10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The book is a grab-bag of facts about the ten birds, mostly culled from other works. Nothing wrong with that, so long as the sources are credited, as they are.) It opens with the ritual, rote denunciation of the forty-fifth American president and all his evil works, thus signaling Moss’s woke virtue. Fine and dandy.

Bald Eagle 166

Bald Eagle Montenegro Campaign Turkey 166

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2016

It’s a good day to be a Double-crested Cormorant —at least for those living in the eastern United States. Birds in the 24 states east of the Mississippi River are now protected from mass culls by a recent court ruling. So the U.S.

Culling 100

Culling Mississippi United States Fish 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2024

Not without reason, this was taken as an insult by the third president of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. Nowadays, the numbers are being controlled through culling. Les animaux sont presque tous sans défense, sans corne et sans queue. Leur figure est bizarre, leur corps et leurs membres mal proportionnés…”. It was awful.

Beavers 146

Beavers Netherlands Eagles Geese 146

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

This was proposed as an example of what we now call “stabilizing selection” … variation is constantly introduced into populations, but every now and then “selective forces” culls the variation out. And by “finding” I mean intersecting with a moving vehicle. Well, this is actualy about birds too.

Killing 204

Killing South Africa Nebraska Collecting 204

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals.

Wildlife 247

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 247

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

What’s even more frustrating is when animal rights people learn of plans to cull nonnative species. on a daily basis, both legally and otherwise. The birds had evolved without a predator like this, and with the new snake having no predators, it had no problem decimating the island’s birdlife.

Animal Rights Movement 218

Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 218