10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2024

Phoebe Snetsinger was an American birder who first passed the 8,000 species mark. Before leaving the safety of the car I heeded the park’s advice and checked for animal tracks belonging to any biting, gnawing, mauling, trampling, stabbing or disembowelling species. Looking left I saw a big, male buffalo behind the bush.

Mozambique 227

Mozambique Birds Ghana Namibia 227

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

The killing of Cecil was equated with murder, a moral crime rather than a symptom of a ecological problem. Conservation is concerned about protecting populations, species, habitats, ecosystems. So now there are lots of lions, and they like buffalo, so now there are less buffalo. And culls of Nyala have been proposed.

Lions 214

Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 214

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 18, 2013

It is responsible for some of the happiest moments of my childhood, the trips to the Buffalo Museum of Science that kindled my passion for nature; and yet, the quest for specimens ushered some of my favorite species of birds out of the world. It is driven by love for animals, but relies on their deaths to exist.

Elephants 157

Elephants Mammals Buffalo Gorillas 157

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2013

I will address two of them in the new year, namely, “Is hunting moral at all?” Most of the people debating this issue are for conservation, they are against wild areas being destroyed and wild species being threatened with extinction. There’s something missing, however, the how. The fund barely attracted any money.

Tigers 176

Tigers Hunting Game Protection 176

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. Stories about animals rescuing members of their own and other species, including humans, abound. Is this moral? Animal Rescues: Feeling Compassion for Those in Need.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2016

All birds are equal on this list; parking lot birds or pelagic species, breeders or fly-overs, all will be accorded the same status and each shall be worth 1 credit on the list. Punta Morales–Cocorocas salinas. Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver – Bubalornis niger. Finca Hamadryas. 09 Jan 2016. Parque do Ibirapuera.

2016 154

2016 Sanctuary Australia Ghana 154