10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

After a brutal colonization that included genocidal campaigns against the Herero (80% killed) and Nama (50% killed) tribes, the Germans lost control when South Africa invaded soon after the declaration of the First World War. This family group is performing their loud croaking territorial calls.

Namibia 250

Namibia Angola Lovebirds South Africa 250

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2009

According to information gathered by Best Friends Animal Society , the charity beneficiary of funds raised by ITo, “cities around the country are passing bills to round up and kill family pets, who simply look like the kind of dog who might attack someone.” The goal is to raise funds to stop the proliferation of BSL.

Legislation 100

Legislation Breeding Animal Cruelty Pit Bulls 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2019

This mass avian exploitation, amazing and repugnant, ultimately met its end through separate campaigns in the United States and Great Britain, each led by women, mostly upper-middle class women. Both campaigns led to the establishment of national, influential conservation organizations–National Audubon Society in the U.S.

Industry 118

Industry Virginia Portland Campaign 118

Animal Person

JUNE 8, 2009

Beloved family pet Dalmatian, Pepper, is stolen, and after several weeks of searching is discovered to have been experimented on at a hospital and died on the table when researchers tried to implant her with an experimental cardiac pacemaker. Let's deconstruct: Part I: Where's Pepper? I addressed this one last week. But not shocked enough.

Animal Welfare 100

Animal Welfare Monkeys Animal Welfare Act Vivisection 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes.

2011 245

2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 245

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The stoats, weasels, rats and the like, are unable to kill the big guys but can make short work of the chicks. To deal with this peril to one of New Zealand’s most important birds (or family of birds, there are five species of kiwi), one bank has been spearheading a campaign to save those chicks.

New Zealand 161

New Zealand Raised Endangered Species Rats 161