10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2017

Each of them holds a very nice group of birds year round, and an increased number during the winter migration. This time of year, the cleanest of the effluent, or previously treated water is used to flood the nearby fields that livestock will later graze on. The plant is made up of four ponds, each about 100 meters by 400 meters.

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Ducks Mexico Livestock Bears 113

Critter News

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Scores of abandoned dogs, cats and livestock from Utah animal shelters become subjects of laboratory research at the University of Utah each year. That's because of a little-known state law that requires government-run pounds to turn animals over to researchers if asked.

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Utah Stray Shelters Research 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 13, 2016

inhabitants per km², mainly livestock farmers. Although one member of the group spotted a mother with two cubs, I have not. My tour list (late September… also, birders were a minority within a group): 1. At the edge of the forest, above the road, a Roe Deer swiftly disappears between trees. In the end, have I seen my bear?

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Bears Greece Europe Slovenia 267

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

Let me introduce my guest blogger, Lisa Owens Viani, co-founder of the California-based group RATS ( Raptors Are The Solution ), which educates people about the dangers of rat poisons. Does the product above strike you as black humor, only not funny? I’ll leave today’s blog in her capable hands.

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Mountain Lions Rats Rodents Lions 255

10,000 Birds

JUNE 6, 2012

The American Acclimatization Society was a group founded in New York City in 1871 dedicated to introducing European flora and fauna into North America for “both economic and cultural reasons. 1 ” By 1877 New York pharmacist Eugene Schieffelin, an avid admirer of Shakespeare, was the society’s driving force.

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North America United States New York City New York 187

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 7, 2013

The cubs will rotate separate sessions on the habitat with the Bengal tiger groups that currently reside there. The species also often comes into conflict with people over livestock predation. In approximately one month, the Busch Gardens animal care team will start introducing the cubs to the Jungala habitat.

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Tampa Tigers Thailand Livestock 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2012

There are groups dedicated to species like Eastern Bluebirds and Purple Martins and with extensive writings on how to keep starlings at bay and even recommendations on how to legally trap and kill them should they drive away North American birds. Unusual abundances of food items, e.g. arboreal insects, garbage, livestock feed, etc.

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North America Europe America Livestock 151

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

Moreover, the pair I saw was feeding from a livestock trough alongside a group of cattle. And when you see them – as I have recently – they have massive transmitters and color bands on their legs. Hardly the elegant, natural picture deserving of some seriously stunning birds!

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Florida Buffalo Louisiana 2004 217

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2013

We were able to spend hours sitting right in amongst super-groups of 500-600 Geladas that just carried on with their daily business in total oblivion to our presence. The basic Gelada social unit is a harem (or unimale group) made up of a dominant male and several females (1-12), their young and sometimes subordinate males.

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Ethiopia Primates Mammals Fur 159

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The combination of over hunting, and the native animals susceptibility to diseases carried by domestic livestock that were allowed to graze there, completely eliminated these Bighorns by 1915. This small group of Pronghorn Antelope were right at the refuge entrance. The population is now estimated to be at over 500.

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Sheep Oregon Mules Livestock 111

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

The island was first a Maori fortress to be retreated to from the mainland, then a camp for internees during the war and a quarantine station for people and livestock. Somes, less interestingly, was a rich backer of the New Zealand Company called Joseph Somes (who never went near the place). Oh well, better luck next time!

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Penguins Parrots New Zealand Seals 165

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 11, 2019

And of course, there are Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ) and several species of cowbirds that rarely stray too far from livestock. For most of history, beer has thrived in agrarian settings, too.

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Vermont Belgium Farming Europe 118

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2021

The very last Sunday of the decade heralded our final CBC – with group sizes limited to five persons. For the fifth year in a row, I was assigned the prolific and well-known Aripo Livestock Station at the foothills of Trinidad’s Northern Range. But birds (and the thoughts of birds) always prevail in my world.

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Trinidad Livestock Groups Eagles 264

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2015

Over a dozen distinctive ethnic groups exist here, many of whom live lives little touched by the modern world. The Turmi area is home to the Hamar tribe who numbering nearly 50,000 are one of the largest ethnic groups living in the Lower Omo Valley (with an approximate population of 200,000 tribal people). Hamar mother and child.

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Ethiopia Sudan Leopards Birds 235

Animal Ethics

JULY 21, 2010

Groups like the American Veterinary Medical Association support these modern egg-laying housing systems. These modern systems allow hens to stand up, turn around, lie down and walk to clean water and nutritious food troughs. The new law will cost American family farmers, and ultimately California consumers, hundreds of millions of dollars.

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New York Times New York Factory Farm Factory Farming 40

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2020

It was late December, 2012, and I slotted into a sizable group under the joint leadership of two highly respected birders. As prolific as the area was, the group was on the move. The group was significantly smaller, only myself and one other person. By 2015 I was assigned to lead a CBC group for the first time.

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Trinidad Livestock 2015 Groups 168

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 28, 2007

962), which would phase out antibiotics use in livestock for growth or preventative purposes unless manufacturers could prove that such uses don’t endanger public health. While some chicken producers and poultry purchasers have taken steps to reduce antibiotic use, the hog industry remains largely resistant to change. 20, 2007

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New York Times New York Livestock Chickens 40

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2014

Well, we Bronx boys are naturally suspcious of livestock, for reasons I still don’t understand. Thus, she was able to see the bezerk bovine charge our hapless group, literally galloping off the path to come within mere inches of us. Who worries about a cow, right?

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Cows Colombia South America Livestock 175

10,000 Birds

APRIL 11, 2017

In 2012, a petition to delist was filed by ranching and agriculture groups and conservative legal organizations. Our analysis indicates the known threats at the time of listing, habitat loss through land use changes, livestock grazing, and vegetation succession, and brown-headed cowbird parasitism, are reduced or adequately managed.

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Endangered Species Species Texas Oklahoma 123