10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 7, 2017
When he reached out to ask if he could contribute a piece to 10,000 Birds about about the ethics around the current Snowy Owl irruption in the central and eastern United States we were all for it! “In This quote perfectly sums up the state of the Snowy Owl/birding ethics discussion. This is what most of the controversy is about.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
The female was killed but experts suggest the male will survive, although perhaps without the ability to fly. A reward of $1000 has been offered for information helping authorities track down the shooters; more info is here. Or, rather, jerks who give the vast majority of ethical hunters a bad name.) Seriously, hunters. (Or,
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 23, 2023
A kingfisher with a somewhat deficient work ethic, I guess. Tiphys died either of a snakebite or of a mysterious illness but he was not killed by either a tiger or a rhinoceros. His Wikipedia entry has its fair share of useless but amusing information on him: “In his personal matters he was said to be careless and forgetful.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
But the tenets of the North American Model were developed in the 19th century, when wildlife ethics and science were a mere glimmer of what we understand today. ” This leads to obvious conflicts with the NAMWC prohibition against the frivolous killing and waste of wildlife. But is there validity to these commonly held ideas?
10,000 Birds
MARCH 26, 2014
Well, Copenhagen Zoo is back in the news; a few weeks after killing a giraffe and feeding it to some lions, it went and killed some of those same lions. I’m not gong to go into the ethics and reasons behind why a zoo might want to, well, manage its stock. We live in a world of information over-saturation.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 7, 2016
They pointed out the puncture wounds, likely infected with bacteria that could quickly kill. But, we’re facing a world of shrinking biodiversity and depressingly-high bird kill numbers that demand an accounting outside of our self interest. It brought the information out of the abstract and into the real, the visceral.
Animal Person
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
Before you answer, here are some details to inform your decision: The first "knockout animals" were laboratory rats, whose anterior cingulate cortex have been damaged/blocked so that though they might still feel pain, they do not find it unpleasant. Why kill and maim and waste taxpayer dollars--or any dollars--on such things?
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