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. The training exercise called bear baying is intended to make the bears easier to shoot in the wild and it's only allowed in South Carolina. Ugh, this is barbaric and right out of the dark ages.

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South Carolina Bears Humane Society Of The United States Humane 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

” Most shrugged and said very few US falconers fly owls because they’re slow and some species you can only hunt at night, that wouldn’t be much fun to watch. If anything, falconry birds like the above red-tailed hawk are a hunting partner, especially wild caught birds. I learned that I knew nothing of falconry.

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Wisconsin Falcons Owls Hunting 240

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2023

They are also hunted. Though it’s dry terrain and hunting might be hard here, there are good nesting sites, cool and shady, with some impressive snags rising thirty or forty feet, with bowls large enough to accommodate the massive belly of a brooding female Great Gray. I want to read about owls, not people.”

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Owls Science Barn Owls Penguins 207

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

The drongo perches above the flock, snatching insects that they disturb, and keeping an eye out for predators that might go unnoticed by its hunting flock-mates. The species is classified as Near Threatened for all the usual depressing reasons – pollution, drainage, hunting, and the collection of eggs and nestlings ( source ).

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Birds Sri Lanka Taiwan Cats 209

10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 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. A portrait of Mary (ca. 1490) attributed to Tyrolian painter Michael Pacher.

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Hunting France Falcons Horses 113

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

MARCH 14, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Sandhill Crane Hunt in Kentucky?! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public comment on a proposal to hunt sandhill cranes in Kentucky. Kentucky Dept.

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2011 Kentucky Tennessee Hunting 243

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2012

I stepped out of the train and my foggy brain was just realizing that I was at the end of the E line at Jamaica Center when the doors behind me closed and the train left, heading back towards my stop that I had apparently slept through when the train first went past it. Why does this matter?

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New York Honduras Jamaica Geese 163

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2019

Curious and inventive, he figured out he didn’t need their assistance, just their instructions to help him capture and train a young Cooper’s Hawk. Inexperienced, perhaps overly confident, he didn’t know she was one of the wildest of hawks to train. The concern possessed him. I knew no falconers.

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Falcons California Condor Alaska Texas 176

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2017

I had never seen this species of kite before, but Guhin explained that they often hunted in the natural acres of the reserve. We crossed the train tracks that bisected the property, hiking up a staircase to a wooded island with another beautiful marsh overlook. Guhin knew without binoculars, “ White-tailed Kite ,” she identified.

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Research Birds Virginia Protection 101

10,000 Birds

MAY 13, 2022

Would it worry you to sit next to me on a plane or train and listen to this kind of information for several hours? Lesser Whistling Ducks are “not threatened by hunting as they are not considered good to eat” ( Wikipedia ). Well, you could always pretend to fall asleep. Or move to another seat. Lucky ducks.

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Singapore Birds Zebras Feral 216

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 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. Good birding and happy drinking! Four out of five feathers (Excellent).

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2015 Italy Falcons Europe 113

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

As we headed for the F train, one of the local Northern Mockingbirds launched into a rendition of the classic multinote car alarm – whoop whoop whoop, be-boop be-boop be-boop, etc. Seriously, don’t even think about touching his IROC-Z.

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New York City Bald Eagle New York Birds 162

10,000 Birds

APRIL 12, 2022

Hunting is also prohibited in this area of the refuge. Although I surely missed some things and do not have any training or experience to make a proper evaluation, my impression is that it is pretty good. Most people arrive by car, but there is a bus stop nearby, and there is a short trail (perhaps.2

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Portland Oregon Laws Experience 188

10,000 Birds

MARCH 7, 2017

Even when hunting in sub-freezing temperatures on the edge of the Mongolian border or doing her chores around the family ger (yurt) in the isolated Altai Mountains, Aisholpan beams. It’s constructed in three acts: Home, Festival, Hunting. Aisholpan will not be considered a true Eagle Hunter till she successfully hunts.

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Eagles Mongolia Hunters Hunting 101

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2014

Since around the year 2000 we are seeing long-staying individuals each year again, especially in the country’s South, and there are rumours of a breeding pair on a military training ground in central Bavaria. They used to breed throughout the country, but were wiped out mostly through hunting more than 100 years ago.

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Eagles Germany Breeding Hunting 167

4 The Love Of Animals

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

With olfactory senses generally 100,000 times more powerful than a human’s, dogs are now being trained to detect epilepsy, diabetes and even cancer with a single sniff. In the video: “Guide Dog Puppies” – Meet some of the cutest guide dogs you’ll ever meet! Blue-Collar Dogs: Border Hounds.

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Dogs Puppies Haiti New York 100

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2012

The National Audubon Society tells the story best: Prior to the turn of the century, people engaged in a holiday tradition known as the Christmas “Side Hunt”: They would choose sides and go afield with their guns; whoever brought in the biggest pile of feathered (and furred) quarry won. So began the Christmas Bird Count.

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North America Birds America South America 120

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.

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Australia Species Feral Cats Feral 157

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2014

Get to my early morning birding destination while it was still dark, sit in the car with the radio on to prevent the inadvertent identification of a run-of-the-mill bird by voice, and wait for a Short-eared Owl to fly past on the hunt. Amazingly, it worked! Short-eared Owl is a great way to start off a birding year! Click to embiggen.).

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Critter News

AUGUST 6, 2009

The affecting cloak-and-dagger documentary “The Cove,” which documents a brutal dolphin hunt off the Japanese town of Taiji, is putting would-be amusement park visitors in an ethical bind and park owners on the defensive.

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Dolphins Marine Life Cruelty Broker 100

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

To assess their populations, draw their blood, test them for lead, and discover what kind of impact feeding on gut piles might have on these iconic raptors, particularly the young ones, as hunting season begins in Montana. To gain knowledge of migration routes, wintering sites, survival rates. To understand, and thus to protect.

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Eagles Tethering Science Wounded 173

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MAY 14, 2018

I was able to convince Murray Hunt to take us out for a morning cruise on the Daintree River, despite late notice, and that it was a Sunday morning that looked to be really crappy weather. The RV center was prompt, and we found Lake Placid RV Park, and I was off and running. The highlight of that part of the trip was a Bridled Honeyeater.

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2000 Rights Turkey Parrots 100

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FEBRUARY 17, 2015

— and link that to something abut the Great Grey Owl and my BFF Analiese Miller who is an amazing, emerging, photographer who has recently trained her 300mm Cannon F4 lens on the birds (including the Great Grey) at Sax Zim. Then, I was hoping to write a post about Sax-Zim — do you know what that is? You see, it is all connected.

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Science Iraq Research Birds 151

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The lodge is self-sustainable, relaying on solar panels, producing some of the foods and buying the rest locally, hiring and training local villagers, supporting the local village school, etc. Working with the local jaguar conservancy, he learned that there are 10 or 11 different animals hunting peccaries and other prey at Selva Bananito.

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Costa Rica Reptiles Farming Mississippi 136

10,000 Birds

JUNE 28, 2015

The quarry was being used as a training ground for a family of five Brown Falcons and they were amazing to watch as they used the quarry walls to hunt. They were able to survive on what little food there was on offer and would no doubt soon be moving on. An almost dry quarry.

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Birds Zebras Falcons Hunting 157

4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

Wolves, for example–the probable ancestors of dogs–live in packs that hunt together and have a complex hierarchy. See TIME’s video “ The March of TIME: Hunting Dog Field Trials.&#. To their surprise, the chimps did badly, able to learn the meaning of a pointed finger only after lots of training.

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Wolves Fox Dogs Puppies 100

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).

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Cruelty Legislation Kangaroos Animal 40

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

If a baby bird at this stage is taken to a rehabber, it’s waste of the rehabber’s time and the chicks will miss valuable training from their parents. They give them warning calls, teaching them what is dangerous and when to hide. What human can point out a fox hidden nearby and how to avoid it? Owls are a little different.

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Birds Fox Raised Ducks 265

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2020

The authors trace the creation of swamps, wetlands, and meadows by farmers, and then the destruction of wetlands by the building of golf courses, the loss of meadows by the construction of train tracks. It’s a very mixed chapter.

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