10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2022
Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. Mammals include Western Lowland Gorilla, Forest Elephant and Forest Buffalo, and eleven diurnal primates.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
Pafuri lies in the northernmost part of the Kruger National Park and is described as “some of the most potentially productive birding territory in South Africa” on the SANParks website. A slightly more surprising threat for the vultures comes from elephants. Elephants destroy the trees the vultures live and nest in.
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Critter News
AUGUST 16, 2008
I don't know how to call this one.will it help or hurt the elephant population in the long run? Either way, I hate these incredibly intelligent animals being "harvested" as "product." Tags: ivory africa CITES poaching china elephants. Britain was one of nine countries which supported the move.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 30, 2020
No doubt, the big five of Sri Lanka include the biggest of the big ever – the Blue Whale , followed by Sperm Whale , Asian Elephant , Leopard and Sloth Bear. Blue Whale – 80%, Sperm Whale on 1 in 3 trips, Asian Elephant 100%, Leopard on 1 in 2 game drives, Sloth Bear on 1 in 3 game drives. Product details.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2020
If you read my last post, you will know that my last three weekly outings were not overly productive, as far as birds are concerned. I immediately remembered the Sandra Boynton cartoon of an elephant lying down while turkeys stand upon it, with the caption “Don’t let the turkeys get you down.”
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 17, 2023
Black Francolin – one of several hundred birds with black in its name OK, nearly all of the people who had birds named after them were white, often rich and typically colonialists, army officers or explorers, but there’s hardly a dull person among them, and all were products of their time.
Critter News
OCTOBER 2, 2009
Elephants are being screwed by Asian demand for ivory. Officials say the sales have fuelled demand for ivory in Asian countries, especially China, contributing to a sharp increase in elephant poaching. So far this year poachers in Kenya have killed 128 elephants for their ivory; last year 98 were killed. It's a mess.
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