10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The subject is one that comes up a lot in this blog and other bird blogs, the subject of cats and their effect on wildlife. As most people know cats, both feral and domestic, have a pretty big impact on wild birds and other wildlife, and the effect of mammals is particularly profound in New Zealand.

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New Zealand Possums SPCA Cats 124

10,000 Birds

MARCH 28, 2014

After scrolling through piles of furious emails regarding a recent blog about Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest , it seemed to me that all of us needed Dr. Phil. The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. And being anti-hunting does not weaken our position when it comes to contest killing.”. It will never happen.

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Killing Hunting Hunters Possums 260

Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

We do have a possum and a raccoon that live somewhere on the property. Birds seem to be mostly some kind of common looking grayish speckled yard birds that I don't know what they are. Birds seem to be mostly some kind of common looking grayish speckled yard birds that I don't know what they are.

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Rats Mice Rodents Chipmunks 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

I’ve written at length about the specific vulnerability of insular faunas and the catastrophic extinctions caused by the arrival of rats, mice, ferrets, cats and possums (amongst others), here in New Zealand fully half the pre-human bird species were lost.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 267

Critter News

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Peta called on authorities to add cruelty to animals to the arson charge laid against a 39-year-old man on Friday in connection with a bushfire in rural Victoria state that killed 21 people. This tragedy has shown the best and worst in people,' Mr Baker said.

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Koalas Animal Rights PETA Rights 100