10,000 Birds

JULY 31, 2015

Anyone who is tempted to raise a crow or a raven needs to know that 1) it is illegal to do it without a license, and 2) if you don’t follow the protocol (ski masks and puppets, and NEVER raise one alone) followed by a large flight cage and live prey, you cannot release them – they will never make it in the wild.

Raised 241

Raised Mice Wildlife Rehabilitation Squirrels 241

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 22, 2015

There’s a Three-striped Palm Squirrel by the side of the track, while Jungle Bush Quails are running across it in front of our Maruti Gypsy, almost the official safari vehicle of India. Trying not to inhale so much of the dust cloud that envelops us, I am sporting a bandana tied bank-robber style.

Tigers 252

Tigers India Killing 2012 252

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2011

You typically do not find a bird this naked or featherless outside of the nest unless there has been a storm or the nest has been attacked by predator like a raccoon, chipmunk, squirrel or corvids. It’s illegal to raise wild birds (even orphaned ones) without state and federal permits. That is probably one of the adults.

Birds 266

Birds Fox Raised Ducks 266

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