10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Among some other species of the kingfisher family, this species is a bit of a laughingstock. The eBird entry on the White-fronted Bee Eater is the first one I have seen that contains an exclamation mark: “They have one of the most complex of all avian societies, featuring families, clans, and pirates!”

South Africa 147

South Africa Niger Birds Mice 147

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

They were simply sent to Family Court. According to state and federal investigators, they caused over $200,000 worth of damage. Who suffers for these crimes? In the following days harrowing photos of dead birds and severed body parts were posted on social media pages. At the time, Justice and Mesker were 17 years old.

Albatross 214

Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 20, 2013

However, while we all enjoy a chuckle at that funny cat image, it is easy to forget that out there in the real world many cats are suffering at the hands of cruel owners. Not only do these poor cats suffer physical damage at the hands of their owners, but often they end up emotionally scarred as well.

Cruelty 100

Cruelty Cats Rescue RSPCA 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Not, as Linneaus thought, an ostrich, nor even, as later scientists concluded, a distant cousin of pigeons deserving of family rank, it was an honest-to-goodness pigeon, deeply embedded within the family Columbidae. The Dodo ( Raphus cucullatus ) — that towering icon of modern anthropogenic extinctions — was a pigeon.

Solomon Islands 273

Solomon Islands Guinea Mauritius Humane 273