10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Cats, along with other introduced mammals, are genuinely a problem in New Zealand in a way they aren’t in most of the rest of the world (Australia has similar problems mostly with foxes and cats). That said, I have not been impressed by a New Zealand economist, Gareth Morgan, calling for New Zealand to wipe out cats.

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New Zealand Possums Cats SPCA 118

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

Even when hunting in sub-freezing temperatures on the edge of the Mongolian border or doing her chores around the family ger (yurt) in the isolated Altai Mountains, Aisholpan beams. Eagle hunting is a family tradition that goes back at least 12 generations, part of the larger nomadic Kazakh culture. It’s exciting.

Eagles 102

Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 102

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

Common sense tells us not to put the foxes in charge of the henhouse, but politicians repeatedly deny common sense in favor of the needs of special-interest groups. Back in the olden days of the family farm we never knew about the occurrence of food-related illness because we did not have a way of tracking it. 21, 2008

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2008 Factory Farm 40

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2024

For Daurian Redstarts, university campuses can also be crime scenes – one recent paper reports on a Daurian Redstart fledgling being attacked and killed by a magpie on the grounds of Hebei Normal University despite attempts by the female parent to defend the chick. At least as far as the male is concerned.

Birds 190

Birds Research Science Europe 190