10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

It’s also about human-owl interaction on an individual level and a wider sociocultural level, and ultimately how we can use all this for habitat and bird conservation. As the names and habitats imply, not all owl species are alike, in behavior, adaptation, relationship to humans, and in how humans perceive them.

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 224

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

I once knew a guy who kept and raised cats. It isn’t like not killing the cat is in any way humane, considering the number of animals it will kill over time. To access the entire week’s worth of content just click here. But they don’t live in North America. Unless we put them there. Have you ever seen the Dryfus Lion?

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

What is amazing is that each of these three books is very different in content and tone. We immediately get a sense of the pigeons’ abundance, beauty, and danger to human activity. She portrays humans merged with Passenger Pigeons; the images are then framed to look like 19th century calling cards.

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2017

There is no table of contents to the Species Accounts, the only thing missing from this otherwise well-designed field guide, which is why taxonomic order becomes important. Pieplow has here expanded the scope and raised the bar, making the spectrogram THE core of the field guide.

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North America America Birds New York 178

Animal Ethics

MAY 6, 2009

According to this argument, the view that eating the meat of nonhuman animals is morally permissible but eating the meat of human beings is morally forbidden is analogous to racism or sexism. Moreover, since it is morally wrong to kill and eat human beings, it is morally wrong to kill and eat animals. If not, why not?

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Morals Vegetarian Speciesism Killing 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2024

It seems a bit sad to me that a paper on the Eurasian Tree Sparrow and the House Sparrow has to justify the need for research on these species by arguing this benefits humans: “Sparrow species … live in a close association with people. The first bird I saw in Saigon was less exotic though – a Eurasian Tree Sparrow.

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Vietnam Zebras Birds Sparrows 170

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 29, 2006

According to Dr. Spock: Most families have become more conscious about the fat content of meats, and many are choosing the lower-fat cuts. That animal product is human breast milk. Human breast milk is a near perfect food for human newborns and infants. There is no need for infants to be raised on cow's milk formulas.

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Animal Meat Cows District of Columbia 40

10,000 Birds

APRIL 22, 2012

Charlie was never more content than when she was perched on my shoulder, her wing pressed against my neck and cheek. No human can divine what a mated pair of geese or eagles may feel for one another, but stories abound of birds,especially Canada Geese , who spurned all offers from members of the opposite sex for years after a mate was killed.

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Birds Parrots 2003 Raised 273

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2014

The lower part of this loop often has much less human disturbance than the top half and thus can be more productive. At the furthest reach of the garden, a boardwalk has been built to raise visitors above the forest floor. It can be found on the road which loops off from the main trail. The other attraction is Lago Das Carpas.

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Brazil Birds Transported Game 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 7, 2015

None fly, most are curious and social, which probably contributes to our cultural perception of penguins as one step away from human. The contents are a balance of the visual, the factual, and a form of participant-observation, oriented towards people who know little about penguin habitats, life cycles and conservation issues.

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Penguins New Zealand South Africa Albatross 209