10,000 Birds
JANUARY 14, 2022
Shrikes were practicing their own form of butchery – that is, their particular practice of impaling their kills from thorns and barbed wire for later eating – long before we began domesticating and slaughtering livestock on our own.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 4, 2019
More examples, shown in the book and online (just search for ‘hats’ and ‘egrets’ and you’ll find articles from NPR , the Smithsonian , and Audubon ), show delicate to huge creations adorned, sometimes overwhelmed with plumes, colorful teased feathers, and even the actual bodies of birds.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 13, 2012
At first the Zulu King Dingaan gained the upper hand by slaughtering a large contingent of Boers (including their leaders Piet Retief and Gert Maritz) but the infamous Battle of Blood River in 1838 lead to a division of the territory between what was later known as Natal to the south and Zululand to the north. Image by Hugh Chittenden.
10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2022
The one bird I did not see here, however, was the Bateleur Eagle … One highlight in the area is the Saddle-billed Stork , likely to be the tallest species in the stork family. Another member of the stork family, the African Openbill , looks like it is could benefit from a good orthodontist. And sadly, it is listed as Endangered.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
Ask the proposing states to follow Nebraska’s example, to let them, and their big, desperately imperiled white cousins, alone. Tags: cranes , poaching , sandhill crane hunting , sandhill cranes , whooping cranes • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more!
Animal Person
AUGUST 3, 2009
A prime example of this is our concern for the welfare of animals in agriculture.". I don't think anyone is campaigning for "farm" animals to become pets, as many of us don't even think the family cat should be the family cat. Translation? The problem, then, is the question Scott is asking and the assumptions he is making.
Animal Ethics
DECEMBER 23, 2006
And it certainly doesn't follow that it is permissible to eat meat that comes from animals who were forced to endure horribly inhumane factory farm conditions and who were then slaughtered inhumanely. The question is not: "Is there any conceivable set of circumstances in which it would be permissible to eat meat?" Running time: 12 Minutes.
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