10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Most people oppose large-scale, indiscriminate, hunting of birds but it still happens all over the world. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every.

Mauritius 170

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 170

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

And some of the extinctions were of small animals, like the many dwarf goats and elephants in the Mediterranean. As climates are transformed, habitats plundered, and nonnative fauna carried to virgin hunting grounds, extinction rates are increasing. We’ve lost perhaps 200 birds that we know of since 1500.

Marsupials 164

Marsupials Costa Rica Elephants Cuba 164

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This fish hunting duck ranges from the northern tip of New Zealand to the sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands (after which it was first named) but is common nowhere. Here we find two of the most interesting members of the family, the Crested Moa , unique of course for the shaggy crest on its head, and the mountain-goat-like Upland Moa.

New Zealand 191

New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 191