10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

Feral cats have been able to adapt very well in Australia and have grown larger over the years and can survive in areas that you would not expect. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.

Australia 157

Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

They need another day or two to figure out how to use the flappy things on the sides of their body and yeah for a week they are going to be awkward in their movements and very vulnerable to predation (especially cats, keep them indoors) but this adults hang out and watch them. Birds of prey look cool, but they can’t count.

Birds 266

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 266

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Nestling songbirds fed hamburger and cat food,” wrote Sean O’Brien. And scrambled eggs,” added Hilary Lewis. “I Perhaps she had been watching Monty Python’s Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.). “I wrote Maryjane Angelo. I opened the box, and there was a bowl of raw hamburger meat in there for him to eat.”

Squirrels 250

Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

Nonnative species have huge impacts on wildlife species everywhere… mice kill seabird chicks in their burrows, rats eat endangered bird eggs, overpopulated deer clear the understory of forests, pigs root out native plants and terrestrial animals, cats kill anything they can get their paws on. For example, when the U.S.

Animal Rights Movement 243

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 243

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

Each year tens of thousands of these gulls go to the islands and each pair will lay three eggs. Most of these clutches of eggs will hatch to produce three fluffy and adorable chicks. The island was being ravaged by rabbits that were destroying every last tree, threatening the future of three lizards and two snakes.

Animal Rights 270

Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 270

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Rats arrived on ships and cats, foxes and rabbits were all introduced and they were all detrimental to the bird population. Foxes have also been known to take their eggs and there are now numerous local groups who endeavour to help the populations of Hooded Plovers along their local coastlines.

Species 183

Species Australia Birds Parrots 183