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Critter News
FEBRUARY 23, 2009
Environmental groups have called on Obama to get rid of the USDA's Dept. of Wildlife Services , which is involved in mainly predator control programs (coyotes are a big target). Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and killed his dog. Ranchers oppose the move.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 8, 2021
An unfortunate side effect of birding in the developing world, is the amount of habitat destruction you are likely to see. The neighbors had advised me, from experience, that planting trees without excluding the local free-ranging livestock would be an exercise in futility: first challenge overcome.) Alas, this is what I must trim.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 27, 2015
Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Syngenta’s product “Talon”—evidently inspired by the talons of the natural pest- controlling birds of prey—uses the active ingredient brodifacoum.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 11, 2017
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) is considering changing the status of the endangered Black-capped Vireo : it has proposed delisting it entirely. The Black-capped Vireo was identified as a “candidate” for listing under ESA in 1982 and it was listed as “endangered” in 1987, when there were approximately 350 birds.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2016
inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers. Up to 100 kg – possibly a female, my guide and a bear researcher from the wildlife charity Callisto, Yannis Tsanakis, tells me. Although one member of the group spotted a mother with two cubs, I have not. In the end, have I seen my bear? Am I disappointed because of that?
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 26, 2013
Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. Hardly the elegant, natural picture deserving of some seriously stunning birds! And what I found made me take a step back in time and reflect upon how truly special these birds are. By 1950, the Louisiana flock was gone.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Growing up in central Oregon, allowed me to experience such a diverse amount of habitat, and the wildlife that resides there. The combination of over hunting, and the native animals susceptibility to diseases carried by domestic livestock that were allowed to graze there, completely eliminated these Bighorns by 1915.
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