10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2014

European Red Foxes were brought into Australia in the 1850′s for recreational hunting and soon spread rapidly. We have seen them on remote beaches hunting shorebirds and taking their eggs and they have been responsible for much of the egg loss in breeding Pied Oystercatchers along the Broome coast.

Australia 157

Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

JUNE 4, 2014

The more rural shoot pigs, deer and ducks. I don’t ski, or hunt, and I sadly haven’t been to the tropical Pacific for a while. New Zealanders deal with the long winter blues, which aren’t broken up with anything as enjoyable as Christmas, in a number of ways. The more athletic go skiing.

New Zealand 140

New Zealand Australia Albatross Pigs 140

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. June 23, 2008

New York Times 40

New York Times New York Boars Hunters 40

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.

Seals 100

Seals Medical Research Industry Research 100

Animal Ethics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Here is a New York Times blog post about wolf hunting. While this belief might not compel us to be vegetarians, it does demand significant changes in the way we raise animals for food, and it forbids wolf hunting as a form of entertainment. How much do you want to bet that Randy Cohen eats cows and pigs?

Vegetarian 40

Vegetarian New York Times Pigs Morals 40

Animal Ethics

OCTOBER 6, 2009

In 2004, Robert Stevens was convicted of violating this law and sentenced to 32 months in prison for selling videos featuring pit bulls chasing wild boars on organized hunts and depicting a pit bull attacking the lower jaw of a domestic farm pig, according to the Philadelphia-based appeals court. In July, a divided U.S.

Pit Bulls 40

Pit Bulls Animal Cruelty Laws Animal 40

Reddit Animals

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The spotted hyena displays greater plasticity in its hunting and foraging behaviour than other African carnivores it hunts alone, in small parties of 2–5 individuals or in large groups. During a hunt, spotted hyenas often run through ungulate herds to select an individual to attack.

Africa 40

Africa Buffalo Ostriches Animal 40

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

The combined effects of hunting, habitat loss and predation by introduced animals like rats and mongoose have extirpated the species from some islands and reduced numbers significantly on others. Willie Ebanks, at Hutland, Northside, in Grand Cayman. So he began to put out extra feed for the birds.

Antigua and Barbuda 216

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 216

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

“Indigenous pig sows?…Sure, …Sure, we got lots of ‘em javelina and wild hogs too” But I explained to him that I was a hunter of a different kind and that I was looking for tiny owls and not wild pigs. And, like the Pearl-spotted Owlet of Africa, this species often hunts in the middle of the day.

Owls 145

Owls Texas Arizona Pigs 145

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2014

Sure, we try not to introduce snakes, rats, cats, goats, pigs, and a host of other creatures to isolated islands. Most people oppose large-scale, indiscriminate, hunting of birds but it still happens all over the world. And it is a rate of extinction that is speeding up!

Mauritius 171

Mauritius Djibouti Guam Birds 171

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

I think every naturalist in the United States knows the outlines of this urban tale: The pristine marshes of New Jersey are poisoned by pollution, toxic waste, pig farms, and probably every single way in which human beings can destroy the environment. The Nature of the Meadowlands is a celebration of an environmental success story.

New Jersey 143

New Jersey Legislation Mammals Pigs 143

Critter News

MAY 28, 2009

In university labs nationwide, scientists inflict spinal-cord injuries on dogs and cats, inject rats with carcinogens, test dangerous drugs on monkeys, and do all kinds of evil things to guinea pigs in the name of scientific research. Many (though not all) animal lovers kind of suck too, including myself.

Michael Vick 100

Michael Vick Guinea Pigs Animal Cruelty Animal Abuse 100

Animal Person

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Some have tried to resolve this gap by hunting or butchering an animal themselves, as if those experiences might somehow legitimize the endeavor of eating animals. But this plate also holds all of the animals that were killed for your serving of sushi. The plate might have to be five feet across" (50). This is very silly.

Factory Farm 100

Factory Farm Factory Farming Animal Vegan 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2014

Make sure your itinerary drops you here in the afternoon and evening, because the sight of a million Wrinkle-lipped Bats leaving for the night and being hunted by Bat Hawks is a damn impressive sight, for birder and non-birder alike. Oh, and mammals like Bornean Orangutans, B ornean Gibbons , Banded Civets , Bearded Pigs and Maroon Langurs.

Birds 180

Birds Bats Elephants Family 180