Critter News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2009

Now France can add another to its long list of gastronomic sins.eating ortolan, an endangered songbird. The hunting and selling of ortolans, which have suffered a Europe-wide decline of 40-50% in the last 40 years, has been illegal in France since 1999. Tags: poaching france endangered species. From the Guardian.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2019

Mary suffered for several weeks in what must have been an agonizing, bedridden death, finally succumbing to internal injuries at Wijnendale Castle, on March 27. During the hunt, Mary’s horse lost its footing, throwing her from the saddle into a ditch. The horse landed on the young duchess, breaking her back but not killing her outright.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2013

Covering 120 hectares of France’s west coast, La Reserve Orthonologique sports 2 miles of boardwalk and twenty de luxe blinds. Birding Birds Destinations France La Reserve Ornithologique du Teich wildlife rehabilitation' No one needed my help. I cried, holding up my hands. We’re just here for the oiseaux!”.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2021

He was also apparently much disposed to laughter and is often portrayed with his mouth wide open; for this reason, he’s also invoked by sufferers of dental maladies such as toothache. While a few dozen places in France were named for Saint Medardus, this dedication in the British Isles is unique. Redouté, 7 vols. 1800 – 1819).

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Animal Ethics

MARCH 11, 2007

To the Editor: Why would publicizing the ill treatment of slaughter-bound horses detract from the “undue suffering of other food animals,” as Christa Weil suggests? Our American horses are not being shipped to the hungry in Africa; they are being served in the most pricey restaurants in France, Belgium and Japan.

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Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

The Argument from Human Grain Shortage All of the clearly moral arguments for vegetarianism given so far have been in terms of animal rights and suffering. For an explanation of this feature, click on “Moral Vegetarianism” at the bottom of this post. New moral vegetarianism, however, rests on moral arguments couched in terms of human welfare.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 6, 2024

Black Redstarts are rare in Shanghai (in fact, this was the first one I have ever seen here) but not so in France. The males there (and elsewhere) sing in different microdialects, and interestingly, males are more aggressive toward singers sharing their own microdialect.

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