Critter News

JUNE 1, 2009

A farm-animal breeder who ran what a prosecutor called "the zoo from hell" was convicted Tuesday of animal cruelty. The animals included ducks, chickens, guinea hens, rabbits, sheep, dogs and cats. Tags: animal cruelty farm animal welfare us. And people wonder why I'm so disappointed by humans.

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New York Zoos Animal Cruelty New York City 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Egyptian tomb painting depicting duck hunting in the marshes, from the eBook version of Birds and Us, © 2022, Tim Birkhead and Princeton University Press. There’s an intimacy to these stories, the memories connected to the telling of the histories, that’s appealing and a bit surprising.

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Dissection Birds Research Europe 216

Animal Person

JUNE 26, 2009

There have been inquiries as to the possible relationship between his dissection of cats in school and the 19 counts of cruelty he is being charged with. Felony animal cruelty is the cruel killing of an animal, and he is also being charges with 19 counts of improperly disposing of an animal body.) Or maybe that's not so surprising.

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Cats Dissection Cougars Pigs 100

Animal Ethics

AUGUST 21, 2012

Foie gras is the diseased liver of ducks or geese that have been force-fed through pipes shoved down their throats. PETA urges everyone to avoid this product of cruelty to animals. GABE WALTERS Counsel, PETA Foundation Norfolk, Va.,

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Foie Gras New York Times New York Ethical Treatment 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

The sitting duck of a crow was surrounded by a group of teenagers who were not eco-friendly. Sometimes the human capacity for both cruelty and compassion can balance out in the life of a single bird. Somehow one day Russell ended up standing in the parking lot between them, his wing broken and hanging.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Montana Compassion Cruelty 191

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2016

Yeah, we got great looks at the swamphens and also had Mottled Ducks , Gray Kingbird , Yellow-crowned Night-Heron , baby Common Gallinules , and Black-necked Stilts but the lack of a Least Bittern was indicative of Carlos’s inability to get the truly hard birds. We saw twenty-one swamphens but not a single Least Bittern. Some guide!

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Florida Birds Miami Owls 117