10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

I want to talk about this research but if you really want to know more about it, don’t rely on me; one of the co-authors of this important paper is Darren Naish, who happens to be a stupendous blogger, and he has written the research up here. Whales are cows. The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. Cows do not.

Camels 202

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 202

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2016

This property is also a site with vernal pools and uses cattle grazing for vegetation control. Since cows can destroy nest site entrances, eight inch square concrete blocks were used as foyers at the tunnel entrances. Journal of Raptor Research 27:175-179., www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4HxJ0pIp0. v=TG4HxJ0pIp0. Paper 4505.

Owls 101

Owls California 2010 Colorado 101

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

This Cattle Egret has just read a paper stating that it would be 3.6 times more efficient in its foraging if there were cows around. Now comes my question: Which of the two categories described do you think this paper belongs to? No wonder it looks a bit pissed off.

Birds 162

Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

Animal Ethics

JUNE 10, 2009

To the Editor: Re “ Greening the Herds: A New Diet to Cap Gas ” (news article, June 5): Your article about reducing methane emissions from dairy cows is welcome because of the attention it draws toward the substantial contribution that both beef and dairy cattle make to global warming.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Cattle Cows 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

We remember starlings not skylarks, House Sparrows not Eurasian Tree Sparrows , Cattle Egrets not… well, whatever we’ve forgotten because it didn’t do as well as the Cattle Egrets. It’s just that the exceptions are so much more attention-grabbing. And after all, some birds have to expand their range sometimes.

Montana 137

Montana 2011 New York Bahamas 137

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. These threats are further exacerbated by the naturally low reproductive rates of these cavity-nesting birds.

Peru 255

Peru Parrots 2011 South America 255

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

If beef cattle who could not feel pain were developed, then it would be permissible to eat them. KBJ: Martin seems to think that people who abstain from meat on the ground that meat-eating causes pain would not eat “beef cattle” even if they could not feel pain. Scientific research and expertise are needed here.

Morals 40

Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40