10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2015

Minnesota legislators named the loon their state bird in 1961, as their state has more Common Loons than any other barring Alaska. To successfully hunt and breed they need clean and clear lakes, and so are sensitive to pollution that affects both them and/or their fishy prey. If you have never heard their unique songs, click here.

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Minnesota Litter United States Legislation 166

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2014

The first most readers have probably been aware of, the cheerleader hunter who has been in the news for, well, hunting game animals and being attractive and blonde. Regular readers of this site might be able to think of a much discussed example, that of birding on National Wildlife Refuges versus hunting. she’s Texan.

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Rhinos Hunting New Zealand Science 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. George Wuerthner, an ecologist and former hunting guide with a degree in wildlife biology, takes the debate a step further. Smith and Donald A.

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Wildlife Coyotes Hunters Wolves 234

Critter News

JANUARY 31, 2010

In this week's podcast ending January 30, 2010: **A Mercy for Animals video spurs calls for a ban on tail docking in the State of New York; **Animal rights activists try to stop construction of a bullfighting ring in Beijing; **A PETA protestor gets a pie in the face for protesting against the Canadian seal hunt; **And legislation is proposed in China (..)

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Critter News

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Both groups will be protesting the seal hunt using the Olympic torch ceremony as the backdrop. PETA and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) are holding a joint news conference this week, and I would like to offer you an exclusive advance scoop on it.

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IFAW International Fund For Animal Welfare PETA Canada 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

Several poachers were waiting in ever thickening darkness (Serbian legislation forbids night hunting). From there on, we waited for geese to settle for the night, this time only a few thousand, as opposed to tens of thousands two winters ago ( here ) when the river was frozen solid.

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Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 141

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

BBC Nature has a really cool video of the Peregrine hunting a pigeon in a stoop. Although Peregrines are famous for hunting birds from above by stooping down on them, they use several other means of attaining prey and are most active at dawn and dusk. .” Don’t miss it! Peregrine Falcon from Sacramento NWR auto loop.

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Falcons Wildlife Sacramento Endangered Species 133

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Legislation forbidding cruelty to animals represents the use of coercion against the interests of the individual coerced, and not to further the interests of any other person (it may do so but need not to be justified). Yet it is legislation that few of us should wish to condemn as lacking in justification.

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Cruelty Legislation Kangaroos Animal 40

Animal Person

MARCH 9, 2010

Dunayer devotes a chapter each to the language used in hunting, zoos, "marine parks," vivisection and "animal agriculture." An animal's own terms are 'Don't hunt me'" (49). "At By pairing humane with slaughter , legislators have sanctioned horrific cruelty and mass murder. Often it permanently disables or kills.

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Animal Vivisection Suffering Emotional 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Enter the Hackensack Meadowlands Development Commission in 1969, created by state legislation, renamed the New Jersey Meadowlands Commission in 2001. Resident birds, such as this Gray Ghost (Northern Harrier) photographed hunting near Disposal Road one winter by Ron Shields, are well represented, as are migrants and rarities.

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New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 143

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2020

Although legislation passed by Congress is more visible, most regulations are issued by the vast federal bureaucracy. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) recently sought public comments on its proposal to permanently add a hunting element to the Duck Stamp art competition. The winning entry (above) featured a Wood Duck and a decoy.

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Ducks Hunting Hunters Legislation 192

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Hunting: You may have noticed that the Written Species Accounts include a section on hunting. I am a city girl and until I became a birder my contact with hunting was limited to occasionally seeing dead deer on the tops of cars in upstate New York. So–not a fan of hunting. I was really taken aback when I saw this.

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Ducks North America Geese Hunters 115

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2023

Plume hunting raged supreme 150 years ago, when egret feathers were part of a worldwide trade in feathers and other bird parts, used for women’s hats and other articles of clothing (but mostly hats), delighting the upper classes and practically wiping out bird species. . ©2023, Donna L. It has become the cornerstone of U.S.

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Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2019

A “ Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp ,” costs $25 and income from sales goes into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund (“MBCF”). But a handful of federal conservation programs have permanent and stable funding mechanisms that allow them to operate regardless of who is in the White House. These programs are on auto-pilot.

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