10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2015

I can’t help noticing that you’ve just posted an angry story about Cecil the Lion on your timeline. And that lions are really cute. Cecil the Lion reached millions, and it exploded all over my social media in a way few conservation stories do (even with my social media heavily biased towards conservation).

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Lions Hunting Sierra Leone Buffalo 206

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

And the morning before the Mkuze pack of Painted Wolves, or African Wild Dogs, had been very close to one of the park’s few Lions, as far as tracking collars had told. And the two species were not inclined to get on, by which I mean that Lions will kill other large predators including Painted Wolves. Those collars save lives.

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Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 189

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 5, 2015

Another day, another dead lion erupting in the world’s media, another opportunity for me to annoy my few remaining anti-hunting friends. Is it fair her life was destroyed because hers was public and mine was among family a decade ago? Go read his take. I’ll wait. . Do I deserve to have my life destroyed because of that?

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Hunters Hunting Animal Cruelty Game 168

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. Lions are most easily found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. This hulking massive bovid has caught many a wanderer unawares, often with fatal consequences.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 201

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 31, 2011

He says he hunts out of a need to take responsibility for his family, who evidently live where the supermarkets offer no meat. 26, 2011 To the Editor: Seamus McGraw mounts all the standard defenses: I am feeding my family; there are too many deer; I kill as mercifully as possible. Who wiped out the wolves and mountain lions?

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New York Times New York Mountain Lions Deer 40

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

African buffalos have excellent eyesight, hearing, and a sense of smell that helps them detect the presence of lions, their greatest enemies. Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste.

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Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2018

” Contemporary environmentalism arrived too late to prevent the passenger pigeon’s demise due to market hunters, but the two phenomena share a historical connection. Of course, by now most people know they have been slaughtered by hunters for their ivory. ” I’ll give you a hint, it’s not hunters!

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