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Rip Van Winkle’s Crow Killing Contest

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Some people think it’s just plain fun to kill enormous numbers of animals and pile up their bodies, and when there’s no “bag limit” it’s legal to do so. Obviously killing contests have nothing to do with traditional hunting, and “animal abuse” is normally used when describing domestic animals. This is baloney.

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From the Niagara Frontier: A Book Review of “Birder’s Break”

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But when both birds approached an eagle, it attacked: the hawk was able to evade the eagle, but not so the crow, which was killed instantly. and the Buffalo native Fred Szatkowki. and the Buffalo native Fred Szatkowki. A crow was repeatedly bothering a hawk from above and behind, pecking at the tail feathers.

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Africa’s Big Five and Little Five

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They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

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Can we talk about Cecil the Lion?

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Tell me, what happens if we rip away hunting when hunting protects more wildlife land in Africa than national parks? The killing of Cecil was equated with murder, a moral crime rather than a symptom of a ecological problem. There is a reason we talk about wildlife and habitat conservation, not wildlife and habitat preservation.

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Joy for Orphan Elephants

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Dedicated keepers at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust's Nairobi Elephant Nursery in Kenya protect baby Shukuru from the cold and rain, and the risk of pneumonia, with a custom-made raincoat. The spear had penetrated ten inches, rupturing her sinuses, which prevented her from using her trunk to drink.

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Should is not a Solution

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We all know the answer to that – not thinking at all about the how – how on earth you actually do that – and causing a civil war that has killed hundreds of millions. Kill a president/religious leader/bunch of unfortunate random people and the masses will miraculously agree with you and join your cause. I hear you.

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We Should Kill More Lions

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Assuming you have a passing interest in wildlife, or at the least you know someone that does, and chances are in the last week or so you’ve become aware that some lady from America shot a lion. Cheetahs would be quite happy with you shooting Lions as Lions are bastards that keep stealing their kills.

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