the Union to ban veal crates. To learn more about Arizona's precedent-setting victory for farm animals, see here. ii) reasons for banning horse slaughter in the U.S.,

Factory 40

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