10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

Below is a quotation directly from this paper by the Monitor Conservation Research Society: “Trade data from the range countries of Thailand and Vietnam and from Indonesia and USA, both non-range countries, revealed 10,841 Black-throated Laughingthrushes in trade, across 762 visits to 51 markets between 1966 and 2019.

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Burma India Birds Indonesia 240

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2017

Emboldened by the averted gazes, the excuses by the adults in their lives, the legal bargains and wrist slaps, they set their sights on increasingly bigger game. Biologist Lindsay Young says it will take 8 years to replace the breeding birds; 14 years of research and data have been destroyed. Who suffers for these crimes?

Albatross 214

Albatross Honolulu Hawaii Killing 214

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. No one can “own” wildlife.

Wildlife 254

Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 254

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 16, 2012

Without adequate funding, habitats are not restored, invasive species are left unchecked, poaching and other illegal activities occur and our nation’s wildlife suffers 1. Historically, National Wildlife Refuges viewed the “Duck Factory” (game bird conservation) as a high priority, while relegating non-game issues to a lower rung.

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Wildlife Hunters Ducks Hunting 233

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The Red-flanked Bluetail is also the subject of an otherwise relatively unremarkable paper , but it uses the interesting term “autumn obesity” Maybe this Marsh Sandpiper also suffers from autumn obesity? The Eurasian Hobby was another notable raptor of the month. Grey-faced Buzzards pass through Shanghai in autumn.

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Birds China Eggs Owls 240