10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2014
With binoculars around my neck, I am leaving home, wondering which will be the first species on my year list. The explanation said: „dovecote – fresh meat in case of siege“. Although the IUCN Red List classifies it as a Least Concern species, the hybridisation is a big threat for wild Rock Pigeons. New Year’s Day 2014.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
Their habitats vary widely in both rural and urban landscapes; open habitats are preferred and the species generally shuns only extensively forested areas and wetlands 1. To show how adaptive this species is, the following photograph was sent to me by one of my readers and I use it with her permission.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 29, 2015
Anyway, while there are many species that I’m always pleased to see (I’m a particular fan of the aquatic kobs, lechwe and pukus) it was only on my last visit that I saw one of the more attractive species for the first time, the Nyala (pronounced Nnya-la, not Nye-al-ah).
Critter News
JUNE 28, 2010
And now Selogie himself is questioning whether the meat was fair game. "I Serving African lion meat is perfectly legal, said Michael Herndon, a spokesman for the Food and Drug Administration. Tags: exotic meats phoenix arizona lion. I feel I was misled by this."
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 6, 2015
Turtle Doves have been declining in Europe since the 1970s, and in this century alone, the continent has lost 40% of its population of the species. Since this spring’s revision of the European Red List, the Turtle Dove is listed as a vulnerable species. The cargo was meant to be sold as delicacies to restaurants in Italy.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 29, 2017
Avian-themed teams simply don’t do very well in the big game. Teams named for Homo sapiens historically do better in this game. In an astonishing 33 of 50 contests, an organization named for a meat (not cheese) packer, chieftain, cowpoke, steel worker, indigenous American, gold miner, U.S. But will they?
Animal Person
JUNE 23, 2010
Finally, in my e-mailbox this morning, and probably in yours, was the Care2 newsletter, including a link to a column about a restaurant in Arizona that will soon serve burgers made from lion meat. there may be any number of restaurants serving game. I was curious about why it's so terrible to eat lions. But that wasn't it either.
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