Animal Person

APRIL 21, 2009

On the left, you'll see this: Concepts. Project Treadstone. Responsible Policies. More >> Animals. More >> Category. More >> Players. New York Times. More >> Places. Kazakhstan. New York City.

Animal Rights 100

Animal Rights Project Treadstone Rights Responsible Policies 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 13, 2009

The voices of Jim Vandersluis and Cheri Ezell-Vandersluis of Maple Farm Sanctuary were especially poignant, and the anguish in their faces--in their eyes--jumps off the screen as they explain how and when it hit them that the business of raising goats for milk requires surrendering the babies to be slaughtered. For all of us.

Farm Sanctuary 100

Farm Sanctuary Slaughter Slaughtered Speciesism 100

Animal Person

MARCH 11, 2010

The big change, of course, was my realizing that I didn't feel any remorse for having to eat animals and plants to live. The same is true for cows, pigs, fishes, turkeys, chickens, buffaloes, sheeps, goats, and many other nonhuman animals whom we call "food." This isn't about what we should eat. That's a matter of personal conscience.

Killing 100

Killing Vegan Buffalo Goats 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

This is how he ended up living on Nonsuch, an island on which every tree had been felled, all grass eaten by goats, which had formerly been home to a yellow fever hospital and a reform school. A particularly good type of fertilizer, for example, drastically increased the population of crabs, spoiling Bermuda’s golf courses.

Birds 169

Birds Rats Breeding 2012 169

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Heading south on a good surfaced road, we made slow progress through the herds of cattle, donkeys and goats that thronged the highway, until we finally reached the land of the Konso. Pods of Hippopotamus snorted at us, however the keen birders were more enthralled at finding the highly localized Northern Masked Weaver.

Ethiopia 245

Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 245

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2012

The material on Bermuda is particularly engrossing, illustrating what it is like to be a researcher in a remote area of the seemingly-glamorous Bahamas, studying birds and counting berries at sites called the Goat Farm and Dead Dog Road. There are also the larger issues of negotiating with the Bermuda government and its landowners for access.

Michigan 234

Michigan Bahamas Endangered Species Research 234

Animal Ethics

APRIL 3, 2007

Lambs, goats, birds were sacrificed at home, at temples and on altars themselves. Through the course of history, countless animals died to save human souls. Prior to Jesus' death on the cross, animal sacrifices were a common and vital part of every family's worship experience. The animals took the place of humans.

Lamb 40

Lamb Goats Humane Animal 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2022

Of course, if science is not for you, you can also look for the Spiritual Meaning of Willie Wagtail (“Unlock the amazing secrets of this spiritual symbol”) here. ” Of course, as a certified cat person, I was delighted to see a Green Catbird near Brisbane. Just please do not return to this website afterward.

Birds 234

Birds Australia Ducks Mountain Goats 234

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Of course, there were plenty of big game around, and so I will post a few of those shots at the end of this posting. The Rocky Mountain Goats were the same thing, saw them, got a shot, but from 800 yards away, it really isn’t much to write home about. Of course there were literally hundreds of Bison.

Wyoming 106

Wyoming Wolves Grizzly Bear Mountain Goats 106

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

Then of course, we have amazing birds such as Wallcreeper , Hoopoe , and Black Woodpecker. It is not unusual to drive by a farm building and see a bunch of Greater Rheas on the farm’s fenced-in pasture next to sheep or goats. We have, for instance, very beautiful birds, like European Bee-eater , Blue Tit , and Kingfisher.

Germany 250

Germany Birds 2000 South America 250

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. And it is a rate of extinction that is speeding up! … Extinction is forever.

Mauritius 172

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 172

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

And some of the extinctions were of small animals, like the many dwarf goats and elephants in the Mediterranean. It is correct, of course, to think of extinction this way during the Holocene Extinction, which we are living through right now. Some of these giants were lost surprisingly recently – the last mammoths around 1700 BC.

Marsupials 170

Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2014

This past weekend the listservs, Facebook, text services, Twitter, word-of-mouth, weather radar, the calendar, and the entrails of a sacrificial goat all indicated that migration was happening. And, of course, the wood-warblers. And was it ever! Reports abounded of a huge variety of birds, from thrushes to nightjars, terns to vireos.

New York City 172

New York City New York Kentucky Abandon 172

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2012

Northern Carmine Bee-eater riding an Arabian Bustard by Markus Lilje/Rockjumper Birding Tours Northern Carmine Bee-eaters in particular are masters of this trait, and rides range from elephants, donkeys and goats to Kori and Arabian Bustards, Abyssinian Ground Hornbills and a variety of other larger birds and mammals.

Africa 265

Africa Gabon South Africa Uganda 265

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

And of course you’ll be keen to keep an eye open for Mantell’s Moa , one of ten species you should see on your tour. Of course, excited as you will be by these magnificent ratites, we have other targets here. This species, the smallest, is endemic to North Island and should be fairly common in the wet lowland forests.

New Zealand 205

New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 205

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2013

Humans, and the rats, pigs, goats, dogs, cats, snakes, mosquitos and disease they bring with them have wiped out species after species on islands. Slowly over the course of three weeks the growing wren embryos consumed the cat until they were almost full term. The Stephen’s Island Wren is one of of a long list.

Feral Cats 200

Feral Cats Eggs Cats Feral 200

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2022

Of course, the Common Cuckoo is generally seen in a rather negative way due to its way of dealing with bringing up its chicks. We Germans of course chose a much more aggressive national bird to match our (hopefully only past) militaristic instincts: the white-tailed eagle. But it is not easy. Back to real birds.

Birds 190

Birds Sparrows Protection Humane 190