10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
One study found that there seems to be some work sharing among the breeding adults – the male had a higher visitation rate of the nest while the female was the only one that brooded. If Adam Smith had known this, he would have pointed out that his pin factory example more or less has the same rationale behind it.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 5, 2020
Shanghai is located on the coast of the East China Sea and lies right on the East Asian–Australasian Flyway. This means that every year, millions of birds fly by the city on their way between their breeding grounds in Northern Asia and their wintering spots in Southeast Asia and Australia. And yet it is.
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Animal Person
AUGUST 12, 2010
It's also a factory farm. The marketing of an operation of breeding and slaughtering sentient nonhumans as a family farm (here, Bell straddles the line) is supposed to trigger some kind of compassion for the humans. The important word in the phrase "family farm" is the same word that is important in "factory farm."
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
These Burrowing Owl photos were taken at a rare breeding site in Vacaville California. These were taken right outside the golf course fence and within a hundred feet of a car dealership parking lot. If this bird doesn’t deserve this conservation award, I don’t know what species does. Click on photos for full sized images.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2013
And the magic factories are two neighbors, Green Cay Wetlands and Wakodahatchee Wetlands. Nearly every species of heron and egret in North America forage only feet away, some of them in their dazzling breeding displays. Right in the open. We exit the car and enter magic factory number two. A young Bobcat!
Animal Person
AUGUST 10, 2010
And they certainly wouldn't hurt anybody; that's what those big factory farms do that aren't owned by families. Their goal is to make a profit from the breeding and slaughter of animals. Just ask former cattle rancher Howard Lyman , who is now a vegan and animal rights activist. The cows' tails swing in the breeze.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 9, 2022
. … Nest dismantling by the Hair-crested Drongo may be an adaptive behavior to increase fitness by reducing risk of future predation and competition for nest sites in the following breeding season” ( source ). The Brown Crake is not that easy to see in Shanghai even though it is breeding here. ” ( source ).
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