10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

One year we found an impressively big calidus Peregrine, feeding on a Wigeon that it had killed. Kerkini’s most famous mammal is the domesticated Water Buffalo – large herds are kept around the lake. Such an abundance of wildfowl attracts Peregrines. Despite appearances, they are remarkably docile.

Greece 216

Greece Pelicans Geese Buffalo 216

4 The Love Of Animals

DECEMBER 6, 2010

An entire lion pride battles a large buffalo to down the beast. A blood feud erupts when scavenging hyenas move in on the kill. Beyond the blood and gore lies a stark reality: Big cats kill to live and live to kill. Leopards creep from the bushes to hunt and retreat into the trees before falling prey to larger killers.

Cats 100

Cats Lions Leopards Botswana 100

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Most likely orphaned by poachers who killed her mother for profit, the one-year-old baby is believed to have been subsequently attacked by local Maasai tribesmen who were angry about losing their traditional grazing land to the park. The spear had penetrated ten inches, rupturing her sinuses, which prevented her from using her trunk to drink.

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Elephants Kenya Wounded Rhinos 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Donna Fernandes, president of the Buffalo Zoo, witnessed a wake for a female gorilla, Babs, who had died of cancer at Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. I also watched a red fox bury her mate after a cougar had killed him. People have reported dolphins struggling to save a dead calf by pushing its body to the surface of the water.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100