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. Too little, too late – yes; but still a step in the right direction. You guessed it right – the hunting lobby used their influence for political pressures. Left: David Lindo, a.k.a.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 26, 2013
If you are a migratory bird in Europe and western Asia, this is your sweet spot. Volunteers with the Committee Against Bird Slaughter sneak into a grove where a farmer has just placed lime sticks to snag unwary birds. The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting.
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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. 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
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!
10,000 Birds
JUNE 7, 2022
They may eat other insects if they have to, but all they really want are ants and Gorman lists 24 species of ant that are part of their diet in Europe, any life stage will do. Gorman also leads bird tours in central and Eastern Europe and posts photos and updates on his work on his own website and, as I said before, Facebook.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
8) that could not possibly happen in Europe. I understand why he writes this; the speed at which billions of Passenger Pigeons disappeared is scary, far slower than the whittling down of bird numbers in Europe over centuries. Avery states that this is a “very American extinction” (p. journey, written up in diary format.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2016
Yes, that really is a bird and it doesn’t have anything to do with a tiny country in Europe. Looking like a blend of pigeon, grouse, and feathered marble cake, this fast flying species zips to the edge of a small sewage treatment pond in Eilat right at dusk pretty much every night. Lichtensteins Sandgrouse : Say what?
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