10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2023
You might think that birds don’t change the world, birds are the world – but by his odd title, Ten Birds That Changed the World, author Stephen Moss means, he says, that birds have, in various ways, led to “paradigm shifts” in human history. Mostly, Moss’s tidbits make for interesting, if well-trod, stuff. What claptrap.
Critter News
APRIL 1, 2009
He asked whether cows, chickens, sheep and some of the other animals that we eat are usually treated and killed in a humane manner. The meat industry will say yes, of course, all animals are treated and killed humanely. In my opinion, the crux of the question touches on what is “humane.” Here is my opinion.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
After all, what was thought as its habitat was heavily deteriorated and converted to agriculture as the human population grew. This came as rumor of a turkey-like bird occurs in the steep canyons on the foothill of the western Andes. Nobody had seen a White-winged Guan and they were not expected to persist in such disturbed area.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2016
It is threatened by habitat degradation as a result of the human exploitation of natural resources in the taiga and lower tundra regions of its breeding range, and by lake drainage for irrigation and hydroelectric power production (Armenia).” We, humans, seem to be quite hostile neighbours to other life forms around us.
Animal Ethics
NOVEMBER 16, 2008
It is certainly true that the world’s marine stocks—large fish even more than small ones—are being depleted by human demand at a catastrophic rate. As with many other environmental issues, the real problem is excess population, and the only solution is human population control. Laura Frisk Encinitas, Calif., Lawrence S.
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