10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

A flock of small birds at the dyke, Yellowhammers mostly… I cannot see well because of one enthusiastic hunting dog which takes pleasure in running through the snow and flushing them up whenever the birds land. Watch for the dark beaks.” Yeah, right. In this light, all beaks are dark! An hour and 20,000+ geese later, we head back.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

For two years — years when I was learning to walk, talk, and name the animals that lived in the woods behind my parents farm, years when the roots of my own engagement with the environment were planted — the black-footed ferret was North America’s premier extinct mammal, gone forever with the Passenger Pigeon and the Great Auk.

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Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 188

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

The Aruban Burrowing Owl hunts primarily from the ground, hopping and running after lizards, insects, and small mammals. These owls use the tunnels of other species as their nesting burrows, and so can be found associated with ground squirrels, tortoises, and prairie dogs.

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Prairie Dogs Tortoises Owls South America 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2012

If we get close enough we might see a pink maw and slivers of white teeth, ready to take a prairie dog by the throat and choke the life out but also rather perversely adorable. We watch as she dashes across the short, sparse grass to the next prairie-dog burrow to the left. We’re only doing this for her.

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Reddit Animals

MAY 6, 2023

2) If the rabbit is in danger such as from your cat or dog try to release it out of the perimeter. 3) Rabbits have one of the highest caloric milks among mammals so cows milk isn’t going to cut it. If it’s bad weather or construction work you can take it in but at that point the clock starts ticking.

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Rabbits Wildlife Rehabilitation Kittens Fox 52

Critter News

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The first episode featured three dogs: Noche, a terrier who displayed food and people aggression; Willa, a puppy mill rescued Scottie with neurological problems and a cute wobble; and Wiley, a rescued dog who loses a leg because of a hit-and-run. My hands-on experience is with small mammals/critters and cats.

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Puppy Mills Pit Bulls Animal Sanctuary Emotional 100

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 10, 2012

” It was half in the gravel and very exposed to the numerous people and dogs who use the trail daily. Muir, thankfully, was not the least interested in the smaller mammal, and only a little confused about why our walk had been interupted. Leaving it there did not seem like a good option. A different Hoary Bat, on a better day.

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Bats Wildlife Rehabilitation Missouri Montana 136

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Photos courtesy of Mosetlha Bush Camp A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg. They raise their trunks, sniffing the air.

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South Africa Africa Game Elephants 224

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2015

For you and me, there are about 200 bird species, but for proper tourists, there seem to be only five species in the reserve: Bengal Tiger , Leopard , Sloth Bear , Indian Wild Dog (Dhole) and the Gaur. burning bright, In the forests of the night… Trips India Mammals' Grey-headed Fish Eagle Copyright © Nitin Bhardwaj.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2022

Tianmashan bonus mammal: a Raccoon Dog – though it looks a lot like a raccoon, it is actually more closely related to foxes than to raccoons. This place is also the preferred option for those birds – such as this S winhoe’s White-eye – which prefer showers to full baths.

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Raccoons Birds Oregon China 221

Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2009

I think that ocean life, with the exception of mammals, are often overlooked because they are not the sentient, communicating species that we identify with, like primates, dogs, cats, etc. I'm not sure how this fits into my support of animal rights though. If you are eating a fish, you are still eating a living thing.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2015

Not only do we take care of zillions of injured and orphaned birds/mammals/reptiles/whatever, we also have to deal with and educate the public. People brought us a Brewer’s Blackbird nestling they’d fed hot dogs and spaghetti,” wrote Veronica Bowers. “He Wildlife rehabilitators are a multi-tasking lot. wrote Maryjane Angelo.

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Squirrels Hamburgers Chickens Wildlife Rehabilitation 250

4 The Love Of Animals

JUNE 3, 2010

Perhaps the most well known mosquito born disease, heartworms can be fatal to dogs and occasionally cats and foxes. Heartworm larvae are carried by mosquitoes and then transmitted to the dog’s bloodstream when the mosquito bites. Once the worms hatch, they reach the dog’s heart, eventually causing death if not treated soon enough.

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Protection Pets Horses Humane 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 30, 2012

I am accustomed to seeing a Coyote or two on each visit I make to the park in the early morning before bikers, dog-walkers, joggers, and humanity in general get out and about. If you want to see more great galleries of mammals (and, of course, birds) check out 10,000 Clicks , our big and growing collection of gallery posts!

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Coyotes California Mammals Sparrows 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Unfortunately, developers are hungrily eying the 70-acre parcel despite some local opposition and the fact that it is a wetland that provides excellent habitat to a variety of birds (to say nothing of mammals, insects, etc).

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New York City New York Birds Homelessness 153

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Cats, dogs, and other small pets are much more vulnerable than humans to dust and vapors that settle near the floor for any project that requires good ventilation like painting, sanding, or pulling up carpet, clean up thoroughly before bringing a pet home after a home improvement project. Sweep, vacuum, and dust after the project.

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Pets Dallas Mammals Suffering 100

Animal Person

APRIL 21, 2009

Also, that's how you get the cat-and-dog-and-horse (and maybe dolphin) people to cross over into a world where cuteness isn't the primary concern. The goal is to provide blogospheric content that is easy to find, and from a variety of sources. On the left, you'll see this: Concepts. Project Treadstone. Responsible Policies. New York Times.

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Animal Rights Project Treadstone Rights Responsible Policies 100

Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

intelligence, having a sense of past and future, having social ties, being a mammal or a bird). No living group of nonhuman animals--no existing species of invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or nonhuman mammal--is ancestral to humans.

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Speciesism Apes Advocacy Salamander 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 15, 2015

The park did have a pack of African Wild Dogs, or Painted Wolves, the species I had gone to Africa to see. They had been the species I’ve most wanted to see, above any bird or fish or mammal, for many years, and they didn’t remotely disappoint. I’ll be writing more about them soon, when I can find the words.

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South Africa Elephants Africa Lions 147

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Dogs are able to detect diseases such as cancer and diabetes and warn humans of impending heart attacks and strokes. It’s not surprising that animals—especially, but not only, mammals—share many emotions with us because we also share brain structures—located in the limbic system—that are the seat of our emotions. by Marc Bekoff.

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4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2009

Also that evening, attendees can bid on exclusive pet prizes such as a custom-designed dog house, created by Animal Planet’s canine carpenter David Leon. And not just dogs and cats: goats, cows, and even tortoises have been rescued by Animal Care.

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New York City Animal Adoptable New York 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2014

They took dogs to Australia, chickens across the Pacific, rabbits to England, horses to the New World, and then brought potatoes back. There were no mammals, little game, and not many birds either. In many ways, that is exactly what happened. Part of the world they wanted to transport was natural.

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New Zealand Possums Rabbits Ferrets 161

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

That for the latter nature went on without them, letting them observe, seems to be proved by the fact that there doesn’t seem to be a big difference in your chance of getting wounded by a small to medium forest mammal if you are hunting them or if you are gathering plant products. It all depends on the dogs. But I digress.

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Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 170

10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2011

Why, then, shouldn’t other animals (chiefly mammals, although Peterson discusses birds to a limited extent as well) living in other groups get similar benefits from similar behaviors specifically adapted to their own circumstance?

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Morals Animal Humane Research 111

4 The Love Of Animals

AUGUST 25, 2011

Garth is the author of Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog. Dogs aside, I’ve tended to plenty of small mammals and reptiles in my years, and have seen some pretty interesting things. The Mysterious Case of Fighter the Fighting Fish. by Garth Stein.

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Fish Veal Seattle Cooking 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2013

A dusty-red road leads me through Marico bushveld deeper into the 750 square kilometers large wilderness of the Madikwe Game Reserve – the 4th largest reserve in South Africa, home to 350 bird and 66 mammal species, some 4 hours’ drive from Johannesburg. The two dogs walk right next to our rover and disappear in the dark.

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Africa South Africa Elephants Rhinos 195

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

I’ll never forget my introduction to the mammals of Kruger National Park, South Africa. This is the thing—no matter how devoted you are to birds and birding, once you get to Africa, you can’t resist the mammals. This means you need to pack a mammal guide in addition to your bird guide. Believe me, I tried.

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Rhinos Mammals Animal White Rhinos 243

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2013

She chronicles the history of the cahow, from its first mention in the diaries and letters of the Spanish and British men who explored and sailed away and explored and settled the islands of Bermuda, to its destruction and seeming extinction by the forces that always seem to be at work on island ecological systems—invasive mammals such as pigs, dogs, (..)

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Birds Rats Breeding 2012 169

Animal Ethics

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

The land ethic, in sum, is as much opposed, though on different grounds, to commercial traffic in wildlife, zoos, the slaughter of whales and other marine mammals, etc., dogs, cats, pigs, cows, and chickens); cell 4 (the southeast quadrant) contains domesticated plants. as is the humane ethic.

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Ethics Animal Liberation Whales Whaling 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 22, 2014

Dogs are similarly dispersed across size ranges, with Foxes, Coyotes, and Wolves taking prey across different parts of the size range. billion mammals annually. Mammals cats Invasive Species Week' There is not a wild cat, such as the Wildcat, in North America, at that lower end of the size range for cats. billion birds and 6.9–20.7

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Feral Cats North America Feral Cats 256

4 The Love Of Animals

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Socialize Your Dog to Other Dogs. Socialization is the single best predictor of a dog’s future personality. Well-socialized dogs are calm and unaggressive even in stressful situations. But socialization involves a lot more than just introducing your dog to a few random strangers every few weeks.

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Dogs Puppies Pets Experience 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

New Zealand has been the recipient of a higher than average number of introduced species, in particular a range of mammals from elk to mice. This is quite a big deal for an island group that had no mammals save bats for millions of years. This is a very serious business here in New Zealand.

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Animal Rights Rights New Zealand Animal 265

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2021

Though elderberries have an unpleasant taste when raw and contain alkaloids that are toxic to mammals (birds seem to have no problem enjoying them), cooking improves their flavor greatly and destroys these poisonous substances. While a few dozen places in France were named for Saint Medardus, this dedication in the British Isles is unique.

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France Eagles Shelters Suffering 237

Reddit Animals

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

None of my neighbors have cats and I'm only aware of one dog owner blocks away. but that's pretty much it for mammals. We do have a possum and a raccoon that live somewhere on the property. And I have found one small dead garden snake in the street. Lots of squirrels, chipmunks, deer, rabbits.

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Rats Mice Rodents Chipmunks 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

The average (responsible) dog-owner does not think of his or her dog functioning on instinct, but as a organism with deep emotional ties to its family that seeks out pleasures and avoids pains… which, fundamentally, is how we people operate.

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Emotional Science Birds Mammals 210

Animal Ethics

JANUARY 20, 2008

A brief look at the public outcry concerning Michael Vick’s dog-fighting ring shows just how widely accepted premise (1) is. For example, Carl Cohen, who has argued at length that animals don’t have rights, admits: If animals feel pain (and certainly mammals do,), we humans surely ought cause no pain to them that cannot be justified.

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Vegetarian Meat Ethics Lacto-Ovo 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2018

The disappearance of vultures has allowed other species such as rat and [stray] dog populations to grow. A vulture’s metabolism is a true “dead-end” for pathogens, but dogs and rats become carriers of the pathogens. Oddly, I saw no rats, only a mongoose or two and a few stray dogs.

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India Stray Dog Cows Rats 134