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'

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New Zealand North America Laws Humane 164

10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

Second, they occupy an astonishing variety of habitats from temperate Araucaria forests in Chile to alpine scree in New Zealand to seasonally flooded rainforests in Brazil to rocky sea cliffs in Australia. Both of these endemic parrots suffer from habitat loss and trapping for the pet trade.

Parrots 167

Parrots Brazil Mauritius Dominica 167

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2016

Dragan continues to be teacher’s pet simply by sharing as he goes. Others, by their own admission, are Luddites and believe that the pinnacle of human technological achievement was reached on the day that man first bound a notebook in moleskin. New Zealand Scaup – Aythya novaeseelandiae. 12 Jan 2016. 01 Jan 2016.

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2016 Sanctuary Ghana Australia 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2013

Humans, and the rats, pigs, goats, dogs, cats, snakes, mosquitos and disease they bring with them have wiped out species after species on islands. The wren’s existence as known to humans was all too brief. Island ecologies develop in fairly closed systems. The Stephen’s Island Wren is one of of a long list. Gone forever.

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Feral Cats Eggs Cats Feral 188