10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

There are few sights more wrenching to a wildlife rehabilitator than a convulsing, lead-poisoned bird. 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.

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Hunters Wildlife Rehabilitation Hunting Legislation 178

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

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. On federal wildlife refuges and many states’ wildlife management areas, non-toxic shot is required when hunting all game birds.

Hunters 175

Hunters Hunting North America Game 175

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2011

As part of my effort to keep concerned wildlife enthusiasts informed about the proposal to hunt Eastern Flyway sandhill cranes, it is my duty to tell you that there’s another vote coming up. of Fish and Wildlife Resources—who will get together on June 3, 2011, to vote on whether to open season on Sandhill Cranes in Kentucky.

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Kentucky Hunting Tennessee Indiana 257

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2011

Which wasn’t a surprise, since everyone on the commission is a hunter. Kentucky’s wildlife offices have been flooded with protests, whether written, telephoned or emailed. Go ahead and check out his company, Southern Wildlife Resources LLC. Thousands of letters and emails of protest apparently fell on deaf ears.

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Hunting Kentucky Broker Protest 169

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

He was a small male, six or seven months old, and obviously not a skilled hunter. Meanwhile, he slowly graduated from liquids to defrosted mice: first just organ meat, then skinned and deboned, then just skinned, then the whole mouse. “Oh, All three arrived ten minutes later. THEN we’ll kick him out.

Mice 207

Mice Squirrels Hunters New York 207

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

The shark is thrown back because shark fins are often more valuable than the meat itself. Fin hunters also rarely care what type of shark they remove the fin from, threatening both endangered and at risk species with extinction. In fact, dried shark fin can go for as much as $300 a pound or more.

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Sharks Asia Endangered Species Hunters 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2011

Also known as Meat-bird, Moosebird, and Lumberjack. Assorted Galliformes: One of the bird-human interactions that tends to produce a lot of common names is hunting, and names bestowed by hunters will tend to focus on traits important to hunters: how do you find it, where do you find it, and how does it taste?

Hunters 181

Hunters Falcons Ducks Montana 181