10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2015
Turtle Doves have been declining in Europe since the 1970s, and in this century alone, the continent has lost 40% of its population of the species. And on their way south, they reach the killing fields of northern Serbia ( Newsweek on poaching in the Balkans ). Nowadays, the flocks are even smaller, merely a few dozen birds.
Critter News
JULY 22, 2011
It could have a snowball effect for other countries in Europe, although probably it certainly won't be seen as politically correct. THE DUTCH parliament has voted overwhelmingly to ban the ritual slaughter of livestock. Excerpted from the Irish Times.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 6, 2021
I was especially interested in “To Hide From God,” the chapter on songbird slaughter and protection in Cyprus. Has it really been 21 years (almost) from the publication of Jonathan Franzen’s New Yorker article, “ Emptying the Skies ,” six years since the documentary with the same name?
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2022
Europe has one species (Eurasian Spoonbill), the Americas have one (Roseate Spoonbill), Australia two (Royal and Yellow-billed Spoonbill), and Asia has two as well (Eurasian and Black-faced Spoonbill). Preliminary Study of Slaughter Value and Meat Characteristics of 18 Months Ostrich Reared in Hungary.
Animal Ethics
JULY 19, 2007
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. that slaughters horses for human consumption. you might wonder how it is that Cavel has been able to brutally slaughter horses for human consumption right here in the U.S.
10,000 Birds
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.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 11, 2012
Thankfully the days of visiting Africa purely for slaughtering its wildlife have mostly come to a merciful end, and safari operators have adopted the Big Five term to market tours that offer sightings of the fortunate remanants of Africa’s once teeming great herds. In Asia they are even commonly kept as pets!
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