Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. I don't see what they get out of it, unless they want to impress Europe, which has already banned seal products. Apparently, some claim about 90 percent of Canadian sales are to Russia. Excerpted from the Globe and Mail.

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Russia Seals Belarus Fur Industry 100

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JULY 15, 2011

From July 6-8, there was a European conference in Larnaca about illegal bird killing , organized by Terra Cypria. You see we went right past the Cypriot military base where the explosion took place on early Monday morning. Which gets me to the real big news in Cyprus of the fortnight, indirectly anyway.

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Cyprus illegal Game Birds 177

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JULY 21, 2016

After the Common Starling , my second bird of the morning becomes the largest eagle of Europe, the White-tailed Eagle , this one with a fairly white tail, yet still dark beak, that I estimate to be in its 3rd calendar year. One raft of 20+ Mallards swims by the bank, right in front of jackals, careless like if they were just two sheep!

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Serbia Sheep Birds Eagles 134

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AUGUST 18, 2022

In Europe, most of them winter south of the Sahara but an increasing share winters north of it – which sounds like an interesting research topic for people who, ahem, find such topics interesting. The Black-tailed Godwit is Near Threatened as well, though it seems to be easier to see around Nanhui.

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Cattle Portugal Buffalo Breeding 147

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

Still, the romantic notion of beery terroir remains persuasive and in some corners of Europe, rustic beer styles persist, despite the homogenizing effects of – or perhaps in reaction against – modern industry. Historically, saison was a beer tied to time as much as it was to place.

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Vermont Belgium Farming Europe 120

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JANUARY 17, 2019

Two hundred yards further, the first Common Goldeneye and Smew started to appear and, while counting Smew and geese, a Great Bittern took flight from one stand of reeds to another, right in front of us. And this one chose to fly right in front of us. we will kill it!”, And the day had just begun. the Barnacle Goose took flight.

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Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 151

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AUGUST 4, 2013

Therefore I have decided to right my wrong by providing first and foremost some avian eye candy, and not talk. It breeds in a broad and not quite coherent band from Iceland in the west through central Europe and southern Scandinavia all the way to eastern Russia, wintering in Africa, parts of India, and Southeast Asia to Australia.

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Germany Russia Iceland India 177

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

My guess is, those nervous ones were some migrants, while the majority were locally breeding birds – the southernmost population of Europe! If you are coming by car from Central Europe and heading for the Ionian islands of Corfu or Kefallonia, consider at least a day or two stopover at Mikri Prespa Lake. and dual digits. Other taxa.

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Greece Pelicans Geese Breeding 252

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AUGUST 15, 2019

Late June night at the Casino Estoril, then the largest casino in Europe, located in the neutral Portugal where spies of all colours met. In it, Bloch becomes LeChiffre, Fleming becomes Mathis and Popov becomes 007 (it does sound a bit better than Tricycle Licensed to Kill), while the rest of the gambling scene remains the same.

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Saint Kitts and Nevis Antigua and Barbuda Dominican Republic Cuba 166

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

The prehistoric extinctions most famously include the megafaunal assemblages of Europe, the Americas, Australia and Madagascar. And if we keep exploring the undelved nooks and crannies of our globe, we’re sure to make up the difference, right? The Mysterious Starling – “Killed Hopping About in a Tree”. Comebackers.

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Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 171

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MAY 8, 2012

Marabous have also learnt another trick, and that is to follow vultures and scavenge off the remains of Lion and other large predator kills. They have even been known to kill children who have been incautious enough to approach too closely.

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Africa Tanzania South Africa Uganda 244

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OCTOBER 29, 2014

My parents are in England, should I be worried about the conflict on the other side of Europe in the Ukraine?” It’s become regrettably political in the US right, which is the absolute worst response to a potential pandemic going. The disease had killed a tourist like ourselves.

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Humane Animal Africa Ukraine 163

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JULY 10, 2012

Rueppell’s (facing left) and White-backed (three birds facing right) Vultures have worryingly leapt two categories from Near-Threatened to Endangered. An adult (left) and subadult (right) White-backed Vulture with full crops after feeding on the remains of a Lion kill, Ndutu, Tanzania by Adam Riley.

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Endangered Species Species South Africa Morocco 196

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Fuller has not preached about the evils of the human practices that killed and dislocated the Passenger Pigeon; he hasn’t moaned and groaned or sentimentalized. 8) that could not possibly happen in Europe. In both countries, birds have been killed for reasons of food, commerce, and sport. What a horror! What a disaster!

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2014 Killing Michigan Kentucky 161

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MAY 16, 2018

Now, there are still 10 million of them there but, due in part to a population dip after 1970, it is, in the reign of the second Elizabeth, illegal to kill them intentionally. By the time of Queen Elizabeth I, they were considered vermin, a bounty placed on their small heads. What’s magic about 1970? What, for that matter, is normal?

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Humane Species North America Sparrows 104

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JULY 4, 2017

Wheeler, Raptors of Mexico and Central America has a two-part structure: (i) Plates—artwork by Schmitt on the right, detailed plumage descriptions on the left; (ii) Species Accounts—two to six page descriptions of each species with photographs and range maps. And vice versa. Again, this is a common practice. John Schmitt, Oxford Univ.

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Mexico America North America Falcons 170

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DECEMBER 11, 2012

They are part of the scarab beetle complex and over 300 species have been described, occurring not only in Africa but also Europe, Asia and the Americas. They are harmless to humans and their horns are used for wrestling other males for mating rights. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 209

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MARCH 14, 2011

Kills in Canada, Alaska and Mexico are not included in the count. Texas and North Dakota together account for 88% of the total yearly kill of sandhill cranes. This represents 6% of the estimated mid-continental spring population of 322,700 birds for the same two decades. Isn’t that neat? Tennessee found that out in January.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 252

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MARCH 7, 2017

That’s not right.” Hunting in western Mongolia; left to right: Aisholpan’s father, Nurgaiv and Aisholpan and their Golden Eagles. And, when the eagle fights and ultimately kills the fox, we get a bloody glimpse into another side of eagle hunting—its savagery and its original purpose. They’re stealing the eagle? It’s exciting.

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Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 102

Animal Ethics

JULY 19, 2007

Think of your favorite horror film: A brutal ruthless killer is on the loose, slashing hapless innocent victims to death right and left. After witnessing hours if not days of senseless killing, someone finally musters the courage to take on the killer and delivers what has to be a devastating blow. Sadly, the horror continues.

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Horse Slaughter Slaughter Slaughtered Horses 40

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Instead, he simply points at the cup on the right. and Europe. If it did, the licking often prompts it to vomit up some of that kill for the other members of the pack to share. What’s at play here, she concluded, is not some inner sense of right and wrong but a learned ability to act submissive when an owner gets angry.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

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MARCH 4, 2011

It is also familiar at inland sites in winter, especially reservoirs and refuse tips, and breeds in the relatively-Northerly regions of Europe, Asia, and North America. Wicked, right? Herring Gull The Herring hull is everybody’s idea of a seagull, being present throughout the year at coastal cliffs, beaches, harbors and towns.

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2011 Cyprus Deer Species 157