Ducks Hunting Raised Rats 
10,000 Birds
MAY 3, 2011
The haunting call of the West Indian Whistling Duck has long been a sound synonymous with the ever-shrinking wetlands of the Caribbean. The whistling duck call carries with it the crimes of big business, the failures of governments and the ignorance of irresponsible hunters. They are also the rarest. Until recently.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 6, 2014
Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Most people oppose large-scale, indiscriminate, hunting of birds but it still happens all over the world. Amsterdam Duck. And it is a rate of extinction that is speeding up! Mauritius Owl. Black-fronted Parakeet.
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