10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Maybe Moss is right, and birds have changed history. A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain. The book is a grab-bag of facts about the ten birds, mostly culled from other works. Various experts are enlisted in support of this idea.

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Bald Eagle Montenegro Campaign Turkey 179

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 14, 2015

Putting a baby bird back in its nest is not always the right thing to do. Here are some examples of when a bird definitely needs your help and a call to a federally permitted bird rehabilitator is warranted. Did you know a bird’s body has the ability to seal a small puncture wound within minutes? So: When do you intervene?

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Wounded Rescue Medical Cats 257

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

I had a Pileated Woodpecker who used to jab at my hand whenever I needed to rewrap her bandages,” says Maureen Eiger, providing a perfect example of a single rehabber struggling to hold and wrap at the same time. Yeah right! Right now I have a nice hickey on my arm from a Canada Goose. But life is not perfect. “I

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 185

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

[T]here is another class of cases where the state is accorded the right to interfere with the individual when he is not interfering with any other person, namely, where cruelty to animals is involved.

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Cruelty Legislation Kangaroos Animal 40