10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are not necessarily the biggest African animals, but represented those that were considered a real hunter’s worthy prey or “game” – the African Elephant, Cape Buffalo, Black Rhinoceros, Leopard and king of the jungle, the Lion (which of course doesn’t inhabit jungle but savanna!).

Buffalo 220

Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 220

10,000 Birds

APRIL 29, 2015

By this I mean applying the term antelope to cover all of the family Bovidae, which would include the sheep, goats and ox. In some ways the the flowering of the antelopes as an evolutionary group mirrors our own story, as they benefited and spread widely as the world’s forests gave way to savannah and plains, just like humans.

Africa 177

Africa Hunters Goats Sheep 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2015

Shot an elephant. Is it fair her life was destroyed because hers was public and mine was among family a decade ago? For being a girl that beat a guy in a computer game. For being a feminist with an opinion on comic books, or games. The mobs that once enforced “justice” in the streets now do so online.

Hunters 173

Hunters Hunting Animal Cruelty Game 173

10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2012

Originally they were all placed in the family Capitonidae , but over time taxonomists have determined that actual relationships between these barbets are far more complex. Gray-throated Barbet is one of the plainer members of the African Barbet family. Image taken in Selous Game Reserve, Tanzania.

Ethiopia 244

Ethiopia Tanzania Africa Uganda 244

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

The definition of the word HUNT is “to chase or search for game or other wild animals for the purpose of catching or killing.” Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. Some people think humans are superior to all other life forms.

Hunting 118

Hunting Hunters Gorillas Wolves 118