Critter News
APRIL 13, 2010
He was transporting them across state lines from Ohio to a hunting preserve in South Carolina. The deer were not tested for disease. He was sentenced to 21 months in prison. I hope he serves the whole term.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2021
Jochen Roeder, a former fellow 10,000 Birds writer who lives in Germany, says according to EU nature conservation directives it’s illegal to cut down trees during the spring and summer unless they are checked by an expert for nesting birds or resting bats. 4) Dream of the European model. No wildlife rescue required. Ah, Europe!
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 19, 2019
The only wildcat I found was illegally killed by hunters during closed season. Photographed within Beljarica: five White-tailed Eagles by Snezana Panjkovic. I barely started when some sulphur (a.k.a. clouded yellow) butterfly and one Brambling greeted me. Covering it in concrete would make the floodwave higher, faster and stronger.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 14, 2015
Call and transport the bird to a bird rehabber ASAP. It is illegal to keep a wild bird. Gone from nest for several hours. Nestling or fledgeling bird with one or both parents confirmed dead. *A A hummingbird found on the ground. Bird brought in by a cat or dog. It needs to be properly medicated and triaged.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 20, 2012
It is illegal for any person to take, possess, transport, sell, or purchase them or their parts, such as feathers, nests, or eggs, without a permit. Because IT IS ILLEGAL TO INTERFERE WITH NESTING BIRDS!! As a result, certain activities affecting swallows are subject to legal restrictions 1.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
An exotic species (see Glossary) may appear in Florida because of deliberate transport and release by humans, or because of inadvertent escape from captivity. Their population apparently received a big boost in the 1970s when c**k-fighting was declared illegal and many fighting c s were released. Criteria for Establishment.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 9, 2023
Basically, hornbills get paid by evolution to eat fruit, digest the fleshy parts, and regurgitate or defecate the rest – a means of seed transportation that is apparently quite attractive to many plants despite the yuck factor involved. Other threats arise from illegal logging, hunting for bushmeat, and other body parts (feathers, beak, etc.)
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