10,000 Birds

JUNE 17, 2015

Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe today announced as part of Great Outdoors Month the agency is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities on 21 refuges throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System. The Service is committed to strengthening and expanding hunting and fishing opportunities,” said Ashe. “The

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Fish Wildlife Hunting Game 143

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 30, 2019

As a duck hunter, he had seen Redheads and scaups and mergansers throughout the winter, but as I did not relish getting up at 3:30 a.m. From his time hunting, Brian knew where rafts usually sheltered from the wind on the Santa Rosa Sound, and we strolled down the shore towards the black dots in the distance.

Bald Eagle 113

Bald Eagle 2019 Florida Hunters 113

Animal Person

MARCH 29, 2010

Hunters kill members of endangered species. Most believe that it's wrong to hunt animals for sport, but sport hunting is legal. And perhaps my favorite: "[I]f healthy, homeless humans were rounded up and killed, no one would call the killing facilities 'shelters'" (55). To be consistent (and nonspeciesist).

Speciesism 100

Speciesism Endangered Species Vivisection Killing 100

Animal Ethics

JUNE 27, 2008

To the Editor: “ Getting Bacon the Hard Way: Hog-Tying 400 Pounds of Fury ” (front page, June 21), about Texas hog hunters, illustrated the barbarity of hunting with dogs. As the dogs tear chunks of flesh from the terrified pig, the hunters undoubtedly feel proud of their accomplishment. June 23, 2008

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Boars Hunters 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 19, 2012

Watching them hunt is fascinating. On several occasions I’ve seen animals that are making a beeline towards shelter double-back when the wings are spread straight into their waiting talons. We stayed with the larger bird as it settled down to the serious business of hunting. Note the huge wings.

Botswana 217

Botswana Eagles Porcupines Hunting 217

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Logging roads have opened up vast areas to commercial hunting, leading to industrial-scale poaching and a more than 60 per cent drop in the region’s Forest Elephant population in less than a decade. The region also provides food, fresh water and shelter to more than 75 million people of nearly 150 distinct ethnic groups.

Central African Republic 282

Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gorillas 282

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Lacking, as I do, a birding reputation that would make people part with cash for my time I’ll have to go for the rarity hunters and put together an itinerary of highlights that can’t be missed. The sheltered bays of the Coromandel are home to another endemic, the Southern Merganser. I can’t lose.

New Zealand 196

New Zealand Ducks Australia Mountain Goats 196