10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2015
Bird brought in by a cat or dog. Even if you do not see an obvious wound, cat or dog saliva, which is full of nasty bacteria, can still get into a bird’s eyes/orifices and will eventually kill the bird; it will just die more slowly and painfully. Suspect” dog or cat interactions. *Emergency!
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 22, 2022
It is not particularly big but has a reported 430 bird species including migrants, though during my short stay it seems I missed most of the key attractions among them. Great White Pelican is not just the name of a non-existent glam-rock band but also of a bird species. Pel’s Fishing Owl, where were you?
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 25, 2015
Early starts are the rule when monitoring endagered species in Mkuze Game Reserve, in South Africa, but there’s a particular urgency to this morning’s start. And the morning before the Mkuze pack of Painted Wolves, or African Wild Dogs, had been very close to one of the park’s few Lions, as far as tracking collars had told.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2015
Its great diversity of habitats hosts an incredible bird count of over 900 species, including Africa’s 2nd highest list of endemics and near-endemics (after South Africa). They adorn their bodies with decorative scarification, a painful process of slicing into the skin and rubbing the wounds with charcoal. Yellow-billed Stork.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2011
The most common species we see are the Stoke’s Sea Snake Astrotia stokesii , Dubois’ Sea Snake Aipysurus duboisii and the Olive Sea Snake Aipysurus laevis. The dog tracks did not lead to any birds, but the wounded snake had a Brahminy Kite on it until I came along on my bike and took a photo.
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.
Animal Ethics
FEBRUARY 25, 2008
What we do to animals shows how we feel about other species. if they see a mistreated dog, and shudder to see a wounded deer in the road. And it is not just at the slaughterhouses but at the factory farms where these animals are tortured from the very beginning of their lives to the horrible end. Bertha Rogers Delhi, N.Y.,
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