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.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 28, 2014
With luck, there has been enough negative feedback to stop this kind of insanity in its tracks, although it bears monitoring because there are no guarantees. So: what do you do if your six-year-old finds a baby bunny, and she can’t bear to part with him? Today is the final commentary day. That is, until … you get the picture.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 31, 2013
Rehabbers have to grin and bear it during baby season; we raise incredibly cute wild birds behind masks, give them no human attention, and make sure they bond with each other and not us. She has a daily training schedule, and if she misses more than a couple of days in a row she’ll act like a toddler throwing a tantrum.
4 The Love Of Animals
MARCH 15, 2012
You vs. Cat” is the first tablet game designed for human and cat to play together. Cat-like reflexes will be put to the test when the human player launches up to five playing pieces onto the field where they tumble, collide, and bounce around. Humans aren’t the only species vying for gaming supremacy when it comes to “You vs. Cat.”
10,000 Birds
JUNE 25, 2015
Eurasian Griffon Vultures are flying towards the restaurant (occasionally visited by Brown Bear , too). It is still early and their young are in the nests, at the cliff ledges, but later in the season the lake will be full of females followed by trains of chicks. At some rock faces we see juveniles on their nesting ledges.
4 The Love Of Animals
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
But, pets also become bona fide family members with which we establish genuine relationships—incomparable emotional bonds that can have extraordinarily positive physical and psychological impacts on humans. The rewards of training a dog to perform a new trick, for example, can teach kids the importance of perseverance.
10,000 Birds
MAY 26, 2022
In the usual human-centric way of thinking prevailing then (and maybe now – Alstroem’s Leaf Warbler, anyone?), This is because, in China, winter heating at least traditionally depends on location. It was named after the American ornithologist Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), the founder of the American Ornithologist Union.
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