10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2023

During the breeding season, some Cattle Egrets look like teenage girls who have just discovered the existence of make-up, and consequently massively overdo it. But what do I know about the taste preferences of Cattle Egrets. It is probably all downhill from here. What’s next? Identification of subspecies?

Birds 130

Birds Raised Cattle Mammals 130

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2014

Whales emerge from within the larger group of mammals that includes cattle, deer, pigs, camels, with camels being the most deeply rooted. (So The point is, of course, that whales are not cows. So pigs are camels, as you probably already suspected.) The paper that just came out in science has the following spectacular conclusion. As Lee Et.Al

Camels 195

Camels Whales Whaling Apes 195

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

The persecution of these apex predators, especially wolves , is rampant among some hunters and cattle ranchers. But I digress. It is obvious that hunting is NOT conservation.

Hunting 108

Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 108

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2012

That Cattle Egret I found in Somerset County, August 2009? Leafing through The Birds of New Jersey: Status and Distribution is like hanging out with a group of long-time Jersey birders and listening to stories of past rarities, notable birding irruptions, changes, trends. A scarce and very local summer resident in Salem County.

New Jersey 186

New Jersey Birds 2009 Bald Eagle 186

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Thus, the cattle we raise for meat and dairy are sometimes called Bos taurus while the extinct wild form is always called Bos primigenius. This is not entirely unknown among domestic animals, but many domesticates have no living wild version. Bringing animals that would require feed and water at that early stage would have been unwise.

Turkey 197

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 197

10,000 Birds

JULY 10, 2012

All the inhabited continents except Africa have experienced bird extinctions; however the 2012 update of the IUCN Red List shows a startling, but not altogether unexpected, trend in that more and more of our bird species are facing extinction.

Endangered Species 182

Endangered Species Species Morocco South Africa 182

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 11, 2008

Finishing the cattle on grass is a far “greener” method. Specifically, the increasing meat-consumption trend could be reversed if consumers paid the true price for meat. Many of the beef industry’s problems result from feedlots that consume tremendous amounts of grain and that pour out huge sloughs of waste.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Meat Animal Welfare 40