Critter News

DECEMBER 14, 2008

If they are not adoptable, oh well, kill them. We do not support or promote feral animals on the base,” flatly stated Bruce Frizzell, head of the Natural Resources and Environmental Affairs office. It is NOT the animals' fault that they have been abandoned to miserable lives. (Of

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10,000 Birds

MAY 26, 2015

What do you think: would you have developed faster and developed better skills or habits if someone older would have encouraged you and provided training and resources at a very early impressionable age? In the grand scheme of things, this is just a small town and only one person was killed due to injuries suffered.

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South Dakota Nebraska Missouri Killing 266

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2011

Besides founding 10,000 Birds and I and the Bird , Mike has also created a number of other entertaining sites and resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network. I can also imagine how much it costs, which kind of kills the dream a bit. 5 Responses to “Want to Go Bird Banding in Amazonian Peru?&# Thanks for visiting!

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Peru 2011 Deer Birds 212

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 2, 2008

Since our food is delivered to us on a bun or in big bags of frozen parts, it’s easy to eat it and not think about what it was or how it was killed. I hope he also knows that choosing a meat-based diet contributes to environmental devastation, involves a disproportionate use of the earth’s resources and causes untold health problems.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. Even more telling, the support the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Commission was expecting from its hunting community simply never materialized.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 258

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? Those who harvest are unfortunately myopic, seeing only the instant gratification of the meal or the kill. Those that are out to kill this species for their own pleasure.

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2011 Hunting Kentucky Hunters 244