10,000 Birds

AUGUST 6, 2015

Turtle Doves have been declining in Europe since the 1970s, and in this century alone, the continent has lost 40% of its population of the species. Since this spring’s revision of the European Red List, the Turtle Dove is listed as a vulnerable species. The cargo was meant to be sold as delicacies to restaurants in Italy.

Serbia 270

Serbia Slaughter Slaughtered Turtles 270

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2013

The survival of songbirds depends in part upon eliminating illegal hunting. Volunteers with the Committee Against Bird Slaughter sneak into a grove where a farmer has just placed lime sticks to snag unwary birds. Fearing that a natural disaster, introduced species, or disease could wipe this fragile population out, the U.S.

Cambodia 142

Cambodia Slaughter Slaughtered Cyprus 142

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

We can, of course, count wild, native, species. We can count vagrant species that made it to the area we are in under their own power. We can count introduced species that have met the criteria of the “Bird Police” for the area to which they are introduced. There are lots of birds we can’t count.

Chickens 191

Chickens Florida Feral Species 191

10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

It’s a unique bird, even its scientific name is wonderful, so it’s not surprising that Gerard Gorman, Woodpecker Expert Supreme, has written a book all about the species. I was surprised to learn that there are two Wryneck species in the Jynx genus: Eurasian Wryneck, Jynx torquilla, and Red-throated Wryneck, Jynx ruficollis.

Woodpeckers 223

Woodpeckers Hungary Thailand 2014 223

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

There seem to be so many that some days the negative stories just seem to pile up in my reader, species lost here, habitat destroyed there, poisoning, illegal persecution, the list can seem endless. It can be difficult not to feel impotent and under attack from all sides.

Morocco 171

Morocco Turtles Protest Protesting 171

Critter News

MARCH 29, 2009

Locals have told Hicks that up to a few years ago there was very little poaching (except for elephants) in the area, and that it is the mining of diamonds and gold that has lead to the current slaughter of wildlife. Tags: chimpanzees poaching congo endangered species.

Congo 100

Congo Apes Endangered Species 2008 100

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.

Connecticut 147

Connecticut Washington Legislation Hunting 147