10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This morning’s news had this: During this year’s open of waterfowl season, the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center admitted more trumpeter swans for bullet wounds than ever before. …Veterinarian hospital workers in Roseville see projectile wound, or bullet wound, injuries quite frequently. Three hunters have been charged.

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Minnesota Wounded Wildlife Rehabilitation Montana 215

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. military, with all their ballistics and performance testing, it should be good enough for hunters.”

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Hunters Hunting North America Game 178

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

I won’t pick a fight with hunters, as long as they eat what they shoot and don’t use lead ammunition. Here is a direct (and unedited) quote: “… keep in mind the main reason why experienced crow hunters got into the sport in the first place, Fun. I am not anti-hunting. Plain old fashioned Fun.”. This is baloney.

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Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

Critter News

AUGUST 29, 2008

The wolves suffer needlessly because hunters simply wound them more often then not firing from an airplane. Here is more video from Current on the subject (this one is a full 10 minutes), but explains how this is mainly for the benefit of trophy hunters, not subsistence hunters that Palin claims it is for.

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Wolves Defenders Of Wildlife Killing Alaska 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2016

Most of mine are small mammals,” said Denise Hunter. “I’ve been working with eagles and raptors for over 40 years,” says Marge Gibson. And the only scar I have is from a Double-crested Cormorant who turned his head and bit my wrist when I released him.”. But there was a Northern Cardinal who bit and held on, seriously, that hurt.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wounded Wildlife Opossums 171

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

We tried to sight and count the pack twice every day so that if any of the dogs got snared we’d know quickly and could get a vet in to dart them, free them and clean up the wound. At first we were concerned that another dog had been injured, perhaps hit by one of the hunter’s cars (who were watching the pack as well).

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Wolves Lions Dogs Vet 190

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2012

That for the latter nature went on without them, letting them observe, seems to be proved by the fact that there doesn’t seem to be a big difference in your chance of getting wounded by a small to medium forest mammal if you are hunting them or if you are gathering plant products. Or get your own.

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Birds Collecting Rodents Wounded 170