10,000 Birds

APRIL 6, 2011

Surely the hunters who come onto 10,000 Birds to talk about what great conservationists hunters are will agree that lead ammunition should not be used to hunt? Why, then, is lead still used to hunt? And why do hunting organizations largely line up against banning lead ammunition for hunting?

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Hunters Hunting Turkey Laws 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2014

I am not anti-hunting. The “Crow Down” is a “hunting contest” where both adults and children slaughter as many crows as they possibly can in two days. Obviously killing contests have nothing to do with traditional hunting, and “animal abuse” is normally used when describing domestic animals. This is baloney.

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Killing Slaughter Slaughtered Animal Abuse 272

10,000 Birds

MAY 22, 2015

Neighbor B tells her that his cats wouldn’t be happy indoors, that cats’ hunting is “natural,” and that he has no intention of keeping his cats inside. SWAT teams would have to be organized privately, town by town, county by county. Neighbor A asks neighbor B to contain his cats. What can she do?

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Feral Cats Feral Cats Wildlife Rehabilitation 259

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Babita Tours has many years of experience organizing tailor-made wildlife tours for private groups in this wonderful country. Once the private hunting preserve of the Maharaja of Bharatpur, this fabulous wetland gave us a list of over ninety species in a very relaxed day on a recent trip!

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India Wildlife Tigers Eagles 185

10,000 Birds

APRIL 17, 2015

Young Scott put in yeoman’s work first identifying, then attempting to photograph the birds he stumbled across while hunting rabbits with a friend, and apparently his drive has stayed with him from that day to this. The book’s weaknesses are mainly in the organization of the text.

Owls 176

Owls Colorado Wounded Rabbits 176

Critter News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. I don't see what they get out of it, unless they want to impress Europe, which has already banned seal products. Excerpted from the Globe and Mail.

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Russia Seals Belarus Fur Industry 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2019

While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. es de altaner ía. ( The pursuit of love. is like falconry.).

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2016 Portugal Falcons Japan 127

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2019

The Biggest Week in American Birding” is held there, a place its organizers call “The Warbler Capital of the World,” in the first week of May. The harshest law of all, one more draconian than any human legislature could enact, is the law of unintended consequences. Kaufman knows that duck hunters can be ardent, loving conservationists, too.

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Ohio Bats Legislature Ducks 196

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

If this Red-tailed Hawk was wearing a T-shirt, it might say, “I’d rather be hunting nuisance birds.” ” Garrulous gulls and stealing starlings, beware: the falcons are coming. (No, No, not those Falcons from Atlanta. They’re pretty harmless this year.).

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Ethical Treatment Atlanta Falcons Chicago 167

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

For being invited to the Global Bird Watcher’s Conference, I would like to thank the organizers: Government of Gujarat, Gujarat Tourism Corporation and the Forest Department of Gujarat. The conference was organized by excellent J.N. The previous day was devoted to exploration of the Little Rann of Kutch. Acknowledgements.

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India Sudan Ukraine Camels 244

10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2016

We also knew at the start that a significant percentage of our effort would be devoted to simply convincing people that a new funding tool is not just an imperative, but also something that would have the support of thousands and millions of non-hunting Refuge visitors. But we’re moving closer to our goal.

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Wildlife San Francisco Legislation Ducks 183

Critter News

AUGUST 24, 2010

A declawed, defanged bear is chained to a stake as hunting dogs bark and snap, trying to force the bear to stand on its hind legs. Hunters say the exercise popular in the state's hilly northwestern corner helps them train their dogs on what to do when they come across a bear during a hunt. From the AP. State law on the issue is murky.

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South Carolina Bears Humane Society Of The United States Humane 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2013

Never ones to let facts stand in the way of a good, old-fashioned, witch-hunt, the hordes of cat crazies heeded the call of their overlords and not only sent emails but essentially took over the National Audubon Society’s Facebook page. It can’t be because of the content of the column Ted Williams wrote.

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Feral Cats Trap Neuter Return Tnr Extremist 271

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 23, 2023

In retrospect, it kind of makes me wonder what image the organizers who booked the hotel for me had of German academic visitors … So much for my quasi-madeleine moment, though of course less emotionally attractive than the one described by Mr. Proust. of its hunts are successful. Back to birds. Then, there are raptors.

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Birds Eagles Elephants Rhinoceros 213

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. That means passing over the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East, where you’re liable to get shot, trapped, or otherwise hunted. The organization dismantled nearly 9,000 traps on Cyprus last year.

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Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2021

There is a mushroom hunting expedition in Anna Karenina, Tolstoy’s use of a popular Russian pastime. Hopefully, my description of the guide and its unique organization will also be useful to more advanced mycological enthusiasts. Comments, especially from mycologists, are welcome. copyright © 2021 Karl B. McKnight, Joseph R.

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North America America Species 2018 253

10,000 Birds

JUNE 21, 2019

Foremost, there is the story of the recent expedition to the Philippine rainforest led by Rettig, whose participants include expedition coordinator Dr. Laura Johnson (also Rettig’s spouse, a fact that is only gently alluded to; I think the expedition could not have happened without her organizing skills), and nature cinematographer Skip Hobbie.

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Eagles Philippines Eggs Birds 203

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2013

Now and then individual catfish of various species hunt nearer the surface and larger catfish such as the American Channel Cat will take a duck or other water bird. So, the modal catfish is a fish that hunts from below, can take large prey, and occasionally eats a bird. Note that the three prey types have distinct isotopic signatures.

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Fish Birds Whales Whaling 201

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 15, 2013

The buildup of lactic acid leads to decreased heart function, then to the death of muscle cells, then the breakdown of internal organs. If all her other toes eventually function perfectly, she could still hunt without that one non-essential talon. Death can occur instantaneously, or days/weeks/months later.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Wildlife Birds Delaware 193

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Done properly, a young hawk is curtailed in a growing compulsion to fly greater distances and hunt for herself by a process sometimes called “manning.” ” Cade was later to comment, “1951 was when I first saw the high-flying style of hunting performed by the wilderness-inhabiting Peregrines of Alaska.”

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 176

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 21, 2012

million people were spending nearly $1 billion annually to hunt waterfowl. One of the many organizations covered by the NAWMP is the Central Valley Joint Venture (CVJV). Waterfowl were then and are now the most prominent and economically important group of migratory birds of the North American continent. By 1985, approximately 3.2

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Sacramento Wildlife United States North America 168

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2013

Hunting and disturbance, deterioration, fragmentation and destruction of habitat were the forces behind the decline of this, once widespread species, making it Critically Endangered on the IUCN Global Red List. Indeed, some 150 meters away, four males are semi-displaying – more than one per cent of the surviving population!

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India Gazelles Endangered Species Pakistan 239

4 The Love Of Animals

MAY 11, 2010

The International Fund for Animal Welfare ( IFAW ), is a non-profit organization working to save animals in crisis worldwide, to help protect our oceans’ whale population. The number of whales each country will have permission to hunt is yet to be determined, and may ignore estimated sustainable whaling limits.

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Whales Whaling International Fund For Animal Welfare IFAW 100

10,000 Birds

JUNE 5, 2012

Typically these birds hunt at night and are very shy. The elusive Pel’s Fishing Owl Although I had seen Pel’s Fishing Owls a couple of times since, I was a touch nervous when asked by the Botswana Tourism Organization to film one for our Birding Adventures TV Botswana series. Consider their name for a moment.

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Owls Fish Botswana Barn Owls 245

Critter News

AUGUST 29, 2009

Dubbed the Crocodile Gang, this cartel - whose existence can be revealed by the Mail today - is behind the ‘industrial-scale slaughter’ of black rhinos, prompting warnings that the species will be hunted to extinction in the region within two years. Tags: organized crime africa zim poaching rhino elephants.

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Rhinos Elephants Butcher Slaughter 100

10,000 Birds

MAY 19, 2012

Concern for the future of this species is such that the WPA and BirdLife International-Vietnam Programme are working together to organize immediate action. Leading scientists, conservationists and aviculturalists from Europe and South-east Asia met at Walsrode in Germany recently to formulate a rescue plan.

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Vietnam 2000 Germany Groups 154

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

As a result, America’s national parks are now at a higher risk of private development within their borders, we will have fewer tools to protect access to hunting and fishing spots, and local parks and open space projects in all 50 states may face delays or cancellation in the year ahead.”

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Legislation Montana America Wyoming 173

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2012

Originally a hunting term, the Big Five were the most dangerous and prized targets of the great white hunters on safari. However it is now one of the world’s rarest animals after decades of relentless hunting and poaching. Lions are most easily found in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda.

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Buffalo Rhinoceros Elephants Leopards 199

Critter News

AUGUST 27, 2008

They were all hunting associations AND the National Rifle Association. Game Wardens will act as liaison officers to coordinate with other agencies and organizations to provide assistance in other areas of concerns to the communities. Tags: wildlife crime poaching hunting us. Sounds intriguing.

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Wildlife Virginia Game Hunting 100

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 2, 2019

Matt was working on his own US Big Year, and wanted to join me for the hunt. It just would not have been possible with our her determination, organization, foreign language skills, money management, incredible bird spotting ability (even at 70+ MPH) and her moral support that kept me going when I was at my most tired.

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Costa Rica Tucson South Africa Bahamas 130

Animal Person

JULY 15, 2010

Or to get struck by an automobile, die slowly, of failing internal organs, and be unfit for human consumption." Tags: Activism Ethics Language Cayuga deer hunting. I have a question for you, would you prefer to get shot by a compassionate bullet to the head,and be eaten by a lifeform that thanks god for you flesh and appreciates it.

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Deer Euthanasia Killing Ethics 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

The first was Lewis Binford, who noted, correctly, that if you look at actual animal bones from actual archaeological sites, you could not objectively see clear evidence that would distinguish hunting from scavenging, and if you compared these “food remains” to hyena food remains, they looked roughly the same.

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Humane Lions Buffalo Hunting 165

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2019

How can it be, I asked someone from the Wetlands International, the IWC umbrella organization, only to learn that USA has its own scheme. Several poachers were waiting in ever thickening darkness (Serbian legislation forbids night hunting). Oh, and what is that? The Christmas Bird Count was the answer.

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Geese Serbia Birds Estonia 143

10,000 Birds

MARCH 6, 2018

This account of seabird behavior is divided into eight chapters, organized according to the birds’ life cycle—First Journeys; The Meandering Years of Immaturity; Adult Migrations; Adult Movements during the Breeding Season; Wind and Waves (how they affect behavior); Stick or Twist?

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Albatross Penguins Research Breeding 114

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Lead remains in both fishing and hunting products, with strong lobbies that insist lead poisoning is not real, even as our facilities fill regularly with birds afflicted with it. Wild birds are biologic organisms just as we and our domestic pets are. There was a time when our domestic pets were treated like objects.

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Wildlife Rehabilitation Bald Eagle Rescue Wildlife 189

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

In addition to habitat loss, extreme weather, invasive species, hunting, and the illegal capture of birds for pet markets are major contributing factors. The modern, pragmatic organization of the species accounts and the sections on habitat and conservation add to the guide’s usefulness. And, it is beautiful to look at.

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Cuba Birds United States 2000 228

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s very hard to organize the many ways in which human beings relate to avian beings into comprehensible text. We worship birds, we hunt birds, we protect birds, and, yes, we eat birds. We politically worship them, but at the same time we’ve severely decreased the numbers of many species by hunting and habitat loss.

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Birds Egypt Family Eagles 210