10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2022

If you live in Australia, do not even think of getting this bird as a pet, as “99.99% of these Galahs sold in Australian markets are trapped from the wild” (source). On the other hand, the Black Kite is a raptor not known for integrity – Black Kites are opportunistic hunters and are more likely to scavenge ( source ).

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Birds Australia Parrots Memphis 147

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2015

I spent a lot of time with Efe Pygmy hunters in the deep forest, and I spent a certain amount of time either entirely alone or with only one other researcher, this or that American. But in the absence of Efe Pygmy hunters, we ran into ground mammals much more frequently, and not because we were doing a better job of sneaking around.

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Birds Research Humane Pets 119

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 3, 2010

In literature as well as life, the ideal is the safely rescued animal finds the perfect home and becomes the perfect pet. My second favorite rescue story is that of Hunter, a beagle-ish dog that my daughter and son-in-law adopted from a shelter in Massachusetts. The work of shelters and breed rescue organizations is vital.

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Pit Bulls Rescue Massachusetts Feral Cats 100

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

Dogs can see really well at night as they are great hunters and years ago would hunt in low light levels, so their vision has evolved in order to help them hunt. Our canine companions have incredibly large pupils, and the size of the overall eye is determined by breed. Night vision and hunting.

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Hunting Dogs Humane Hunters 100

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

In the notes, she explains that she uses " nonhuman companion and nonhuman friend with reference to nonhumans treated with full respectl I use pet with reference to nonhumans who are sold, discarded, or otherwise disrespected" (204). Through semantic reversal, fishers (like hunters) pretend to promote rather than destroy life" (67).

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Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2023

Given that the Black Kite is politely described as an “opportunistic hunter” – which includes the fact that they are more likely to scavenge than most other raptors – the name choice of the company protecting the world’s cyber ecosystem is a bit weird. No surprise then that the species is listed as Vulnerable.

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Birds Iraq China Ireland 130

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

The population decline is generally blamed on habitat destruction and introduced predators, but inter-breeding may also be to blame. Furthermore the migratory shorebirds that leave our shores to travel to their breeding grounds in the north risk habitat loss on their stopover feeding grounds.

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