10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2023

While we were there, a pair of Rufous Crab Hawks noisily protested the presence of a Common Black Hawk that was comfortably perched in the vegetation. A Cocoi Heron flew over, presumably looking for a place to mount the classic sit-and-wait but instead found human observers. A Tricolored Heron stalked the dark waterways.

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Trinidad Protest Protesting Protesters 149

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

My first ‘protest’ memory involved putting pencil to notebook paper and writing the President about the harmful effects of DDT. The Weekly Reader had shocked everyone in class with news of Bald Eagles dying – and humans were to blame! Fast forward to the next decade and humans were at it again. Public lands at risk.

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Texas Defenders Of Wildlife Bald Eagle Protest 150

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 1, 2019

The voice, which we soon learns belongs to wildlife photographer Richard Moore, exclaims, “Migration is on!” ’ “Vegetation means wildlife,” Hamilton says, “If that’s destroyed, then their habitat is gone.” ” and then adds, “The border wall is no barrier to birds.”

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Advocacy Mexico United States Texas 266

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

It also brings to mind the uncontested link between animal abuse and violent behavior toward fellow humans. It was sent back to trial court, but by then the yearly event had become such a media circus – with live TV coverage and protesters taking down the license plates of shooters’ vehicles – that the sponsors ended it.

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Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2012

I know on some level, I think that’s something almost all of us can get behind…no one, except the most callous and cold-hearted of the human race things its fine to torture animals, or deny that they are capable of pain and suffering. This makes perfect sense. There is nothing abstract or controversial about this.

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Animal Rights Movement Animal Rights Rights Wildlife 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2011

of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Hunting is on a steady downturn, and nonconsumptive wildlife pursuits are on a tremendous upswing. Kentucky Dept.

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