10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

A European Starling in New Zealand made the news this week. This particular species is not native to New Zealand (similar to its status in North America). The bird is now bonded to humans and an ambassador to her class and the bird has quite the vocabular y. Birds starlings'

New Zealand 164

New Zealand North America Laws Humane 164

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

When humans arrived, with the entourage of camp followers that always follows humans, giving up the anti-predator behavious and, well, you can guess what happened next. Islands are not places where lineages go to thrive and spawn great new lineages of their own. What happened next is what often happens in evolutionary history.

Hawaii 196

Hawaii Mammals Guam Fiji 196

Animal Ethics

JULY 5, 2007

No wonder rBGH has been banned in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. Europe and Canada outlawed using hormones on dairy cows because of such human and animal health concerns. Such hormones may increase the risk of breast, colon and gastrointestinal cancers, according to a University of Illinois study.

New York Times 40

New York Times New York 2007 Cows 40

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2016

The law of diminishing returns brings the inevitability of repeat sightings and has checked the momentum of the combined beats’ list for June. Just to confuse things a little, only 14 new species were recorded since June 1 st. New Zealand King Shag – Phalacrocorax carunculatus. As at June 30 th , it stands at 1796.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100