10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Formerly distributed across parts of southeastern Brazil from the state of Bahia to Rio de Janeiro, this Brazilian endemic suffered dramatic declines due to chronic loss of its lowland Atlantic forest habitat. Having a family of endangered Red-billed Curassow willingly approach me to within such a short distance is definitely one of them!

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Brazil California Condor Parrots Texas 206

Critter News

FEBRUARY 24, 2009

This is definitely a situation that could have been stopped early on. How much suffering and death resulted from this family's practices? This is a good article about the puppy mills operated by a Western Washington woman and her parents. The article is particularly thorough and damning.

Puppy Mills 100

Puppy Mills Puppies Animal Abuse Animal Cruelty 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

However, birders should definitely keep an eye out for this petrel during pelagic trips that reach or pass the continental shelf. It’s an unfortunate answer that reflects the steady decrease in population suffered by this parrot king of the tropical dry forest.

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Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 248

10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2012

They all assured me, of course, that the bird had just disappeared and would most definitely reappear shortly but they, it goes without saying, had already seen the bird. I like even more when the bird waiting to be added is a wood-warbler, especially one that I ought to have added long ago. Twenty minutes later the bird had still not shown.

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Dominica New Jersey Washington 2008 178

10,000 Birds

APRIL 27, 2019

I couldn’t find any definitions for the biozones and although maybe none are needed for “Lowland Rainforest”, I would have liked one for “Highland Forest” because based on the map, this biozone seems to refer to paramo and adjacent high elevation forest.

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Costa Rica Parrots Birds West Virginia 113

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

While still in my 30′s I did not feel any differences to being in my 20′s, but the early 40′s make it clear once and for all that I have definitely left my youth behind. Then again, science is definitely wrong in stating that goatsuckers have legs. This sounds – and is – dark. Legs: The Expendables 2.

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Goats Indonesia Science Experience 186

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2012

Daisy had heard of an organization called YANA (You Are Not Alone), that was distributing relief supplies to those who had suffered from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, and that needed warm clothes and other supplies for children, so she prepared a box of clothes that Desi had outgrown, along with wipes and diapers. People are too.

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Battery Birds Suffering New York City 102

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2022

Another puzzling thing to me, as for me, the ideal number of people to live with would be somewhere between zero and one but definitely not above 1. Side note: Indeed, if you follow the titles of newly published books, you will see that there is a constant flow of “Reverse harem” publications. End of side note.

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Birds South Korea Japan Abandon 162

Animal Person

SEPTEMBER 19, 2009

My point is that being surrounded by the sights and smells of death and suffering isn't what I'd call "friendly" to me as a vegan. And by that definition, Morton's and Ruths Chris are both "vegan-friendly." So what does "vegan-friendly" really mean? I assume that's what it means.

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Vegan Vegetarian Chicago Ethics 100

Animal Person

OCTOBER 22, 2010

Charles is looking down on me, Charles' soul is running, Charles is with Lars Axl Fokker (Emily's son, to whom she passed her Feline Infectious Peritonitis, which he suffered from before we euthanized him nearly a decade ago). Charles is definitely with me in spirit, but I don't know if there is a spirit.

Greyhounds 100

Greyhounds Adoptable Suffering Collecting 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 26, 2013

We all thought the kindest approach would be to end her suffering, but then…she raised her head and looked directly at me. She chirped a quiet but definite message, and everyone in the room understood she was not done with life yet. Not only were her organs exposed, the entire area was alive with maggots.

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Eagles Wounded Bald Eagle Wisconsin 229

Animal Person

JUNE 22, 2009

Stephanie's post about " The Compassionate Hypocrite " on Saturday reminded me of what Catherine Friend and other " compassionate carnivores " are doing in addition to twisting the definition of compassionate beyond recognition. It's impersonal and hideously ugly and the animals suffer greatly. It's cruel. No argument here.

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Factory Farm Factory Farming Slaughter Slaughtered 100

Animal Person

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

This is irksome, as the premise is that we need to save the animals (and which ones is an interesting discussion) because we will suffer if they are gone. The part that I definitely believe is laudable, and I can get behind, is in the final chapter: "Exploited to Extinction.".

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Polar Bears California Condor Bald Eagle Lions 100

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 29, 2008

Once a definite social movement got under way in the West with its objective the restricting of man's treatment of animals, it moved with relative rapidity. There is far from being a precise analogy, however, between the importance attached to animal and to human suffering.

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Animal Cruelty 2004 Cruelty Vivisection 40

4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 2, 2011

When I told them Angel’s name, they said it was definitely the perfect name for her. He told me he had suffered a severe heart attack and had no idea why he had been outside by his van at that hour! We stayed like that with Angel right by him until the police and ambulance got there.

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Tenant Shelters Puppies Minnesota 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

Magical“ is one of those words that suffer from overuse and I usually avoid it – but in this case, I cannot think of a better description. Lake Kerkini is not just one of the best birding spots of Greece – it is most definitively among the very best in the whole of Balkans. A „ magical place “, he calls it in that chapter of his book.

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Greece Pelicans Serbia Eagles 181

Animal Ethics

MARCH 8, 2009

These people abstain from eggs and dairy products the production of which involves suffering for the animals. To avoid this complication, Martin should have stipulated that no suffering is involved in the production of animal legs. Suffering is more than pain. Think of the suffering involved in solitary confinement.

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian Morals Suffering Vegan 40

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2017

The deceased hawk was definitively identified as Ezra, who had been banded in 2006. Only a little for Ezra, whose suffering was quickly ended, and certainly not for Red-tailed Hawks as a whole – the species is numerous, widespread, adaptable, and not in a position to be devastated by the loss of a single breeding individual.

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Feral Cats Suffering Montana 2006 105

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Apparently, somebody once made quite an effort to describe the different plumages of the Orange-backed Woodpecker : the natal down, the juvenile (first basic) plumage, the formative plumage, the second basic plumage, the third basic plumage, and the definitive basic plumage.

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Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 176

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry. By definition, it’s a feeling that one tries to hide. Shirley and Jenny, two female elephants, were reunited after living apart for 22 years. They were brought separately to the Elephant Sanctuary in Hohenwald, Tenn., Photo by Ginger Me.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2013

They feed on small fish and recent research is showing that the smaller male bird suffers more than the female during chick rearing. I sat in the area for some time watching other shorebirds and then the Brown Booby had definitely gained strength and I was fairly confident that the bird would return to the sea once the tide reached it.

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Australia Rescue Suffering Research 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

The map positioned next to Turquoise-browed Motmot is definitely the map for Blue-throated Motmot (I checked both Neotropical Birds and Handbook of the Birds of the World website). However, I do think that there are illustrations here that suffer from washed-out blacks and whites that almost blend into the background.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 211

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

link] Duncan Mar 14th, 2011 at 11:20 pm My boss from Tern has let me know that Laysan apparently suffered “significant loss of wildlife and some damage and loss of infrastructure and equipment.&# The islands of French Frigate Shoals are also considerably less substancial than Midway. I see Kure was also badly hit.

2011 173

2011 Deer Pro-Test Wildlife 173

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2012

The rest, I felt and hoped, was the job of my field guide: allow me to make a definite identification of what I was seeing out in the field as quickly as possible and with the least mistakes possible. I suffered, I lost birding time, and I made the most stupid mistakes imaginable.

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Indonesia Family Asia Species 229

10,000 Birds

MAY 1, 2023

If you are suffering from depression, you just have found another reason to go birding. Evil people in Southern China catch the bird and eat it. The photo of a relative of the Grey-capped Greenfinch is featured in an article on how being around birds is linked to lasting mental health benefits.

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Monkeys Birds South Korea Owls 147

10,000 Birds

MARCH 23, 2018

Notwithstanding the immense international success of Guinness, the lighter Irish style suffers somewhat in uninformed judgment alongside the big and bombastic stouts of latter-day American craft brewing. A definite classic: debatably not what it once was or still remains in certain settings, but still enjoyable.

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Campaign Sea Lions Lions Kangaroos 101

Animal Person

DECEMBER 17, 2011

I definitely don't think adding any more creatures of any kind to the house would be a good idea. Nonhuman animals are very much like us, and that includes not wanting to be bumped from the home when a new creature arrives, and getting consistent love and care, and freedom from suffering, for the rest of their lives.

Family 100

Family Greyhounds Adoptable Puppies 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

I think there is a potential joke somewhere in a person saying in an exaggerated French accent “I have no egrets” (try imagining the French accent please, otherwise this is definitely not funny. Even with the French accent, it probably isn’t, but that is another problem).

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Birds Cattle Suffering Turtles 147

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 10, 2020

But no matter where you find them, the search for gulls is often accompanied by its own brand of self-inflicted suffering, for which whisky is the perfect remedy. Most birders would readily admit that gull-watching – or gulling, as it’s often called by adherents – is one of the more peculiar and daunting sides of the hobby.

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Ireland Branding Species Industry 182

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2023

However, for birders not exclusively interested in Japanese T**s, the nearby Tongli National Wetland Park is definitely more relevant. In contrast, even though ex-president Trump has orange hair, this does not definitely identify him as a male human.

Birds 147

Birds Asia Battery Woodpeckers 147