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. Their relentless slaughter for ivory and trophies diminished the population from tens of millions to the less than 500,000 existing today.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 28, 2014
The subject was not hunting; it was contest killing. The one taking place this weekend at the Rip Van Winkle Rod and Gun Club in Palenville, NY is targeting American Crows , and parents are invited to bring their children along to participate in the slaughter. As a group, yes, we are anti-hunting,” she said.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2011
With the proposed hunting seasons on sandhill cranes being discussed in Tennessee, Kentucky and Wisconsin, we must not forget the whooping crane, which travels and winters in the big sandhill crane flocks. More states will doubtless join the queue of those proposing hunts. Another thing to consider. Now, it’s time to go to the top.
Animal Person
OCTOBER 26, 2009
He is against it for himself and his family. The Nimans move him, as do several other farmers, including one who "apologizes to his animals as they are sent off to slaughter" (244), as if that's any consolation to someone whose life you are about to take when you don't need to. The plate might have to be five feet across" (50).
10,000 Birds
APRIL 2, 2016
Uncontrolled hunting, commercial and otherwise, is threatening formerly species like Eurasian Turtle-Dove with extinction, and is taking a horrible toll on just about everything else including Blackcaps , Ortolan Buntings and even Eurasian Bee-eaters. And yes, the need is desperate. VisitIsrael!
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 24, 2012
The oft-told tale of its start in 1900 as an alternative to the “side-hunt” which was itself a long tradition in many families warms many a birder’s heart. What’s not to like about citizen science, conservation, and transforming a day of slaughter into a day of enjoying being outside watching birds?
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. You don't find many hunters who candidly and unapologetically say: "I hunt because I like to kill. Running time: 12 Minutes.
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