article thumbnail

Symposium explores psychological impacts of euthanasia, depopulation

AVMA News

Speakers at the AVMA Humane Endings Symposium, held January 26-29 in Chicago, shared their personal experiences with depopulation of cattle and sheep for disease control and euthanasia of pigs after a fire.

article thumbnail

Come to Puembo Birding Garden

10,000 Birds

One guide has been taking care of cattle. Please come and visit, find out why Ecuador has long been one of the top birding destinations on the planet, and experience first-hand the amazing birding experience that Ecuador has to offer. Birding guides have been working hard to keep trails open at the lodges.

Ecuador 255
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Last of October 2016)

10,000 Birds

He and his friend Seth did find one good bird at Jacob Riis Park, a continuing Cattle Egret , which is common across large chunks of the world but was only Corey’s sixth sighting in New York State, with the fifth having been the same individual bird during the week last week. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

2016 156
article thumbnail

A World Turned Upside Down

10,000 Birds

Perhaps those people have never had to personally experience increasingly erratic climate patterns. And that this one should choose to spend at least 20 minutes far from the reeds that usually hide it was a new experience for all of us. I understand there are still people out there who deny human-induced climate change.

Ducks 130
article thumbnail

Best Bird of the Weekend (Second of July 2019)

10,000 Birds

i got my fill of cygnets and goslings this weekend, but the best sighting was an adult Cattle Egret that apparently didn’t realize how far Upstate New York was from wherever it should be. If you’ve blogged about your weekend experience, you should include a link in your comment. What was your best bird of the weekend?

2019 129
article thumbnail

A Gathering at Colusa National Wildlife Refuge

10,000 Birds

There had to be at least 100 or more, and when I got closer, I was excited to find several Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ), a species of which a decent photograph had always eluded me. There were not only Cattle Egrets and Great Egrets ( Ardea alba ) but Snowy Egrets ( Egretta thula ) as well.

Wildlife 158
article thumbnail

The return of the Old Man

10,000 Birds

Such an intimate encounter with one of the world’s rarest birds was a memorable experience. On a visit in October 2022, I found ibises feeding with cattle in scruffy roadside paddocks adjacent to the marismas ( photographs below ). Here they were easy to overlook.

Morocco 219