10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This behavior is likely to reduce resource competition by exploiting fruit that is too large for smaller frugivores. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.) It holds the large food item at the tip of its bill and throws its head back quickly, swallowing it whole.

Rhinoceros 131

Rhinoceros Singapore Transported Hunting 131

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2011

The National Trust of the Cayman Islands describes the success story as follows, “Willlie grows fruit and vegetables and raises pigs, and he noticed that the ducks were nibbling at the pig food. A recent focus has been on habitat preservation since wetlands in the Caribbean are a very scarce resource.

Antigua and Barbuda 232

Antigua and Barbuda Puerto Rico Dominican Republic Jamaica 232

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2015

According to the World Bank, up to 80 percent of Ghana’s forests had been destroyed by illegal logging by 2008. Although this hunting is in many cases illegal it is brazenly undertaken by hunters, and their victims (including endangered species) are commonly sold along the main roads of the country. million hectares in 2007.

Ghana 199

Ghana Hunters Guinea Gambia 199