10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
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.
Critter News
FEBRUARY 19, 2009
Millions of wild pigs weighing up to 300 pounds have been tearing up crops, trampling fences and eating just about anything in their path in Texas. For years, ranchers in the Lone Star State have hired professional hunters in choppers to thin the hogs' fast-multiplying ranks. This doesn't sound good. Now state Rep.
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10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
In breeding season grazing cattle may walk through the nest, breaking the eggs, while wild and domestic pigs may eat both eggs and chicks. Bustards are very susceptible to any kind of disturbance and, naturally, hunters like to shoot. What treats do they face?
Animal Person
AUGUST 5, 2009
The problem with that statement is it's not as if farmers are searching "the wild" for cows, pigs, chicken and fish, plucking them from their homes, and plopping them on a farm to live out their (shortened) lives prior to slaughter. And before any hunter can blurt out "Have you ever seen a deer die of starvation in the woods?
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.
Critter News
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
Dr. Philippe Pibarot has been studying seal heart valves to see if they might be a better transplant option for humans than those from cows or pigs, believing they may be more durable than the other animal tissue. Excerpted from the Chronicle-Herald. The research at Laval University is still in the earliest stages.
Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Its success is due in part to its adaptability and opportionism it is primarily a hunter but may also scavenge, with the capacity to eat and digest skin, bone and other animal waste. Their eyesight is so acute that buffalos often graze at night. During a hunt, spotted hyenas often run through ungulate herds to select an individual to attack.
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