Critter News
AUGUST 24, 2010
A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina. State law on the issue is murky.
Reddit Animals
JULY 6, 2023
The sanctuary now claims because of this dependency, they need to be fed by humans because stopping would cause the wildlife to go into local towns. Feeding wolves, bears, etc was always a big no in my eyes. More digging revealed the organization that claims to fund them owns the sanctuary. Something just doesn’t seem right.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 6, 2021
Dunn starts in Alaska with the goal of seeing Rufous Hummingbird at the northern extreme of its migration (which he does with some effort and a few bear sightings) and ends in Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, “the end of the world,” with the sighting of a Green-backed Firecrown feeding at a firetree in cold drizzly rain.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 7, 2014
In fact, the Dodo belonged to a clade (sometimes called Raphini) of 15 remarkable, bizarre, intriguing island-adapted pigeons, some of which are still alive today, but eight of which have been hacked from the tree of life, driven to extinction by humans. The bird’s skeleton bears similarities to New Guinea’s much smaller (!)
10,000 Birds
APRIL 20, 2012
One of the things that struck me at once about this topography is how much more organic it seemed than that of the mountains. But the grasslands of eastern Montana bear a resemblance to their wildlife that goes beyond the mere evolutionary imperative of camoflauge. Even off the refuge, the ranches are by necessity few and far between.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 2, 2012
And sun bears. The books work best when the birding is coupled with the human element. The Jewel Hunter is published by WildGuides, a UK publishing company that specializes in photographic field guides, and which donates a percentage of profits from each book to a conservation organization, in this case, Birdlife International.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 15, 2009
The ability to feel pain is not an obviously plausible way of morally distinguishing microorganisms from other organisms. The question can be raised: Why should these organisms be killed and others not be killed? If some microorganisms must be killed in the process, this is unfortunate but necessary for human life. KBJ: Nothing.
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