10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2012

I only saw a few species I could get in the small park near where I was staying, and not even as many as I could have gotten there. The objective wasn’t even birds, it was fur seals. Instead we turned back and investigated the rock pools along the coast. A pretty place no question but not very bird.

Seals 159

Seals New Zealand Fur Marine Life 159

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2012

The species was extinct, a vanished part of the vanishing prairie — and not for the first time. Somewhere around the Platte River one of the Audubon boys received a black-footed hide from a fur trader. You couldn’t see it. John Bachmann headed west to gather material for Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America.

Ferrets 188

Ferrets South Dakota Wyoming Captive Animal 188

10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2018

He roots the theft in the history of collecting bird skins, in the brief life history of Edwin Rist, in the secretive world of classic fly tying, and in his own efforts to follow up on a police investigation that got the man but not all of the loot. In some cases, he took all adult males of the species or subspecies held by the museum.

Collecting 104

Collecting Iraq Ostriches Science 104

Animal Ethics

DECEMBER 24, 2006

According to this Associated Press story, if you are wearing a Sean John jacket with fur trim purchased from Macy's, that trim might have come from a dog indigenous to Asia known as a "raccoon dog." They belong to the canine species Nyctereutes procyonoides. was advertised to online customers as having an "imitation rabbit fur collar."

Fur 40

Fur Fur Industry HSUS Raccoons 40