article thumbnail

Birds, Hunters, and Lead

10,000 Birds

In what some might see as an unlikely alliance, wildlife rehabilitators, veterinarians, and – yes – hunters have banded together to convince those who hunt to use copper bullets instead of lead. The NRA has tried to portray this movement as “taking away hunters’ rights,” which does nothing but insult the hunters already on board.

Hunters 95
article thumbnail

The Plume Hunter

10,000 Birds

I’ve just finished reading THE PLUME HUNTER (Torrey House Press, December 2011) by Renée Thompson. In this captivating book, Thompson explores the motivation behind hunters who shot birds to sell feathers for women’s hats at the turn of the nineteenth century.

Hunters 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Hunters Shoot Rare Ducks

10,000 Birds

Because a hunter or hunters shot all three. They were apparently shot from the Antelope Island Causeway, where birders had been reporting them from, and, even worse, it seems that the hunters might have learned of their presence from birding listservs.

Hunters 99
article thumbnail

Trophy Hunters Imperil Polar Bears

Critter News

I have no sympathy for trophy hunters. Perhaps there are female trophy hunters out there too, but I suspect they are in the minority. Therefore, to me it's a slam dunk as to whether trophy hunters should continue to hunt polar bears. They are not hunting for food or for any subsistence whatsoever.

article thumbnail

Mississippi Hunter Describes Harrowing BLACK PANTHER & BIGFOOT ENCOUNTERS

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/cryptid [link] [comments]

article thumbnail

Machi the Whimbrel Gunned Down by Hunters

10,000 Birds

And though the satellite transmitter let Machi be tracked it did not protect it from the hunters’ guns. Suggestions to start a campaign to protect shorebirds from hunters as they migrate through the Caribbean would be appreciated in the comments. Let’s make Machi’s death mean something!

Hunters 106
article thumbnail

Hunters in Malta Still Killing Birds

10,000 Birds

Though calling them hunters is too nice. Maybe jerks with guns ?

Hunters 61
article thumbnail

The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

10,000 Birds

Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. If you want to travel the world birding and drinking beer, The Jewel Hunter is a must-buy. The Jewel Hunter belongs to a singular niche, the Big Year/Big Lifelist book. The Jewel Hunter can be frustrating in this respect. And mosquitos. And leeches.

Hunters 99
article thumbnail

No Surprise, Except Hunters Will Still Use Lead

10,000 Birds

Two new studies “add scientific evidence that hunters’ lead ammunition often finds its way into carrion-eating birds, such as eagles and turkey vultures.&# So when will conservation-minded hunters stop using lead ammunition? One might think that hunters only act as conservationists when they are forced to by law.

Hunters 58
article thumbnail

Trophy hunter poses with ‘Valentine’s gift’ giraffe heart during shooting trip;

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/blackpanda262 [link] [comments].

article thumbnail

Conservationist Hunters Should Find a New Party

10,000 Birds

Though I will always question to some degree the motivation behind hunters’ conservation initiatives I find it fascinating that the current Republican Party, completely in thrall to the Tea Party budget hackers, is seriously angering one of their traditional constituencies. Let’s get some more emphasis on the conservation side.

Hunters 58
article thumbnail

Meet “Quokka” The Happiest Animal On Earth - Scenic Hunter

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/Uthpala456 [link] [comments].

Hunters 52
article thumbnail

A Finland Photographer Captures An Unusual Friendship - Scenic Hunter

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/Uthpala456 [link] [comments].

Finland 52
article thumbnail

This Stray Puppy was Adopted After Following a Lady on a Hiking Trip. - Scenic Hunter!

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/blacksnake791B [link] [comments].

article thumbnail

Photographs of Dogs Posing In Awe-Inspiring Landscapes - Scenic Hunter

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/Uthpala456 [link] [comments].

Hunters 52
article thumbnail

Montana has made killing wolves easier. Some hunters are pushing back.

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/standardworks [link] [comments].

Wolves 59
article thumbnail

Conserv Congo Rescues Orphaned Baby Bonobo After Hunter Finds Her Alone In The Jungle?

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/greenwolf266 [link] [comments].

Congo 52
article thumbnail

Bag Limit? We Don’t Need No Stinking Bag Limit!

10,000 Birds

As has often been said in these quarters, in general us bird bloggers don’t have many quarrels with hunters. Birders and hunters usually share the same conservation goals and sometimes work together to advance them. Most hunters follow them, but there are always a few bad apples. Note, I said responsible hunting practices.

article thumbnail

"They treat me the same way as with the other members of the pack" Lion Whisperer talks about his life. - Scenic Hunter.

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/blacksnake791B [link] [comments].

Hunters 52
article thumbnail

Iowa Dove Hunters Will Use Lead Shot

10,000 Birds

A panel of the Iowa legislature decided to ignore common sense, wildlife professionals, and Iowa’s own Natural Resources Commission and allow lead shot to be used for the new Mourning Dove hunting season. This decision is just plain dumb. Hat-tip to John.

Iowa 98
article thumbnail

Trophy hunter poses with ‘Valentine’s gift’ giraffe heart during shooting trip

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/Kunphen [link] [comments].

article thumbnail

My companion. Hunters kill one of the last Ugandan gorillas

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/Kunphen [link] [comments].

article thumbnail

This Stray Puppy was Adopted After Following a Lady on a Hiking Trip. - Scenic Hunter

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/Uthpala456 [link] [comments].

article thumbnail

Maltese Hunters Still Shooting Protected Birds

10,000 Birds

Will the slaughter never end?

Hunters 67
article thumbnail

Wisconsin Hunters Kill Over 200 Wolves in Less Than 3 Days

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/options_princess [link] [comments].

Wolves 40
article thumbnail

A Walk in the Desert

10,000 Birds

Along the track, the shimmering scarlet gorget of a Hunter’s Sunbird shone like a beacon. Hunter’s Sunbird. Although we thought about getting closer, our guide urged us in the opposite direction with a knowing smile. Unfortunately, it flew off before we could advance much further. Dark Chanting Goshawk.

Owls 105
article thumbnail

The Final Days of the Danube backwaters in Belgrade: Chinese Belt and Road Initiative is coming to Serbia

10,000 Birds

They may have been disturbed by the presence of hunters in the Danube backwaters. When I reached the levee earlier that morning, I met an elderly hunter from whom I learned that there was an ongoing duck and pheasant hunt, but no one was shooting from, nor towards the embankment, hence I should be safe there.

Serbia 98
article thumbnail

Journalists Arrested During Namibian Seal Hunt

Critter News

The dramatic film shows seals being killed by hunters during a hunt at the Cape Cross Reserve in Namibia and hunters armed with clubs running towards film maker Bart Smithers and Jim Wickens, from the UK's Ecostorm agency. Tags: animal cruelty africa seal hunters seals namibia hunting.

Seals 100
article thumbnail

The Beautiful and Colorful Mourning Dove

10,000 Birds

Approximately one million hunters annually harvest more than 20 million Mourning Doves , which exceeds the annual harvest of all other migratory game birds combined 3. military, with all their ballistics and performance testing, it should be good enough for hunters.”

Birds 94
article thumbnail

The Wildlife Conservation Stamp: An Additional Income Stream for Our National Wildlife Refuges

10,000 Birds

Proposal: Creation of a Federal Wildlife Conservation Stamp A birder, wildlife watcher, photographer and non-hunter version of the Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (aka Federal Duck Stamp). She says, “there’s just a cultural bias against anything related to hunting.”

article thumbnail

The Duck Stamp and The Wildlife Conservation Stamp Living in Symbiosis?

10,000 Birds

million hunters. This means that only 11% of hunters buy the Duck Stamp raising approximately $25 million a year. With the trend of increasing numbers of wildlife enthusiasts and decreasing numbers of hunters , the National Wildlife Refuge System needs the support of more non-hunters. million wildlife watchers in the U.S.,

Ducks 95
article thumbnail

Stop the Madness: More Whooping Cranes Shot

10,000 Birds

Seriously, hunters. (Or, Or, rather, jerks who give the vast majority of ethical hunters a bad name.) (The pair shot last year in Kentucky belonged to Operation Migration’s project establishing a migratory flock in the eastern United States; there is also the last true wild flock , which winters in Texas and summers in Canada.)

article thumbnail

Newfoundland Seal Hunt Extended

Critter News

Poor, poor seal hunters. Tags: canada seal hunters seals. Earlier this week, Fisheries and Oceans Minister Gail Shea extended the end date of the annual seal hunt from May 15 to May 31. This is because of the poor "harvest" due to bad ice conditions. I'm sorry, but I don't care who makes money off this barbaric practice. It's cruel.

Seals 100
article thumbnail

RECENT BIRDING AT COORAN, SUNSHINE COAST

10,000 Birds

A crop of Eucalypt trees had been planted and clearly coppiced, apparently to feed recovering koalas from Steve Irwin’s [he of Crocodile Hunter fame] family’s zoo and wildlife hospital. And then we started a loop around an interesting but surprising plantation.

Birds 105
article thumbnail

Activists in Canada Found Not Guilty of Getting to Close to Seal Slaughter

Critter News

A judge has found five animal-rights activists not guilty of getting too close to seal hunters during the 2006 hunt off Canada's east coast. The five were charged with coming within 10 metres of seal hunters on March 26, 2006 while filming the annual slaughter in the Gulf of St. Tags: seal hunters humane society.

Slaughter 100
article thumbnail

Another Effort to Ban Hunting with Lead Bullets

10,000 Birds

You’d think it would be a no-brainer but sadly hunters are resistant to a lead-bullet ban. In California, where there is already a ban to protect released California Condors , the Ventana Wildlife Society is giving away non-lead ammunition with the hope that it will encourage hunters to follow the law.

Hunting 97
article thumbnail

"They treat me the same way as with the other members of the pack" Lion Whisperer talks about his life. - Scenic Hunter

Reddit Animals

submitted by /u/Uthpala456 [link] [comments].

Hunters 52
article thumbnail

Duck Numbers And Duck Stamp Sales No Longer Correlate

10,000 Birds

This has benefited both the waterfowl hunters and everyone else who likes ducks and their kin. Eventually, the pigeons, as it were, may come home to roost and the waterfowl and other wildlife, as well as hunters and bird watchers, will be sitting ducks.

Ducks 102
article thumbnail

Is It So Hard To Understand Why Birders and Wildlife Conservationists Don’t Buy the Duck Stamp?

10,000 Birds

In 1976, Congress changed the official name to the Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp , presumably to broaden its appeal to non-hunters. Why promote the stamp to waterfowl hunters when it is mandatory that they buy one to hunt waterfowl? clean water) benefit from the contributions of hunters and anglers.”

Ducks 104
article thumbnail

How Long Must We Live With These Wildlife Conservation Myths?

10,000 Birds

The myths that hunters and anglers pay for the majority of our wildlife conservation (debunked in my post on The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It ) and the misconception that “predator management” is a necessary part of the wildlife conservation equation. What myths am I referring to?

article thumbnail

Canada to Push Seal Hunt Agenda at G-7

Critter News

Tags: canada seal hunters Stupid seals.

Seals 113
article thumbnail

The Eagle Huntress–A Film Review

10,000 Birds

The Eagle Huntress is a documentary about Aisholpan, her path to becoming an eagle hunter, a cultural heritage usually taken on by males, the family that supports her, and the Mongolian Kazakh community that seeks to continue the ancient tradition with its Golden Eagle Festival. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting.

Eagles 53
article thumbnail

Little Crane, Very Big Deal: Hope for Sarus Cranes in Thailand

10,000 Birds

Sarus Cranes were extirpated in Thailand about 50 years ago due to the triple threat of farmers, hunters, and pesticides. But the International Crane Foundation—with the support of some Thai farmers—is slowly but steadily making headway toward restoring the crane in the wild. But now, it’s farmers who are helping to save the day.

Thailand 101