10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Increased scrutiny of practices long considered the norm in wildlife management, including predator hunts, commercial trapping, the legal culling of non-game birds like American Crows, and some of the research protocols used to track and translocate wild animals. required to determine those catch limits.

Wildlife 239

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 239

Animal Person

MARCH 17, 2009

The meat industry is inherently destructive and inhumane, there is no way to make it otherwise, and much of the harm it does to ecosystems is by inflicting suffering and death on billions of nonhuman animals, farmed and free-living, each year. Another went out last Friday.

Meat Industry 100

Meat Industry Industry Meat Responsible Policies 100

4 The Love Of Animals

MARCH 17, 2011

Scientific research shows that many animals are very intelligent and have sensory and motor abilities that dwarf ours. to live out their lives in peace, absent the abuse they had suffered in the entertainment industry. Dog and Fish: Improbable Friends. Fish are often difficult to identify with or feel for. by Marc Bekoff.

Emotional 100

Emotional Animal Whales Whaling 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The Crested Serpent-eagle is not a vulture, but that does not keep me from mentioning a recent Economist article here, “The sudden demise of Indian vultures killed thousands of people” And while this article is behind a paywall, the original research paper is not. It deserves a lot better than being caught and locked in a cage.

Los Angeles 185

Los Angeles Birds Woodpeckers Owls 185

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2020

But I only rehabbed birds, so I had to do research and call my mammal rehabber friends. Occasionally I’d drink way too much vodka and write my long-suffering agent long diatribes with the subject line SHALL I TELL YOU HOW MUCH I HATE BEING A WRITER??? He said, “Figure it out. Read Carl Hiaasen.”.

Wildlife Rehabilitation 256

Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Eagles Wildlife 256

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2013

They feed on small fish and recent research is showing that the smaller male bird suffers more than the female during chick rearing. During the rest of the year there are less of them, but they are usually present and seen further out to sea.

Australia 162

Australia Rescue Suffering Fish 162

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

And if you know someone who still eats fish or anyone else from the sea, this is a fantastic book, as I don't recall anyone giving sea creatures the respect they deserve in a long time (and telling their audience the truth about their lives and deaths). N]o fish gets a good death. Not a single one. It did" (193).

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2011

This young Western Gull seems to have no idea what to make of this Mola Mola (Ocean Sunfish), or perhaps it prefers the company of unusual fish. But many people who live closely with animals, whether as some of the more open-minded researchers or your average pet owners, have always been well aware that this simply isn’t true.

Emotional 205

Emotional Science Birds Mammals 205

Animal Ethics

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

Most moral vegetarians list fish and fowl as animals one should not eat. Scientific research and expertise are needed here. Clearly, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, and fish do not consent to being eaten. For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. What Meat Should Not Be Eaten?

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Morals Vegetarian Meat Killing 40